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The Hamelin Foundation Trust at a glance

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The Hamelin Foundation Trust

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.

$35k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$49kArts & Culture$26kReligion$19kHealth$11kAnimals$10kEnvironment$7kHuman Services$5kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$458k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ORCAT$10,000
CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS$5,500
MIAMI CITY BALLET$5,000
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE$5,000
HIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVERS$3,150
EVERGLADES FOUNDATION$2,500
RANSOM EVERGLADES SCHOOL$1,500
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL GARDENS$1,000
CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR$500
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH$500
PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION$500
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 (FY18–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, 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%TABLE: $500 → 13%TABLE: $500 → 13%HIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVERS: $3k → 21%HIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVER FDN: $2k → 21%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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$84k · 11 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +133% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
10

Total granted

$84k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+133%
0%

Still filing today

73%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • RE
    RANSOM EVERGLADES SCHOOL INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $23k · revenue +48%
  • MC
    MIAMI CITY BALLET INC
    3× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +46%
  • THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +133%

Funded once

  • OR
    OCEAN REEF MEDICAL ASSOC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • LC
    LEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +27%
  • GM
    GETHSEMANE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2018 · $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
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
Rollins College

Education and Public Service Mission: Rollins College educates students for global citizenship and responsible leadership, empowering graduates to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers. We are committed to liberal arts ethos and…

Education
3
Miami University Foundation

Support of miami university

Education
4
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
5
The Miami Foundation Inc

To create a greater miami where everyone can thrive by accelerating generosity, leadership, and community engagement. the miami foundation serves as a philanthropic and community backbone for greater miami, bringing together donors,…

Philanthropy
6
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
7
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
The Canterbury School of Florida Foundation Inc

To raise funds and to hold, manage and invest the funds raised and then distribute earnings from such funds to sustain and support the canterbury school of florida, inc.

Philanthropy
11
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pi Beta Phi Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Pierres Birthday Fund Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 27 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)
16/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS: $16,000 · OtherCHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSSAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE: $5,000 · OtherAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCAREOCEAN REEF MEDICAL ASSOC: $5,000 · OtherOCEAN REEF MEDICAL ASSOCST THOMAS CHURCH: $1,700 · Other+13 more: $8,650 · Other+13 moreRANSOM EVERGLADES SCHOOL INC: $22,500 · EducationRANSOM EVERGLADES SCHOOL…Scripps College: $5,000 · EducationScripps CollegeLEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INC: $1,200 · EducationMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMIAMI CITY BALLET INCFLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA GRAND OPERA I…BROWN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITYORCAT INC: $10,000 · AnimalsTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · EnvironmentHIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVER FOUNDATION: $4,750 · Human ServicesTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$36,350Education$28,700Arts & Culture$25,000Community Improvement$20,000Animals$10,000Environment$6,500Human Services$5,750

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 budgetRANSOM EVERGLADES SCHOOL INC: $22,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetORCAT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetScripps College: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVER FOUNDATION: $4,750 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA PLACE AT THE TABLE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MIAMI MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPI BETA PHI FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIERRES BIRTHDAY FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Renaissance Charitabl…Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Renaissance Charitable Foundation IncIN11.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Hamelin Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hamelin Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 27 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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