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The Hayden 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.

$713k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$207k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.8MHealth$238kInternational$127kEducation$123kPublic Benefit$115kFood & Nutrition$83kPhilanthropy$10kAnimals$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $118k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $561k
$9,164
Median grant
6
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$207,403
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$150,000
CHATHAM HOUSE FOUNDATION$127,180
CONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY$76,500
FRIENDS OF CANCER RESEARCH$31,675
ST PAUL'S GIRLS SCHOOL$30,651
THE NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART$25,000
TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION$10,667
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING$10,000
THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$10,000
DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC$9,164
Individual grant recipient$6,386
YALE UNIVERSITY$5,000
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$4,828
GARSINGTON OPERA$2,299
02The need
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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 (FY21–23, $91k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $50k → 20%AUNTIE NA'S HOUSE: $1k → 21%CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $25k → 20%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEMS: $15k → 17%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

MI
NY
PA
NJ
CT
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 20 repeat orgs$528k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
27

Total granted

$2.0M
$358k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+30%

Still filing today

65%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • TB
    THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
    3× · 2020–2022 · $801k · revenue +52%
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    4× · 2020–2024 · $641k · revenue +119%
  • CC
    CONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
    2× · 2021–2024 · $154k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHATHAM HOUSE
    one grant, 2023 · $115k
  • RO
    ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
    one grant, 2023 · $62k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $31k
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
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
2
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
3
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
4
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
5
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
6
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery

The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
7
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
8
Berggruen Institute
Education
9
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami Inc

The institute of contemporary art, miami (ica miami), is dedicated to promoting the work of contemporary artists, and to the exchange of art and ideas throughout the miami region and internationally. through an energetic calendar of…

Arts & Culture
10
The Studio Museum in Harlem

The studio museum in harlem is a contemporary art museum that focuses on the work of artists of african descent - as well as work that has been inspired and influenced by african culture - past and present; through its exhibitions,…

Arts & Culture
11
Honolulu Museum of Art

To create relevant and transformative experiences through the study, preservation, presentation and creation of art.

Arts & Culture
12
Baltimore Museum of Art

The baltimore museum of art connects art to baltimore and baltimore to the world, embodying a commitment to artistic excellence and social equity in every decision from art presentation, interpretation, and collecting, to the composition…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; the most unlike its peers is The Neue Galerie New York. 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

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 56 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
20/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $801,450 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCESMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $641,186 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART+14 more: $168,058 · Arts & Culture+14 moreCHATHAM HOUSE: $115,189 · OtherCHATHAM HOUSEROYAL OPERA HOUSE: $62,389 · OtherROYAL OPERA HOUSEST PAUL'S GIRLS SCHOOL: $55,526 · OtherST PAUL'S GIRLS SCH…Individual grant recipient: $30,693 · OtherIndividual grant re…NY FOUNDATION FOR THE ART: $25,000 · OtherNY FOUNDATION FOR T…LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD: $25,000 · OtherLOYOLA BLAKEFIELDGULF HALL OF EAST HAMPTION: $24,941 · OtherGULF HALL OF EAST H…+21 more: $101,447 · Other+21 moreCONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: $153,500 · HealthFriends of Cancer Research: $31,675 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthTHE CHATHAM HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $127,180 · InternationalTHE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $30,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $10,000 · EducationUBUNTU PATHWAYS INC: $5,000 · EducationTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 · Animals
Arts & Culture$1,610,694Other$440,185Health$190,175International$127,180Human Services$91,000Education$60,000Animals$10,000

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 budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $801,450 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $641,186 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: $153,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHATHAM HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $127,180 over 1y, 25% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $49,782 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $41,968 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Cancer Research: $31,675 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $28,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $19,312 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAOU FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHED NYC INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUBUNTU PATHWAYS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $4,439 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF THE HAMPTONS LTD: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $1,188 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoyal Academy America Inc: $1,079 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAUNTIE NA'S VILLAGE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE NEUE GALERIE NEW YORK: $790 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Hayden Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hayden Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–25%
    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 Hayden Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Hayden 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 56 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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