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The Donald Hughes Family Foundation at a glance

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The Donald Hughes Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$4k
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.

Community Improvement$155kPhilanthropy$82kHuman Services$80kHousing & Shelter$73kHealth$53kEducation$30kArts & Culture$17kReligion$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$4,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$108k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNC CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION$4,000
AVVBA FOUNDATION INC$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%BOYS TOWN: $3k → 12%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%BOYS TOWN: $3k → 12%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%COVENANT HOUSE: $300 → 17%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%COVENANT HOUSE: $200 → 17%BOYS TOWN: $300 → 12%CARING SERVICES: $2k → 16%CARING SERVICES: $2k → 16%CARING SERVICES: $1k → 16%CARING SERVICES: $1k → 16%CARING SERVICES: $500 → 16%AUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $3k → 16%AUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $3k → 16%ROOM AT THE INN: $1k → 16%ROOM AT THE INN: $1k → 16%ROOM AT THE INN: $1k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRIES: $10k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRIES: $5k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRIES: $5k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $4k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRIES: $3k → 16%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

IL
NY
MA
OH
CO
NE
MO
VA
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$479k · 42 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 42 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
15

Total granted

$479k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+44%

Still filing today

38%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
Human ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • GU
    GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY
    6× · 2017–2023 · $37k · revenue +38%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE
    4× · 2019–2023 · $21k · revenue +34%
  • RA
    ROOM AT THE INN INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $13k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • MH
    MERCY HOME FOR BOYS & GIRLS
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater cincinnati offers a community of compassion, support and the comforts of home to families with critically ill children, steps away from the medical care they need.

Human Services
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
Covenant House New Orleans

Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…

Human Services
5
Covenant House Washington Dc

Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.

Human Services
6
Rex Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Health
7
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

Health
8
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
9
Covenant House Georgia Inc

Covenant house georgia provides shelters, protects and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, runaway and sexually exploited youth.

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10
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
11
Garnet Health

To maintain an integrated health delivery system of providers and hospitals resulting in improved health for our community by providing exceptional healthcare to our patients.

Health
12
Mississippi Methodist Hospital Rehabilitation Center Inc

In response to the love of god, the methodist rehabilitation center, is dedicated to the restoration and enhancement of the lives of those we serve. we are committed to excellence and leadership in the delivery of comprehensive…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Richard Hampton Jenrette 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

20 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. 20 of the 60 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENNYBYRN: $105,000 · OtherPENNYBYRNST JUDE: $37,500 · OtherST JUDEHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $20,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $20,000 · OtherOBLATE RESIDENCY AND INFIRMARY: $18,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $16,000 · Other+42 more: $195,250 · Other+42 moreGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $36,500 · Human ServicesGREENSBORO URBAN MIN…COVENANT HOUSE: $20,500 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSEROOM AT THE INN INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesROOM AT THE INN INCFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $8,300 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Bo…Sanctuary House Inc: $8,000 · Human ServicesSanctuary House IncCARING SERVICES INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesCARING SERVICES INCAUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $5,000 · Human ServicesCAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $4,500 · PhilanthropyCONVERSE UNIVERSITY: $3,500 · EducationMARCH OF DIMES INC: $2,900 · HealthGREENSBORO BEAUTIFUL INC: $1,900 · Environment
Other$411,750Human Services$97,800Arts & Culture$6,000Philanthropy$4,500Education$3,500Health$2,900Environment$1,900

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $36,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $20,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROOM AT THE INN INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRICHARD HAMPTON JENRETTE FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $8,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSanctuary House Inc: $8,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCARING SERVICES INC: $6,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONVERSE UNIVERSITY: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $2,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGUILFORD BATTLEGROUND COMPANY: $2,900 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetGREENSBORO BEAUTIFUL INC: $1,900 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $300 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.

  • Who funds GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds ROOM AT THE INN INC ↗
  • Who funds RICHARD HAMPTON JENRETTE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
  • Who funds GREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds Sanctuary House Inc ↗
  • Who funds CARING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC ↗
  • Who funds AUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE ↗
  • Who funds CONVERSE UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Lincoln Financial Fou…The Stout Family Foun…The Hummel Family Fun…Community Foundation …Moses H Cone Memorial…Louis DeJoy & Aldona …Reynolds American Fou…Duke Energy FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
Lincoln Financial Foundation IncPA18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Stout Family Foundation · The Hummel Family Fund Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation · Louis DeJoy & Aldona Z Wos Family Foundation Inc · Reynolds American Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Donald Hughes Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Donald Hughes Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–40%
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 60 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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