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The Hand Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
131
Grants FY2024
51
Organizations funded FY2023
61%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$700,000
Organizations funded a year
51 to 65
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$167M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 61% of the organizations The Hand Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving115$2.5M80%
FY202351$160k61%
FY202255$147k40%
FY202165$193k37%
FY202063$173kn/a
39% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.5MReligion$327kHealth$195kPublic Safety & Disaster$110kFood & Nutrition$87kYouth Development$75kCommunity Improvement$61kHuman Services$60kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
PA
NJ
CA
VA
KS
TN
NC
OK
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$825,37510%
Glades Day School$250,00015%
Stetson University Inc$150,00010%
Cross Training Ministries Inc$100,0001n/a
Henderson County Rescue Squad$100,00015%
Frontline Healing Foundation$50,00018%
The Connie and Ricky Sparks Scholarship Foundation$50,000147%
Quantum House Inc$40,00011%
Christians Reaching Out To Society Inc$35,00011%
Dunklin Memorial Church Inc$35,0001n/a
Show all 33 grantees
All grantees of The Hand Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$825,37510%
Glades Day School$250,00015%
Stetson University Inc$150,00010%
Cross Training Ministries Inc$100,0001n/a
Henderson County Rescue Squad$100,00015%
Frontline Healing Foundation$50,00018%
The Connie and Ricky Sparks Scholarship Foundation$50,000147%
Quantum House Inc$40,00011%
Christians Reaching Out To Society Inc$35,00011%
Dunklin Memorial Church Inc$35,0001n/a
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation$30,00010%
Junior League of the Palm Beaches Inc$25,000110%
Florida Agriculture in the Classroom Inc$25,00015%
Cielo Community for Innovation Entrepreneurship Leadership$25,00012%
Pregnancy Care Center$25,00015%
Boys & Girls Club of Pbc$25,00010%
Lighthouse for the Blind of the Palm Beaches Inc$25,00011%
Glades Youth Connection Inc$25,000137%
Light House Cafe Ministries of the Glades Inc$25,000115%
Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County/Hendersonville Inc$25,00011%
TrustBridge Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Belle Glade Chamber of Commerce Inc$11,26019%
Rotary International Belle Glade Rotary Club$10,000120%
The Refuge Ranch Inc$10,00012%
Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast Inc$10,00011%
Donelson Christian Academy Inc$5,00010%
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Cafe 1040 Inc$1,50010%
Western Palm Beach County Frm Bureau$1,50011%
Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc$1,00010%
Florida Taxwatch Research Institute Inc$1,00010%
Clewiston Museuminc$60010%
Arts4all Florida Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 199 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Hand Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe University of Florida Foundation Inc: $825,375 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGlades Day School: $250,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetStetson University Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHenderson County Rescue Squad: $100,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetFrontline Healing Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetThe Connie and Ricky Sparks Scholarship Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetQuantum House Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetChristians Reaching Out To Society Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPulmonary Fibrosis Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJunior League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetFlorida Agriculture in the Classroom Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetCielo Community for Innovation Entrepreneurship Leadership: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPregnancy Care Center: $25,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Pbc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLighthouse for the Blind of the Palm Beaches Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGlades Youth Connection Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetLight House Cafe Ministries of the Glades Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Henderson County/Hendersonville Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTrustBridge Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBelle Glade Chamber of Commerce Inc: $11,260 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetRotary International Belle Glade Rotary Club: $10,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetThe Refuge Ranch Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDonelson Christian Academy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Palm Beach County Sheriff's Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCafe 1040 Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Palm Beach County Frm Bureau: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Taxwatch Research Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClewiston Museuminc: $600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetArts4all Florida Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

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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.

He Hill Foundation IncFL24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: He Hill Foundation Inc · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Royal Foundation Inc · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · Quantum Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable 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.

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About The Hand Foundation Inc

How much does The Hand Foundation Inc give?
The Hand Foundation Inc reported 131 grants totaling $2,453,235 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 65 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Hand Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (49%), Religion (10%), Health (6%).
Who are The Hand Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The University of Florida Foundation Inc ($825k), Glades Day School ($250k), Stetson University Inc ($150k).
Does The Hand Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Hand Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Hand Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include He Hill Foundation Inc, United Way of Palm Beach County Inc, Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc.
Where is The Hand Foundation Inc based?
The Hand Foundation Inc is based in FL.

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 232 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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