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The Hampshire Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Inc$100,000
Routt County Foundation for Senior$100,000
Denver Art Museum Inc$60,000
Smithsonian Institution$25,000
American Antiquarian Society$5,000
The Grolier Club$5,000
Caxton Club$5,000
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 (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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%BRIGHT BY THREE: $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
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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
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
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…

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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…

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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.

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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Public Library Friends Foundation; 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 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. 18 of the 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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 budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetDENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBRIGHT BEGINNINGS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINVEST IN KIDS: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDENVER URBAN SCHOLARS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCAXTON CLUB: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% 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.

The Denver FoundationColorado Gives Founda…The Hbb FoundationRose Community Founda…The Connie Burwell Wh…Libertygives Foundati…Temple Hoyne Buell Fo…Gates Family Foundati…The Colorado Health F…Xcel Energy FoundationMile High United Way …American Online Givin…
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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's 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, 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 25 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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