Maryland · Private foundation
The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $218k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $35k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $31k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $106k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $63k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $71k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $80k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $63k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $413k | 55% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telluride Mountain Club | $75,000 | 2 | 66% |
| Young Mens Christian Association Inc | $47,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Washington County Museum of Fine Arts | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Arc of Washington County Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Washington County Arts Council Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Maryland Symphony Orchestra Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hospice of Washington County Inc | $16,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Discovery Station at Hagerstown Inc | $14,500 | 7 | 1% |
| San Mar Children's Home Inc | $14,285 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Free Clinic Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($619k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Washington County Maryland Inc · Alice V & David W Fletcher Foundation Inc · The John R Hershey and Anna L Hershey Family Foundation Inc · Richard N Funkhouser Foundationinc · The Jone L Bowman Foundation Inc · Delaplaine Foundation Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · Irving M Einbinder Charitable Foundation Incorporated · W Lee & Rosalie Ridenour Foundation Inc · Kershner Sisters Foundation · Holzapfel Family Charitable Foundation C/O James Holzapfel · Albert E & Naomi B Sinnisen Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $34,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (57%), Human Services (11%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
- Who are The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Telluride Mountain Club ($75k), Young Mens Christian Association Inc ($47k), Washington County Museum of Fine Arts ($35k).
- Does The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc 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 Hamilton Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Washington County Maryland Inc, Alice V & David W Fletcher Foundation Inc, The John R Hershey and Anna L Hershey Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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