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Robert F Hunsicker Foundation at a glance

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Robert F Hunsicker Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$30k
Granted FY2020
39
Grants FY2020
6
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$5kHousing & Shelter$4kYouth Development$4kFood & Nutrition$3kHuman Services$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kPhilanthropy$2kReligion$1kOther$0
02FY2020 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$600
Median grant
6
States reached
$268k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILDLAND CONSERVANCY$2,000
LAKE PLACID LAND CONSERVANCY$1,900
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CORVALLIS$1,000
LINN BENTON FOOD SHARE$1,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUCKS$1,000
TURNING POINT OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY$1,000
FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
JACKSON STREET YOUTH SERVICES$1,000
FINE ARTS MINISTRY$1,000
A SOLDIER'S HANDS$1,000
BUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP$1,000
KIDSPACK HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAM$1,000
PRESBYTERIAN DISASTER ASSISTANCE$1,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%A SOLDIER'S HANDS: $1k → 16%TURNING POINT OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $1k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
2
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
3
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
4
Heartlands Conservancy

The mission of heartlands conservancy is to empower and colaborate with the people of southern illinois to advance and protect the health of our distinctive communities and nationally significant natural and cultural resources.

Environment
5
Heritage Conservancy Inc

We are a community based organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of significant open spaces, natural resources, and our historic heritage.

Arts & Culture
6
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
7
The Montana Land Reliance

The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.

Environment
8
Land Trust of Bucks County

To function as a community-based land conservancy for the preservation of farmland and our agricultural heritages, as well as other open spaces, natural resources, wildlife habitats, and scenic features within bedminster township and other…

Environment
9
Tenngreen Land Conservancy

The organization's primary mission is conserving land where people and nature can thrive by creating green corridors linking existing public lands using conservation easments and outright purchase.

Recreation & Sports
10
Land Trust Accreditation Commission

The mission of the land trust accreditation commission is to inspire excellence, promote public trust and ensure permanence in the conservation of open lands by recognizing land trust organizations that meet rigorous quality standards and…

Environment
11
The Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc

To conserve and restore the natural resources through land conservation, water resources stewardship and environmental outreach across central pennsylvania.

Environment
12
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlands Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is A Soldiers Hands Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
21/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAKE PLACID LAND CONSERVANCY: $1,900 · OtherLAKE PLACID LAND CONSERVANCYSPEAK FOR THE CHILDREN GUARDIAN: $1,000 · OtherSPEAK FOR THE CHILDREN GUARDIANBUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP INC: $1,000 · OtherBUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP INCPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA A CORP: $1,000 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA A CORPFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF: $1,000 · OtherFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OFKIDSPACK HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAM: $1,000 · OtherKIDSPACK HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAMBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUCKS: $1,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUCKSVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE: $1,000 · OtherVALLEY YOUTH HOUSEFINE ARTS MINISTRY: $1,000 · OtherFINE ARTS MINISTRYIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE: $600 · OtherBIG BROTHERS & SISTER OF: $600 · Other+12 more: $5,700 · Other+12 moreA SOLDIERS HANDS INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesA SOLDIERS …TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTURNING POI…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…JACKSON STREET YOUTH SHELTER INC: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterJACKSON ST…ROSIE'S PLACE INC: $600 · Housing & ShelterROSIE'S PL…FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC: $600 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PRO…ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC: $500 · Housing & ShelterALLENTOWN …WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentWILDLANDS…ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC: $500 · EnvironmentADIRONDAC…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CORVALLIS INC: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ALLENTOWN INC: $500 · Youth DevelopmentLINN BENTON FOOD SHARE: $1,000 · Food & NutritionTHE NATICK COMMUNITY ORGANIC FARM INC: $500 · Food & NutritionLEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation for MetroWest Inc: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$17,800Human Services$3,000Housing & Shelter$2,700Environment$2,500Youth Development$1,500Food & Nutrition$1,500Philanthropy$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE PLACID LAND CONSERVANCY: $1,900 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CORVALLIS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINN BENTON FOOD SHARE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON STREET YOUTH SHELTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ALLENTOWN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATICK COMMUNITY ORGANIC FARM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWatson Clinic Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCommunity Foundation for MetroWest Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEHIGH CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NURTURE NATURE CENTER: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTLAND HUMANE SOCIETY: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Century Fund TrustHarry C Trexler EstateLehigh Valley Communi…United Way of the Gre…Ppl FoundationButz FoundationRoss J Born and Wendy…Martin Guitar Charita…Air Products Foundati…Verizon FoundationThe Bessemer Giving F…Knights Baseball Club
The Century Fund TrustPA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Century Fund Trust · Harry C Trexler Estate · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Ppl Foundation · Butz Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · Air Products Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Knights Baseball Club

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert F Hunsicker Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert F Hunsicker Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Jackson Street Youth Shelter Inc: 59% of income from government
  • Veterans Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Robert F Hunsicker Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Robert F Hunsicker Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $28k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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