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The Hitchcock Hoagland Foundation at a glance

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The Hitchcock Hoagland 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.

$838k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$550k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$910kEducation$636kAnimals$138kArts & Culture$69kHuman Services$64kInternational$30kPublic Benefit$24kCivil Rights$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $33k
  • $250k+2 grants · $800k
$12,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$594k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$550,000
USC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$250,000
CITY WILDLIFE INC$12,500
THE ANIMAL RESUCE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS$10,000
HERO DOGS INC$10,000
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA MID-ATLANTIC CHAPTER$5,000
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 (FY18–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $212 → 12%FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $500 → 11%BLESSING IN A BACKPACK: $1k → 15%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $5k → 14%BLESSING IN A BACKPACK: $500 → 15%HERO DOGS INC: $10k → 8%HERO DOGS INC: $8k → 8%HERO DOGS INC: $5k → 8%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK: $100 → 14%HERO DOGS INC: $500 → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $125 → 14%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

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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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$994k · 65 repeat orgs$877k to everyone else

65 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 63 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

65
72

Total granted

$994k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+22%

Still filing today

77%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $815k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthInternationalHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $102k · revenue +26%
  • CW
    City Wildlife Inc
    7× · 2018–2025 · $33k · revenue +143%
  • HD
    Hero Dogs Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $24k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • FH
    FREEDOM HOUSE
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue -33%
  • IG
    International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +17%
  • TG
    THE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue -10%
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
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
2
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
5
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
6
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
7
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
8
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
9
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
10
The Humane League

We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…

Animals
11
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
12
United Way Worldwide

To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Society of the French Legion of Honor 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

105 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. 105 of the 144 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
103/105
Grantees still filing
75/105
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $550,000 · OtherSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITALTHE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $278,125 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINATHE SOCIETY OF MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $261,135 · OtherTHE SOCIETY OF MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER+86 more: $173,837 · Other+86 moreUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $250,000 · EducationUniversity of South Caroli…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $101,500 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $75,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA U…City Wildlife Inc: $32,716 · EducationCity Wildlife Inc+4 more: $2,625 · EducationROLLIE AND HANKS PAWPRINTS INC: $55,000 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $10,000 · AnimalsLUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE: $8,334 · AnimalsTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $3,504 · AnimalsAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $3,100 · Animals+14 more: $11,198 · AnimalsSESAME WORKSHOP: $25,500 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureRobert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $2,220 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $120 · Arts & CultureHero Dogs Inc: $23,500 · Human ServicesInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $5,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC ABUSE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $3,000 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $1,500 · Human Services+5 more: $1,187 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $7,610 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $6,556 · InternationalFREEDOM HOUSE: $6,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,800 · InternationalTHE URBAN ASSEMBLY INC: $2,500 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $1,525 · International+4 more: $3,110 · InternationalReporters Without Borders Inc: $14,500 · Civil RightsCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $5,015 · Civil RightsTHE SIGNALS NETWORK INC: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Other$1,263,097Education$461,841Animals$91,136Arts & Culture$40,840Human Services$34,187International$33,101Civil Rights$24,515

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 budgetUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $101,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROLLIE AND HANKS PAWPRINTS INC: $55,000 over 2y, 76% of budgetCity Wildlife Inc: $32,716 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetSESAME WORKSHOP: $25,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHero Dogs Inc: $23,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetReporters Without Borders Inc: $14,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE: $8,334 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR INC: $7,700 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $7,610 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION INC: $7,550 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS INC: $7,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $6,556 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,240 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $5,015 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SIGNALS NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRobert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $4,710 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $4,035 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $3,504 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCitizens Association of Georgetown: $3,275 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $3,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Alfred Friendly Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOEXISTENCE STORY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDOMESTIC ABUSE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA ACADEMY OF AUTHORS: $3,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetWESTIE RESCUE INC: $3,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetTHE URBAN ASSEMBLY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND WESTIE RESCUE INC: $2,500 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $2,220 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $1,525 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 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 Dorothy G Bender …Greater Washington Co…Verizon FoundationSidgmore Family Found…World Bank Community …United Way of the Nat…The Ford FoundationGive Back FoundationAnnie E Casey Foundat…John D and Catherine …The Pfizer Foundation…Global Impact
The Dorothy G Bender Foundation IncDE15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dorothy G Bender Foundation Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Sidgmore Family Foundation · World Bank Community Connections Fund · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Ford Foundation · Give Back Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Global Impact

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 Hitchcock Hoagland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hitchcock Hoagland Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to The Hitchcock Hoagland Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Hitchcock Hoagland 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 144 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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