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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
7
States reached
$12M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2022.

Philanthropy$15MEnvironment$251kCrime & Legal$238kArts & Culture$146kPublic Benefit$100kEducation$94kCivil Rights$40kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0
02FY2022 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $53k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
  • $250k+2 grants · $13M
$13,256
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
A FOUNDATION OF PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS (FJC)$12,489,551
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$600,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$75,000
THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY$13,256
ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE (AAJC INC)$10,000
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE$10,000
NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND$10,000
MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND$10,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $1k → 14%FRIENDS OF ISLAND ACADEMY: $25k → 17%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

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

2%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$281k · 8 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
37

Total granted

$281k
$553k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+72%

Still filing today

88%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22
Arts & CultureEducationCivil RightsEnvironmentCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
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

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    THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
    2× · 2017–2022 · $73k · revenue +66%
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    2× · 2017–2019 · $65k · revenue +82%
  • THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $50k · revenue +144%

Funded once

  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +202%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +41%
  • II
    ICIVICS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +321%
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
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
2
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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3
National Civil Justice Institute

The objectives and goals of the institute shall be to receive and administer funds for the purpose of providing and supporting educational programs for lawyers, legal academics, and members of the judiciary, conferences and publications…

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4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
6
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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9
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
10
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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11
Federation for American Immigration Reform

The federation for american immigration reform's (fair) mission is to educate the public about the economic, sociological, environmental, demographic and other effects of mass immigration to the united states.

International
12
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Founded in 1889, the national association of regulatory utility commisioners (naruc) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the state public service commisions who regulate the utilities that provide essential services such…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Naacp Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Covenant House California. 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

44 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. 44 of the 53 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)
44/44
Grantees still filing
38/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

A FOUNDATION OF PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS (FJC): $12,489,551 · OtherA FOUNDATION OF PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS (FJC)+22 more: $249,523 · OtherNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $2,410,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANT…+1 more: $2,500 · PhilanthropyFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $285,000 · Community ImprovementEARTHJUSTICE: $65,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $50,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $25,000 · EnvironmentRIVERKEEPER INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $25,000 · EnvironmentTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $73,256 · Crime & LegalTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalIMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC: $25,000 · Crime & LegalINTERNATIONAL FOLK ART ALLIANCE INC DBA IFAM: $35,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $25,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SANTA FE OPERA: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePortland Museum of Art: $10,000 · Arts & CultureGEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM: $7,500 · Arts & CultureDALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,250 · Arts & CultureICIVICS INC: $50,000 · EducationWASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE: $30,000 · EducationWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $25,000 · EducationCCSA FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Education+4 more: $5,977 · Education
Other$12,739,074Philanthropy$2,412,500Community Improvement$285,000Environment$240,000Crime & Legal$148,256Arts & Culture$143,750Education$114,977

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 budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $2,410,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $285,000 over 5y, 0.0% of 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 budgetGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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
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.

National Philanthropi…The Ford FoundationJewish Communal FundVanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA14.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Ford Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Icivics Inc: 13% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–50%
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.
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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 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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