Skip to content
The Hanson Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Hanson Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$168k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Youth Development$400kHuman Services$292kInternational$261kEducation$97kArts & Culture$91kReligion$73kCommunity Improvement$55kRecreation & Sports$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION$50,000
THE PRINCIPIA$50,000
ADVENTURE UNLIMITED$30,000
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION$10,000
DISASTER AID USA INC$10,000
PRIMARY DAY SCHOOL INC$5,000
ROTARY FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON DC$5,000
HISTORIC MEDLEY DISTRICT INC$2,500
RIVERWORKS ART CENTER INC$2,500
KENTLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$2,000
COMBAT SOLDIERS RECOVERY FUND$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%DISASTER AID USA INC: $10k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MA
IN
CO
MO
VA
MD
DC
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$868k · 14 repeat orgs$196k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
7

Total granted

$868k
$145k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+24%

Still filing today

64%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • LS
    LANDON SCHOOL
    3× · 2020–2023 · $285k · revenue +21%
  • TP
    The Principia Corporation
    2× · 2019–2024 · $80k · revenue +56%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    2× · 2020–2022 · $80k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE ROCKVILLE ROTARY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • NS
    National Society of Arts and Letters Washington DC Chapter
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue -37%
  • FC
    FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
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
The Masonic Foundation of the District of Columbia
Membership Benefit
2
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
3
Roland Park Community Foundation Inc

A community organization that raises money in order to work to preserve and enhance the character of Roland Park, with an emphasis on parks, open space and public areas.

Environment
4
Tudor Place Foundation Inc

Tudor place historic house & garden preserves the stories of six generations of descendants of martha washington and the enslaved and free people who lived and worked at this georgetown landmark for nearly two centuries. by examining their…

—
5
Maryland Federation of Art Inc

Maryland federation of art inc is a nonprofit arts organization whose mission is to create meaningful connections in the community through art. its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

—
6
Metropolitan Club Preservation Foundation

To preserve and memorialize the history and architecture of the district of columbia with particular reference to the metropolitan club and lafayette park area.

Arts & Culture
7
Diplomacy Center Foundation

The Diplomacy Center Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to helping the Department of State create the National Museum of American Diplomacy where the public can explore the capabilities and potential of American diplomacy.

Arts & Culture
8
Founders' Region Potomac Porsche Club of America

Promote the porsche owning and driving experence.

—
9
George Washington Foundation
—
10
Cosmos Club Historic Preservation Foundation

To preserve and memorialize historic and architecturally significant structures in the dupont circle area of the district of columbia with emphasis on repair and renovation of the historic townsend mansion.

Arts & Culture
11
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association

The purpose of the organization is to maintain in the city of alexandria, virginia, a suitable memorial temple to george washington, the mason, which expresses in durability and beauty, the exalted and undying esteem of the freemasons of…

Arts & Culture
12
Philosophical Society of Washington

Educational, scientific, and professional society organized in 1871 by Joseph Henry (the first secretary of the Smithsonian) providing science lectures, education, and discussion to its members and the public for the promotion of science,…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture Inc; the most unlike its peers is Riverworks Art Center Inc. 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

20 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. 20 of the 29 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE: $230,000 · OtherYMCA BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASENATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $80,000 · OtherNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF …BETHESDA CHEVY CHASE YMCA: $51,000 · OtherBETHESDA CHEVY CHASE YMCATHE ROCKVILLE ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherTHE ROCKVILLE ROTARY FOUNDATION INCFIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST: $30,000 · OtherFIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTISTFIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST: $30,000 · OtherFIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST+8 more: $46,994 · Other+8 moreLANDON SCHOOL: $285,000 · EducationLANDON SCHOOLThe Principia Corporation: $80,000 · EducationThe Principia Corporation+1 more: $2,000 · EducationTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $261,000 · InternationalTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION …Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: $52,000 · Arts & CultureNational Society of Arts and Letters Washington DC Chapter: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 · Youth DevelopmentADVENTURE UNLIMITED: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsGLEN ECHO PARK PARTNERSHIP FOR ARTS AND CULTURE INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsRockville Rotary Club Foundation Inc: $14,000 · PhilanthropyMONTGOMERY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $9,600 · PhilanthropyKENTLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · Philanthropy
Other$517,994Education$367,000International$261,000Arts & Culture$88,000Youth Development$34,000Recreation & Sports$32,500Philanthropy$27,600

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 budgetLANDON SCHOOL: $285,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $261,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Principia Corporation: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $80,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $52,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetADVENTURE UNLIMITED: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PRIMARY DAY SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRockville Rotary Club Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetDISASTER AID USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $9,600 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetRotary Foundation of Washington DC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetKENTLANDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetRIVERWORKS ART CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGLEN ECHO PARK PARTNERSHIP FOR ARTS AND CULTURE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORIC MEDLEY DISTRICT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCLASSIC CAR CLUB OF AMERICA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetEARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCombat Soldier Recovery Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

Greater Washington Co…T Rowe Price Program …Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC20× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Hanson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hanson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
6report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Hanson Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Hanson Family 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.

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 29 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Hanson Family’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home