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The Hampshire 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.

$300k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Education$620kEnvironment$593kHousing & Shelter$516kArts & Culture$272kHealth$85kAnimals$45kHuman Services$25kYouth Development$8k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $260k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Routt County Foundation for Senior$100,000
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Inc$100,000
Denver Art Museum Inc$60,000
Smithsonian Institution$25,000
Caxton Club$5,000
American Antiquarian Society$5,000
The Grolier Club$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–18, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%BRIGHT BY THREE: $10k → 12%ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%BRIGHT BY THREE: $5k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.0M · 14 repeat orgs$127k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
7

Total granted

$2.0M
$87k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+44%

Still filing today

79%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • RC
    ROUTT COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR CITIZ
    6× · 2020–2025 · $516k · revenue +39%
  • GS
    GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS
    7× · 2017–2023 · $311k · revenue +213%
  • DA
    DENVER ART MUSEUM
    6× · 2020–2025 · $160k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • MO
    MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -12%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +194%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

2
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
3
The Childrens Museum of Denver Inc

To create extraordinary experiences that champion the wonder and joy of childhood.

Arts & Culture
4
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
5
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce

The denver metro chamber of commerce is the architect of tomorrow, igniting change and driving progress to build dynamic economies and communities. we champion innovation, forge powerful partnerships, and relentlessly advocate for our…

6
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
7
Education Commission of the States

The mission of education commission of the states is to advocate for attaining educational excellence for all and to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of…

Education
8
The Colorado College

At colorado college our goal is to provide the finest liberal arts education in the country. drawing upon the adventurous spirit of the rocky mountain west, we challenge students, one course at a time, to develop those habits of intellect…

Education
9
Denver Early Childhood Council

The vision of denver's early childhood council (the "council") is that denver is a community where the diverse needs of all children and their families are supported. the council elevates the early childhood field through innovative and…

Education
10
Colorado Library Consortium

An innovative, collaborative organization that empowers libraries and library staff to better serve their patrons.

11
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
12
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Public Library Friends Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Smithsonian Institution. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $413,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientINTEGRATED COMMUNITY OF ROUTT COUNTY COLORADO — $135,000 · OtherINTEGRATED COMMUNITY OF ROUTT COU…ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER — $36,500 · OtherART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER+7 more — $48,500 · Other+7 moreROUTT COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR CITIZ — $516,000 · Human ServicesROUTT COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR S…ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION — $35,000 · Human ServicesROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HEA…+1 more — $15,000 · Human ServicesGREENHOUSE SCHOLARS — $311,000 · EducationGREENHOUSE SCHOLARSUNIVERSITY OF DENVER — $115,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVERALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION — $20,000 · Education+1 more — $15,000 · EducationDENVER ART MUSEUM — $160,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER ART …SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $25,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN…MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER — $25,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF C…PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC — $180,000 · EnvironmentCHATTAHOO…Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation — $50,000 · HealthROCKY MOUNTAIN BUTTERFLY CONSORTIUM — $45,000 · AnimalsINVEST IN KIDS — $8,000 · Youth Development
Other$633,000Human Services$566,000Education$461,000Arts & Culture$220,000Environment$180,000Health$50,000Animals$45,000Youth Development$8,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetROUTT COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR CITIZ — $516,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetGREENHOUSE SCHOLARS — $311,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC — $180,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM — $160,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER — $115,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN BUTTERFLY CONSORTIUM — $45,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER — $36,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRIGHT BEGINNINGS — $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINVEST IN KIDS — $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAXTON CLUB — $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetDENVER URBAN SCHOLARS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Denver FoundationCO21× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Hbb Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Connie Burwell White and William W White Foundation · Libertygives Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Hampshire Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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