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Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation Inc

The scott hamilton cares foundation is dedicated to changing the future of cancer by funding advanced, innovative research that treats the cancer while sparing the patient.

$638k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$2.8MEducation$54kPhilanthropy$40kCommunity Improvement$15k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $103k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$12,228
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE V FOUNDATION$300,000
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$200,000
PROVIDENCE SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$40,879
HEALTHCARE PARTNER AT CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S$16,017
THE KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE$13,678
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$12,228
NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION$10,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER$10,000
ADVENTHEALTH FOUNDATION CENTRAL FLORIDA$9,700
CLEVELAND CLINIC$8,000
CURE 4 THE KIDS FOUNDATION$7,400
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 21% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $65k → 16%MAYO CLINIC: $12k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%WELLSPAN YORK HEALTH FOUNDATION: $9k → 9%PROVIDENCE PHILANTHOPY OFFICER: $108k → 9%ADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $26k → 16%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $10k → 17%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $34k → 16%CARTI CANCER CENTER: $6k → 17%CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM: $15k → 14%ADVENTHEALTH FOUNDATION CENTRAL FLORIDA: $13k → 13%H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $29k → 13%BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $6k → 15%THE KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE: $14k → 21%MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $11k → 11%HEALTHCARE PARTNER AT CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S: $19k → 11%VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: $200k → 14%THE V FOUNDATION: $450k → 8%HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MAHONING VALLEY: $10k → 19%CANCER CONNECTION: $16k → 8%PROVIDENCE ALASKA FOUNDATION: $17k → 10%CURE 4 THE KIDS FOUNDATION: $7k → 13%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $15k → 16%PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $12k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $12k → 11%PROVIDENCE SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $41k → 9%ADIRONDACK HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%ADVENTHEALTH FOUNDATION CENTRAL FLORIDA: $10k → 13%H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $7k → 13%THE KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE: $8k → 21%MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $9k → 11%HEALTHCARE PARTNER AT CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S: $16k → 11%365 PEDIATRIC CANCER FUND AT MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $37k → 14%THE V FOUNDATION: $400k → 8%PROVIDENCE ALASKA FOUNDATION: $12k → 10%MASS GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE: $15k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $12k → 11%H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 13%THE KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE: $6k → 21%NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%THE V FOUNDATION: $300k → 8%365 PEDIATRIC CANCER FUND AT MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $12k → 14%THE V FOUNDATION: $250k → 8%NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%THE V FOUNDATION: $250k → 8%365 PEDIATRIC CANCER FUND AT MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10k → 14%THE V FOUNDATION: $250k → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
MN
MI
NY
MA
NV
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
MO
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 13 repeat orgs$317k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
13

Total granted

$2.5M
$258k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+42%

Still filing today

92%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyReligionEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TV
    THE V FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +84%
  • VU
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    4× · 2018–2024 · $259k · revenue +110%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    2× · 2017–2021 · $80k · revenue +162%

Funded once

  • PM
    PROVIDENCE MEDICAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $108k · revenue +13%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +87%
  • AM
    ADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $26k · revenue +97%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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 Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
Dana-Farber Children's Hospital Cancer Care Inc

To oversee, coordinate and support the Pediatric Oncology Programs at Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.

Health
4
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
5
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
6
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
7
St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Franci s

To continue christ's healing love through delivery of competent & compassionate healthcare in an environment sensitive to the needs of all people. the hospital is committed to providing a broad range of quality inpatient and outpatient…

Health
8
The Nebraska Medical Center

The Nebraska Medical Center (TNMC)'s mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research, and extraordinary patient care.

Health
9
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.

Health
10
Vassar Brothers Hospital

Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.

Health
11
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital Inc

The primary purpose of the h. lee moffitt cancer center and research institute hospital, inc. ("hospital") is to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

Health
12
City of Hope National Medical Center

To make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. please see schedule o for a continuation of our mission.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Nashville Predators Foundation. 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

28 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. 28 of the 31 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
24/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE V FOUNDATION: $1,900,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATIONVanderbilt University Medical Center: $258,725 · HealthVanderbilt University Medical CenterPROVIDENCE MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $107,500 · Health+20 more: $449,726 · Health+20 moreNASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION: $39,642 · PhilanthropyADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $25,903 · PhilanthropyADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $10,042 · PhilanthropyILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER: $24,066 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $14,816 · OtherCARTI CANCER CENTER: $6,256 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $29,901 · EducationBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $20,158 · Religion
Health$2,715,951Philanthropy$75,587Other$45,138Education$29,901Religion$20,158

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 budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $1,900,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $258,725 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $107,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $79,816 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $49,026 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetH LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $41,391 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetST JOSEPH HEALTH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LLC: $40,879 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION: $39,642 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $34,717 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $29,901 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE ALASKA FOUNDATION: $29,551 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $27,045 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $25,903 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAdventHealth Foundation Inc: $22,425 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE: $21,678 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $20,158 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Connection: $15,664 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $11,921 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $11,921 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $10,042 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON: $9,854 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYORK HEALTH FOUNDATION: $9,108 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDHOOD DISEASES: $7,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $6,275 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKARMANOS CANCER FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAmerican Association for Cancer Research Inc: $5,055 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.

American Cancer Socie…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Cancer Society IncGA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Cancer Society Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.

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 31 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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