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The Hedbring Foundation at a glance

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The Hedbring 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.

$78k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$370kFood & Nutrition$107kReligion$83kRecreation & Sports$78kEnvironment$55kCrime & Legal$43kHealth$41kHuman Services$38kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $69k
$10,400
Median grant
2
States reached
$118k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREENWICH FREE LIBRARY$25,000
COMFORT FOODS COMMUNITY$17,000
GREENWICH LIONS CLUB$16,100
AGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION$10,400
SARATOGA SPRINGS LIONS CLUB$5,000
HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$2,000
WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY$2,000
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 (FY18–18, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CHALLENGED ATHLETE FOUNDATION: $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.
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$612k · 16 repeat orgs$424k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
35

Total granted

$612k
$422k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+35%

Still filing today

38%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
EducationRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterHuman ServicesPhilanthropySocial ScienceOther
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

  • TW
    THE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL
    3× · 2018–2020 · $55k · revenue +30%
  • SC
    SKIDMORE COLLEGE
    2× · 2019–2021 · $50k · revenue +19%
  • TW
    THE WESLEY FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $20k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • BB
    BOTTSKILL BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $62k
  • HC
    HUDSON CROSSING PARK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +89% · 42% of their budget
  • CF
    COMFORT FOOD
    one grant, 2019 · $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
Greenridge Cemetery Association Inc

The purpose of greenridge cemetery association inc is to operate a cemetery located at 17 greenridge place, saratoga springs, ny.

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2
Northeast Greenwich Association Incorporated

The purpose of the association is to provide for the protection and general welfare of the residents and owners of real property in the northeastern section of greenwich, connecticut, including the preservation of the residential character…

Community Improvement
3
Salem Land Trust Inc

Conserving the beauty, rural character, and natural diversity of the Town of Salem, CT

Environment
4
Wallkill Valley Land Trust

To promote the preservation, protection, and balanced use of the wallkill valley through acquisition, holding, and management of fee simple title conservation easements.

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5
Wading River Cemetery Assoc Inc

The Wading River Cemetery Assoc Inc. is a section 501c13 cemetery. As such we provide a reverent place for Wading River residents to bury their loved ones.

Membership Benefit
6
Watertown Land Trust

Preservation of open space in watertown, ct; maintenance of owned and conserved properties and public education of enviromental issues.

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7
Norwalk River Watershed Association Inc

To protect water quality and wildlife habitat in the seven-town Norwalk River Watershed

Environment
8
The Greenwich Land Trust Inc

Conserving the land. connecting the community. greenwich land trust conserves open space, connects our community with the natural world, and inspires the next generation of conservationists. the land trust permanently protects and cares…

Environment
9
Wethersfield Historical Society

The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.

Arts & Culture
10
Westchester Land Trust Inc

The primary mission of the Westchester Land Trust is to conserve, maintain and enhance the natural environment and resources of Westchester County and eastern Putnam County. The Trust acquires interests in land exhibiting important natural…

Environment
11
Greenwich Country Club

To maintain a clubhouse and golf grounds to cultivate a social spirit among its members to provide them with lawful recreation to do generally whatever may serve for the advancement, benefit, diversion or pleasure of the members.

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12
New York State Golf Association Inc

The New York State Golf Association's mission is to promote & conserve the traditions of golf throughout NY State.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Wesley Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Salem Volunteer Fire Department. 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

14 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. 14 of the 52 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOTTSKILL BAPTIST CHURCH: $61,918 · OtherBOTTSKILL BAPTIST CHURCHCCGY: $57,964 · OtherCCGYGREENWICH LIONS CLUB: $57,700 · OtherGREENWICH LIONS CLUBCOMFORT FOODS COMMUNITY: $42,000 · OtherCOMFORT FOODS COMMUNITYCOMFORT FOOD: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherSCHUYLERVILLE CHAMBER OF COMERCE: $28,000 · OtherWILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherTHE WILLISTON NORTHHAMPTON SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $22,500 · Other+32 more: $203,939 · Other+32 moreGREENWICH FREE LIBRARY: $175,605 · EducationGREENWICH FREE LIBRARYTHE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL: $55,000 · EducationTHE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHO…SKIDMORE COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationSKIDMORE COLLEGEHUDSON CROSSING PARK INC: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsGREENWICH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $5,214 · Recreation & SportsAGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSN INC: $35,400 · EnvironmentHistoric Salem Courthouse Preservation Assocation Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WESLEY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropySALEM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $15,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$614,021Education$280,605Recreation & Sports$45,214Environment$35,400Arts & Culture$25,000Philanthropy$20,000Public Safety & Disaster$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREENWICH FREE LIBRARY: $175,605 over 7y, 16% of budgetTHE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON CROSSING PARK INC: $40,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetAGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSN INC: $35,400 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHistoric Salem Courthouse Preservation Assocation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetSARATOGA SPRINGS LIONS CLUB INC: $18,500 over 5y, 9.7% of budgetSALEM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $15,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreenwich Cemetery Association: $5,925 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetGREENWICH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $5,214 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetBATTENKILL CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetJAKE'S HELP FROM HEAVEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% 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.

  • Who funds GREENWICH FREE LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds THE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SKIDMORE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HUDSON CROSSING PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds AGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSN INC ↗
  • Who funds Historic Salem Courthouse Preservation Assocation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE WESLEY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SARATOGA SPRINGS LIONS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds SALEM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC ↗
  • Who funds Greenwich Cemetery Association ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BATTENKILL CONSERVANCY INC ↗

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 Community Foundat…Alfred Z Solomon Test…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Alfred Z Solomon Testamentary Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Hedbring Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hedbring Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–60%
    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 52 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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