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The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$13M
Granted FY2022
8
Grants FY2022
6
Organizations funded FY2022
83%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2022
$13,256
Largest grant, FY2022
$12,489,551
Organizations funded a year
2 to 39
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
7
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 83% of the organizations The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22
Civil RightsArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20226$13M83%
FY20212$2k100%
FY20205$30k20%
FY20199$85k33%
FY201739$704kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Philanthropy$15MEnvironment$251kCrime & Legal$238kArts & Culture$146kPublic Benefit$100kEducation$94kCivil Rights$40kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NM
DC
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Legal Aid Society$73,25620%
Earthjustice$65,00020%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc$50,00030%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$50,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$50,00010%
Icivics Inc$50,00012%
International Folk Art Alliance Inc Dba Ifam$35,00031%
National Women's Law Center$30,00010%
Washington & Jefferson College$30,00030%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$25,00010%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$25,00010%
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc$25,00010%
Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc$25,00010%
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc$25,00011%
Youth Justice Network Inc$25,00011%
Immigrant Justice Corps Inc$25,00011%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$25,00010%
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Riverkeeper Inc$25,0001n/a
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$25,00010%
The Santa Fe Opera$10,00020%
Equal Justice Initiative$10,00010%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$10,00010%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$10,00010%
Portland Museum of Art$10,00010%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc$10,00010%
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum$7,50020%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$5,00010%
Dallas Symphony Association$5,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$4,52310%
Ccsa Foundation$4,00010%
Candid$2,50010%
A Better Chance in Darien Inc$2,50012%
Hobart and William Smith Colleges$2,00010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$1,97710%
New York Public Radio$1,00010%
Covenant House California$1,00010%
CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC Biodiversity Funders Grp$1,00010%
Cornell University$1,00010%
Rumsey Hall School Inc$1,00010%
Theater Resources Unlimited Inc$25010%

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Legal Aid Society: $73,256 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Campaign Legal Center Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIcivics Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetInternational Folk Art Alliance Inc Dba Ifam: $35,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNational Women's Law Center: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWashington & Jefferson College: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Legal Assistance Group Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJazz at Lincoln Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYouth Justice Network Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetImmigrant Justice Corps Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLeague of Conservation Voters Education Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Santa Fe Opera: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNative American Rights Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPortland Museum of Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAsian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgia O'Keeffe Museum: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Symphony Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $4,523 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCcsa Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCandid: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Better Chance in Darien Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHobart and William Smith Colleges: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $1,977 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House California: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC Biodiversity Funders Grp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRumsey Hall School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTheater Resources Unlimited Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA14.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc

How much does The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc give?
The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $13,217,807 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (94%), Environment (2%), Crime & Legal (1%).
Who are The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: The Legal Aid Society ($73k), Earthjustice ($65k), The Campaign Legal Center Inc ($50k).
Does The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, The Ford Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
Where is The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc based?
The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 53 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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