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The Hitt Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Hitt Family Foundation Inc

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.

$19k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$67kRecreation & Sports$13kHealth$13kPhilanthropy$8kEnvironment$5kFood & Nutrition$2kCrime & Legal$1kYouth Development$250Other$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$170k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER C$5,400
QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES$5,300
TRUSTEES OF UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA$2,500
CURE EPILEPSY$2,500
UNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY$2,500
OCEAN RESEARCH CONSERVATION ASSOC I$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 58% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%TRUSTEES OF UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10k → 22%CHANGE THE TUNE: $250 → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF S E N FL: $3k → 17%HEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $240 → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF S E N FL: $1k → 11%QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES: $5k → 12%TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK: $1k → 13%PSI UPSILON FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%CURE EPILEPSY: $3k → 14%THE GILMAN SCHOOL: $5k → 19%TRUSTEES OF UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10k → 22%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF S E N FL: $1k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF S E N FL: $500 → 11%WINDSOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK: $1k → 13%CURE EPILEPSY: $3k → 14%TRUSTEES OF UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10k → 22%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF S E N FL: $1k → 17%QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES: $3k → 12%TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK: $160 → 13%CURE EPILEPSY: $1k → 14%TRUSTEES OF UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3k → 22%URBAN JUSTICE CENTER: $1k → 17%QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES: $3k → 12%CURE EPILEPSY: $500 → 14%TRUSTEES OF UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3k → 22%QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES: $1k → 12%TRUSTEES OF UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3k → 22%QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES: $800 → 12%QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES: $500 → 12%SAINT EDWARDS SCHOOL: $250 → 12%LITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER C: $5k → 12%LITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER C: $4k → 12%LITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER C: $4k → 12%LITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER C: $3k → 12%LITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER C: $3k → 12%UNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $3k → 12%UNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $3k → 12%LITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER C: $2k → 12%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
NY
IN
PA
CA
MD
AR
FL
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.
$58k · 7 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
12

Total granted

$58k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+14%

Still filing today

57%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHealthArts & 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

  • LS
    LITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER C
    6× · 2020–2025 · $21k
  • QV
    QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue -13%
  • CU
    Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
    4× · 2022–2025 · $7k · revenue -20%

Funded once

  • GS
    GILMAN SCHOOL INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +36%
  • TW
    THE WINDSOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +2%
  • TP
    THE PSI UPSILON FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -49%
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
Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey a Nj Nonprofit Corporation

The mission of the independent colleges and universities of new jersey, a new jersey non-profit corporation is to advance the interests of new jersey's independent, non-profit, public mission institutions of higher education by promoting…

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2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Fisk University

Fisk university produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society. our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts. our faculty and administrators emphasize the…

Education
4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
7
Quinnipiac University

To build the university of the future with a strategy propelling us from our storied past toward an ambitious, inclusive & innovative future by preparing graduates as enlightened global citizens equipped for the challenges & opportunities…

Education
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
10
The University of Bridgeport Inc

The university promotes academic excellence, personal responsibility and commitment to service. distinctive curricula in an international, culturally diverse supportive learning environment prepare graduates for life and leadership in an…

Education
11
Union Institute & University

Union Institute & University educates highly motivated adults who seek academic programs to engage, enlighten, and empower them to pursue professional goals and a lifetime of learning and service. Offering accredited bachelors, masters,…

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12
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Indian River County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. 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

12 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. 12 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $38,535 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAGILMAN SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $5,000 · EducationGILMAN SCHOOL INCORPORATEDTHE WINDSOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $2,700 · EducationTHE WINDSOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION+1 more: $250 · EducationLITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER C: $21,325 · OtherLITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER CPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF S E N FL: $6,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF S E N FLOCEAN RESEARCH CONSERVATION ASSOC I: $4,000 · OtherOCEAN RESEARCH CONSERVATION ASSOC ITHE PSI UPSILON FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · Other+7 more: $2,890 · Other+7 moreQUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC: $12,825 · PhilanthropyQUAIL VALLEY CHARI…UNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF INDI…Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $6,500 · HealthTREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INC: $2,160 · Food & NutritionCHANGE THE TUNE INC: $250 · Arts & Culture
Education$46,485Other$35,715Philanthropy$17,825Health$6,500Food & Nutrition$2,160Arts & Culture$250

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 budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $38,535 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetQUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC: $12,825 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $6,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGILMAN SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINDSOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $2,700 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INC: $2,160 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PSI UPSILON FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN JUSTICE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHANGE THE TUNE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT EDWARD'S SCHOOL 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 Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Hitt Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hitt Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc: 2% of income from government
  • United Way of Indian River County Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
2report 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.

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 20 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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