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The Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
36
Organizations funded FY2024
28%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$4,138,789
Organizations funded a year
19 to 36
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 28% of the organizations The Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesReligionAnimalsOther
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
FY2025still arriving37$4.3M22%
FY202436$102k28%
FY202334$187k15%
FY202236$109k44%
FY202135$82k29%
FY202019$49k21%
FY201924$45k29%
FY201821$46kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Philanthropy$4.1MReligion$190kRecreation & Sports$102kAnimals$97kHealth$83kHousing & Shelter$82kEducation$67kHuman Services$34kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
MT
NY
MA
IA
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Care Humane Society$21,00080%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$17,50080%
Lee Scott Academy Inc$16,00080%
Pilots for Christ Inc$15,35070%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$13,00060%
Auburn University Foundation$11,00040%
Baby Steps$10,00041%
Auburn Beautification Council Inc$9,5007n/a
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$8,5003n/a
Children's Harbor Inc$8,48040%
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All grantees of The Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Care Humane Society$21,00080%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$17,50080%
Lee Scott Academy Inc$16,00080%
Pilots for Christ Inc$15,35070%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$13,00060%
Auburn University Foundation$11,00040%
Baby Steps$10,00041%
Auburn Beautification Council Inc$9,5007n/a
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$8,5003n/a
Children's Harbor Inc$8,48040%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$7,50040%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$7,00040%
Southeast Equine Rescue Inc$7,0001n/a
Women's Health Services Inc$5,50021%
National Park Foundation$5,50050%
Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation Inc$5,00060%
Ocean Conservancy$5,00030%
Samaritan's Purse$5,00010%
Bruce Pearl Family Foundation$5,0001n/a
Sacred Selections$4,50020%
Alabama Wildlife Federation$4,00030%
The Children's Hospital of Alabama$4,00040%
American Forest Foundation$4,00040%
Blessman International Inc$4,00020%
Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation Inc$4,00030%
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$3,6003n/a
Food Bank of East Alabama Inc$3,50020%
Vintage Paws Sanctuary Inc$3,00021%
The Dynamic Catholic Institute$3,00020%
Alabama Rural Ministry$2,5001n/a
Alabama Forestry Foundation$2,50020%
The Exceptional Foundation of East Alabama Inc$2,00020%
Black Mountain Home for Children Youth and Families Inc$2,00010%
Legacies Peace Center$2,0001n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$2,00020%
You Might Be for Auburn Foundation$1,25011%
Smile Train Inc$1,00010%
Asheville Humane Society Inc$1,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of East Alabama$1,0001n/a
SOS Guardian Angel Education Fund Inc$1,00012%
United Way of North Carolina$1,00010%
Nations of Coaches Inc$1,0001n/a
The Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs$65010%
Focus on the Family$6001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCare Humane Society: $21,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $17,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLee Scott Academy Inc: $16,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPilots for Christ Inc: $15,350 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAuburn University Foundation: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBaby Steps: $10,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetChildren's Harbor Inc: $8,480 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Health Services Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPhi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSacred Selections: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlabama Wildlife Federation: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Forest Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBlessman International Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGrandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of East Alabama Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVintage Paws Sanctuary Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Dynamic Catholic Institute: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlabama Forestry Foundation: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Exceptional Foundation of East Alabama Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBlack Mountain Home for Children Youth and Families Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYou Might Be for Auburn Foundation: $1,250 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAsheville Humane Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOS Guardian Angel Education Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetUnited Way of North Carolina: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs: $650 over 1y, 0.0% 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 34.

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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.

Alabama Power Foundation IncAL26.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation

How much does The Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation give?
The Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $4,281,689 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (85%), Religion (4%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
Who are The Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Care Humane Society ($21k), Fisher House Foundation Inc ($18k), Lee Scott Academy Inc ($16k).
Does The Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation 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 Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alabama Power Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
Where is The Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation based?
The Grace and Cliff Hare Foundation is based in AL.

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 83 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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