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The Dr Maxwell Hurston Family Foun Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Dr Maxwell Hurston Family Foun Foundation Inc

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.

$325k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.0MCivil Rights$522kArts & Culture$141kEnvironment$82kReligion$54kFood & Nutrition$49kInternational$46kScience & Tech$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $258k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION$35,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$35,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$31,000
WEILL-CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER$30,000
SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER$30,000
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH$20,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$15,000
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$15,000
NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA$15,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$12,000
ALS ASSOCIATION$10,000
WNET$10,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$6,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOC$6,000
COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS$5,000
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 (FY17–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES SEATTLE: $4k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES SEATTLE: $4k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES SEATTLE: $2k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES SEATTLE: $2k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES SEATTLE: $2k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES SEATTLE: $2k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES SEATTLE: $2k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES SEATTLE: $2k → 9%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $15k → 14%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $5k → 14%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $5k → 14%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $5k → 14%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

WA
IL
NY
MA
IA
CA
VA
MD
DC
AL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 47 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
5

Total granted

$2.0M
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+47%

Still filing today

45%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% 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
HealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalCivil RightsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $199k · revenue +78%
  • FH
    FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $155k · revenue +27%
  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $125k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • MS
    MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOC
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • SS
    SEATTLE SCHOOL FOR BOYS
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
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 Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
4
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
5
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
6
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
7
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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8
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
9
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

—
10
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
11
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.

—
12
Life Science Washington

Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Seattle School for Boys. 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

26 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. 26 of the 55 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)
24/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $260,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODWEILL-CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER: $235,000 · OtherWEILL-CORNELL MEDICAL CENTERAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $160,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIONFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $155,000 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTERMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING: $145,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERINGSLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $60,000 · OtherTHE LARK THEATER CO INC: $50,000 · Other+36 more: $347,000 · Other+36 moreANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $199,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAM…SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $125,000 · Crime & LegalAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $60,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $23,500 · HealthVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $7,000 · HealthEND OF LIFE WASHINGTON: $5,000 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $46,000 · InternationalAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $40,000 · InternationalWNET: $80,000 · Arts & CultureCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT: $20,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $20,000 · Environment
Other$1,412,000Civil Rights$199,000Crime & Legal$125,000Health$95,500International$86,000Arts & Culture$80,000Environment$60,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $199,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $155,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $125,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWNET: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $46,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $23,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shepherds Table Inc: $16,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBALLARD FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEND OF LIFE WASHINGTON: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 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 ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WNET ↗
  • Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Shepherds Table Inc ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BALLARD FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds FOOD LIFELINE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Dr Maxwell Hurston Family Foun Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dr Maxwell Hurston Family Foun Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Dr Maxwell Hurston Family Foun Foundation Inc 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 55 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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