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The Hanley 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.

$849k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2025
40
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$236,000
Organizations funded a year
33 to 50
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$6.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Hanley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthOther
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
FY2025still arriving27$849k22%
FY202440$920k13%
FY202350$660k14%
FY202249$626k24%
FY202143$629k21%
FY202040$473k23%
FY201933$357k15%
FY201834$405k21%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.1MEducation$953kYouth Development$719kHousing & Shelter$660kEnvironment$478kFood & Nutrition$346kInternational$241kPhilanthropy$235kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
NY
MA
CT
CA
WV
VA
MD
AR
DC
HI
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 74 grantees
All grantees of The Hanley Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Spark the Journey$849,00096%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate$712,50081%
Friendship Place$485,00091%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$350,00070%
Martha's Table Inc$260,00080%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$79,00080%
Children of Uganda$75,00045%
World Central Kitchen Inc$75,00050%
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc$72,50080%
Dumbarton Arts and Education Inc$50,00051%
Children's Law Center Inc$50,00060%
AsylumWorks$40,0001n/a
Negotiation Works$37,50066%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$34,00080%
Bread for the City Inc$32,50060%
Edible Schoolyard New York$31,50041%
Issa Trust Foundation Inc$31,00041%
Teach for America Inc$30,00020%
Bullis School$29,00070%
Linc Housing Corporation$25,00010%
Bolinas Community Land Trust$22,50090%
International Women's Health Coalition$22,00040%
La Clinica de la Raza Inc$21,00050%
Christ House$20,00040%
Oceana Inc$17,25080%
Network on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children$17,00040%
Muttville$15,00030%
Rainforest Foundation Inc$14,00080%
The Surfrider Foundation$13,00080%
Marin Academy$12,00030%
Sierra Club Foundation$11,50070%
Wildlife Conservation Society$11,00070%
Roots & Branches Conservancy$10,50099%
Acadia Center$10,00020%
The Potomac Conservancy Inc$10,00010%
American University$10,00010%
Maui Huliau Foundation$10,00061%
Spur Local Inc$10,00021%
San Francisco Food Bank$8,00040%
Na Koa Manu Conservation Inc$6,00051%
Point Reyes National Seashore Association$6,00040%
Mission Local SF Inc$6,00020%
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust$5,50020%
Alano Club of Lahaina Inc$5,00016%
Maui Humane Society$5,00070%
Camas Foundation$5,00012%
Greenwich Botanical Center Inc$5,00030%
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region$5,00010%
Collegiate Directions Inc$5,00010%
Accion Latina$5,00011%
Urban Angels SF$5,00012%
Middlesex School$5,00070%
National Capital Poison Center$4,00080%
Kids in Crisis Inc$4,00010%
Grow Some Good$3,50040%
Family Dog & Puppy Rescue$3,00030%
Women for Afghan Women Inc$3,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc$3,00020%
Brunswick School Inc$3,00010%
La Casa de las Madres$3,00020%
Bay Area Discovery Museum$3,00010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$3,00010%
Friends of the Urban Forest$2,00020%
Maui Food Bank Inc$2,00040%
Barrel Bag$2,0002n/a
Pa'Ia Youth Council Inc$2,00020%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$1,00010%
Georgetown Ministry Center$1,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui Inc$1,0001n/a
Children's Book Project$1,00010%
The Thirteen$1,00010%
Siena House Inc$1,00011%
Marin Horizon School Inc$1,00010%
Washington's National Park Fund$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hanley Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSpark the Journey: $849,000 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate: $712,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetFriendship Place: $485,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $350,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMartha's Table Inc: $260,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe DC Central Kitchen Inc: $79,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChildren of Uganda: $75,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWashington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc: $72,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDumbarton Arts and Education Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetChildren's Law Center Inc: $50,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNegotiation Works: $37,500 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $34,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBread for the City Inc: $32,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEdible Schoolyard New York: $31,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetIssa Trust Foundation Inc: $31,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBullis School: $29,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLinc Housing Corporation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBolinas Community Land Trust: $22,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Women's Health Coalition: $22,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLa Clinica de la Raza Inc: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChrist House: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOceana Inc: $17,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNetwork on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children: $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMuttville: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Surfrider Foundation: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMarin Academy: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $11,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRoots & Branches Conservancy: $10,500 over 9y, 9.5% of budgetAcadia Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Potomac Conservancy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaui Huliau Foundation: $10,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetSpur Local Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNa Koa Manu Conservation Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPoint Reyes National Seashore Association: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMission Local SF Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHawaiian Islands Land Trust: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlano Club of Lahaina Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetMaui Humane Society: $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCamas Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetGreenwich Botanical Center Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetInternational Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollegiate Directions Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 71.

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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.

Greater Washington Community FoundationDC26.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · The San Francisco Foundation · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Impactassetsinc · Marin Community Foundation · McNabb 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.

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How do I get to The Hanley Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Hanley Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Hanley Foundation

How much does The Hanley Foundation give?
The Hanley Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $848,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Hanley Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (21%), Education (18%), Youth Development (13%).
Who are The Hanley Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Spark the Journey ($849k), Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate ($713k), Friendship Place ($485k).
Does The Hanley Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Hanley Foundation 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 Hanley Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
Where is The Hanley Foundation based?
The Hanley Foundation is based in DC.

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 97 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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