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The Gregory Hackett Family Foundation at a glance

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The Gregory Hackett Family 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.

$41k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$253kEducation$105kEnvironment$37kPhilanthropy$33kInternational$29kReligion$25kYouth Development$8kHealth$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $1k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY$40,000
NATIONAL FIRST LADIES LIBRARY$1,000
STAN HYETT HALL & GARDENS$430
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 (FY21–22, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GRACE HOUSE AKRON: $6k → 13%GRACE HOUSE AKRON: $500 → 13%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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$461k · 9 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
15

Total granted

$461k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-3%
+23%

Still filing today

44%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
PhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $253k
  • KS
    KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2021 · $59k
  • KS
    KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $46k · revenue -55%

Funded once

  • O
    OASIS
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • TA
    THE AOPA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +85%
  • C
    COUNTRYSIDE
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
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
Akron Zoological Park

We connect your life to wildlife while inspiring lifelong learning and conservation action.

Animals
2
The Akron Zoological Foundation Inc

The mission of the akron zoological foundation, inc. is to directly benefit and provide support for programs, projects and to further the mission of the akron zoological park in conservation, education and serving the community.

Animals
3
Greater Akron Chamber Foundation

Promote business & education in the akron area

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4
Akron Parks Collaborative

To engage the akron, ohio community around the creation and sustainability of vibrant public spaces within the city of akron. we foster and support neighborhood park advocates by enabling them to meet their goals, partner with the city and…

Recreation & Sports
5
Akron Development Corporation

The akron development corporation was organized to support economic development initiatives in the city of akron, particularly through the former akron global business accelerator and to secure state of ohio funding for technology-based…

Community Improvement
6
Cleveland Botanical Garden

The cleveland botanical garden connects people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities.

Environment
7
Greater Akron Chamber

To promote business in the tri-county area

—
8
Akron Bar Foundation

The foundation supports the activities of the akron bar association under section 509(a)(3). the foundation also acts as the charitable arm of the akron bar association and provides scholarships to deserving law students.

Health
9
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank

The mission of the akron-canton regional foodbank is to lead a collaborative network that empowers people to experience healthy and hunger-free lives. we distribute food to feed people and we advocate, engage and convene our community in…

Food & Nutrition
10
Akron Bar Association

To enhance the quality of law and justice through community service and to maintain the integrity of the profession.

—
11
The Holden Arboretum

The holden arboretum connects people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities.

Environment
12
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation

Glen foerd stewards an eclectic riverfront estate for the enjoyment and educational benefit of the community. drawing from the estate's architecture, art, material culture, and history-as well as its gardens and waterways-glen foerd…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Akron Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Arco Murray Charitable Corporation. 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

13 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. 13 of the 28 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)
12/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY: $252,700 · OtherSALVATION ARMYKENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $59,360 · OtherKENT STATE UNIVERSITYHOPE FOR HONDURAN CHILDREN: $29,030 · OtherHOPE FOR HONDURAN CHILDRENFAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH: $24,842 · OtherFAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH+11 more: $14,550 · OtherKENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $45,500 · EducationKENT STATE…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA: $25,000 · EnvironmentTHE AKRON GARDEN CLUB: $10,450 · EnvironmentAKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $2,250 · PhilanthropyGRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · Public Safety & DisasterSummit Choral Society Inc: $882 · Arts & CultureSTAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC: $430 · Arts & CultureCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$380,482Education$46,500Environment$35,450Philanthropy$32,250Human Services$6,500Public Safety & Disaster$1,500Arts & Culture$1,312Recreation & Sports$500

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 budgetKENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $45,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AKRON GARDEN CLUB: $10,450 over 3y, 18% of budgetGRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGABRAIL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNATIONAL FIRST LADIES LIBRARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREATER KANAWHA VALLEY FOUNDATION: $250 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 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds THE AKRON GARDEN CLUB ↗
  • Who funds GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AOPA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GABRAIL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARCO MURRAY CHARITABLE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FIRST LADIES LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds Summit Choral Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GREATER KANAWHA VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Akron Community Found…The Patricia & J Harv…The Richard S and Ali…Lloyd L & Louise K Sm…The Welty Family Foun…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Akron Community FoundationOH17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Akron Community Foundation · The Patricia & J Harvey Graves Family Foundation · The Richard S and Alita Rogers Family Foundation · Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation · The Welty Family Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Gregory Hackett Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gregory Hackett Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 28 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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