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The Hall Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Hall Charitable Trust

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.

$122k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$535kEnvironment$531kArts & Culture$109kPhilanthropy$100kPublic Benefit$100kHealth$68kEducation$25kCrime & Legal$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $62k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$12,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$117k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$50,000
CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION$25,000
HEAL THE OCEAN$25,000
Individual grant recipient$12,000
SANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC$3,500
SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN$2,500
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN$2,500
WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL$1,847
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 (FY18–23, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JENESSE CENTER INC: $1k → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $500 → 14%FRIENDSHIP CENTER: $1k → 14%FRIENDSHIP CENTER: $1k → 14%FRIENDSHIP CENTER: $1k → 14%FRIENDSHIP CENTER: $1k → 14%FRIENDSHIP CENTER: $1k → 14%FRIENDSHIP CENTER: $1k → 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

MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
DC
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 16 repeat orgs$238k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
23

Total granted

$1.3M
$238k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+10%

Still filing today

81%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EnvironmentEducationPhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & 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

  • Northwestern University
    4× · 2017–2021 · $535k · revenue +41%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $305k · revenue +41%
  • HT
    HEAL THE OCEAN INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $145k · revenue +119%

Funded once

  • TV
    THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -34%
  • LT
    LOMPOC THEATRE
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • NB
    NATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION FU
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
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
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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2
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
3
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.

—
4
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
5
National Tropical Botanical Garden

To enrich life by perpetuating tropical plants, ecosystems and cultural heritage through discovery, scientific research, conservation, and education.

Environment
6
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

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

Environment
8
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
9
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
10
Bartlett Arboretum Association Inc

To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.

Environment
11
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
12
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Venture Fund; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

29 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. 29 of the 40 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $305,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $145,000 · EnvironmentHEAL THE OCEAN INCNEW VENTURE FUND: $100,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUNDHEAL THE BAY: $31,000 · Environment+6 more: $37,500 · Environment+6 moreNorthwestern University: $535,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern UniversityIndividual grant recipient: $97,000 · OtherIndividual grant re…SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART: $57,500 · OtherSANTA BARBARA MUSEU…LOMPOC THEATRE: $40,000 · OtherLOMPOC THEATRENATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION FU: $15,000 · OtherNATIONAL BREAST CAN…NATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION: $10,000 · OtherEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 · Other+15 more: $42,750 · Other+15 moreTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $100,000 · Civil RightsCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTHE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL: $12,052 · EducationTHE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $10,000 · EducationBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $2,500 · EducationSURFAID INTERNATIONAL USA: $11,000 · PhilanthropyDAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS -BASED EDUCATION AND WORLD PEACE: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Environment$618,500Recreation & Sports$535,000Other$272,250Civil Rights$100,000Health$31,000Education$24,552Philanthropy$16,000

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 budgetNorthwestern University: $535,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $305,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $145,000 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $31,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC: $14,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL: $12,052 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSURFAID INTERNATIONAL USA: $11,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS and GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA BARBARAINC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP ADULT DAY CARE CENTER INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS -BASED EDUCATION AND WORLD PEACE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER ACTION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMELISSA'S HOUSE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetJenesse Center Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVNA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARTLEY NATURE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LAND TRUST FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMANDA FOUNDATION: $500 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.

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.

Santa Barbara Foundat…The Kirby-Jones Found…Hutton Foundation Dba…California Community …Mosher FoundationWww FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
Santa Barbara FoundationCA17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · California Community Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Www Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Hall Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hall Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Hall Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to The Hall Charitable Trust 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 40 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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