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The Hut Foundation at a glance

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The Hut Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2020
39
Grants FY2020
6
States reached
$183k
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 2020.

Philanthropy$474kHealth$220kFood & Nutrition$160kYouth Development$115kHousing & Shelter$107kEducation$105kCrime & Legal$76kEnvironment$50kOther$0
02FY2020 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k4 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $592k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $639k
$16,250
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$182,500
SCHWAB CHARITABLE$146,250
THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF AUTISM$145,000
VANGUARD CHARITABLE$100,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA$65,000
THE HAVEN AT FIRST AND MARKET$42,500
THE FOUNTAIN FUND$40,000
LITTLE KESWICK EDUCATION CORP$35,000
THE MILLER SCHOOL OF ALBEMARLE$35,000
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$35,000
RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM$30,000
LIFELINE OUTREACH MINISTRIES OBX$25,000
CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE INC$25,000
CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
GREATER CHARLOTTESVILE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC$25,000
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 (FY17–20, $147k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Pegasus Project: $4k → 10%RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM: $30k → 8%PEGASUS PROJECT: $5k → 10%THE HAVEN AT FIRST AND MARKET: $43k → 8%Red Wiggler Community Farm: $10k → 8%RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM: $10k → 8%RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM: $10k → 8%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA INC: $20k → 8%READYKIDS INC: $15k → 8%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

ME
PA
RI
CA
VA
MD
NC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 23% of The Hut Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Hut Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$293k · 8 repeat orgs$717k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
8

Total granted

$293k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+87%

Still filing today

50%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $662k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • RW
    RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $60k · revenue +82%
  • TW
    THE WOMEN'S INITIATIVE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $43k · revenue +102%
  • IN
    International Neighbors Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $17k · revenue +200%

Funded once

  • BG
    Boys Girls Club of Charlottesville
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • AF
    ACTION FOR ALL CORP
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • TF
    THE FOUNTAIN FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Groundwork Rva Inc

Mission: to cultivate the next generation of urban conservationists in richmond, virginia. vision: groundwork rva works with richmond youth to increase environmental, economic, and social well-being in neighborhoods by transforming…

Community Improvement
2
Healthy Chesapeake Inc

Healthy chesapeake is committed to building a culture of wellness that supports, sustains and advocates for a healthier chesapeake. to achieve this, healthy chesapeake recognizes that health and well-being are interconnected with social,…

Health
3
Arcadia Food Inc

Cultivate local food systems prioritizing health, equity, and sustainability, from farm forward.

Food & Nutrition
4
Community Alternatives Inc

To provide responsive, person-centered services to improve the quality of life of individuals with disabilities.

Employment
5
Bethesda Green Inc

Bethesda green works to locally accelerate the sustainable economy with a focus on innovation, impact, and community. we are an incubator, a connector, and a community partner. we accelerate green business startups into viable companies…

Environment
6
Freshfarm Markets

Freshfarm is a washington, dc-based nonprofit that builds a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient food system in the mid-atlantic region by producing innovative solutions in partnership with local communities and organizations. we…

Food & Nutrition
7
Startup Virginia Inc

Startup virginia is a non-profit, high-growth-business incubator, dedicated to building a long-term, sustainable economy for virginia. we connect our startup community to exceptional mentors and extensive programs in a dynamic workspace.

Community Improvement
8
Virginia Community Action Partnership Inc

Virginia community action partnership (vacap) is the statewide membership association for virginia's thirty-one non-profit and public community action agencies. vacaps mission is to build the capacity and competencies of virginias…

Human Services
9
Housing Virginia Campaign Inc

Housingforward virginia helps community leaders take action to solve their housing challenges. as a trusted partner and innovator, we use evidence- based solutions to build a future where everyone has a safe, stable home they can afford.

Housing & Shelter
10
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc

Mission - we connect people to plants by inspiring communities to explore and conserve nature.our commitments - organizational sustainability, environmental resiliency, collaboration and gathering, social responsibilityour vision - we are…

Environment
11
Nw Works Inc

Our mission is to empower adults with disabilities and individuals with barriers to employment to build skills and secure and sustain meaningful employment.

Employment
12
Virginia Housing Alliance

Tracing its roots to the 1980s, the virginia housing alliance (vha) is the statewide leader in expanding housing opportunities, strengthening the capacity of affordable housing and homelessness service organizations, and advancing…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Readykids Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pegasus Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 45 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/33
Grantees still filing
21/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $182,500 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTVIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF AUTISM INC: $148,721 · PhilanthropyVIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF AUTISM INCDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $146,250 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INCVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $100,000 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAMCHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $36,600 · Philanthropy+2 moreGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · OtherGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYGREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $25,000 · OtherGREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE HABI…LIFELINE OUTREACH MINISTRIES OBX: $25,000 · OtherLIFELINE OUTREACH MINISTRIES…LITTLE KESWICK SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherLITTLE KESWICK SCHOOLPEOPLE CYCLE INC DBA RICHMOND CYCLING CORP: $15,000 · OtherCHI ALPHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $15,000 · OtherANYTHING IS EVERYTHING: $15,000 · OtherLOCAL FOOD HUB INC: $15,000 · OtherCHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE INC: $25,000 · OtherCHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE…THE HAVEN INC: $39,400 · OtherTHE HAVEN INCWINTERGREEN ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $25,000 · OtherWINTERGREEN ADAPTIVE SPORTS+14 more: $114,925 · Other+14 moreRED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesRED WIGGLER…THE HAVEN AT FIRST AND MARKET INC: $42,500 · Human ServicesTHE HAVEN A…PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesPIEDMONT FA…READYKIDS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesREADYKIDS I…PEGASUS PROJECT: $9,000 · Human ServicesPEGASUS PRO…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…Cultivate Charlottesville: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentCultivate…THE MILLER SCHOOL OF ALBEMARLE: $35,000 · EducationLITTLE KESWICK EDUCATION CORPORATION: $35,000 · EducationTHE FOUNTAIN FUND: $50,075 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER: $16,250 · Crime & LegalTHE WOMEN'S INITIATIVE: $42,500 · HealthZEPONIC FARMS INC: $10,000 · Health
Philanthropy$639,071Other$369,325Human Services$146,500Youth Development$120,000Education$70,000Crime & Legal$66,325Health$52,500

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 budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $182,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF AUTISM INC: $148,721 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $146,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $90,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetRED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetTHE FOUNTAIN FUND: $50,075 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S INITIATIVE: $42,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTHE HAVEN AT FIRST AND MARKET INC: $42,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE HAVEN INC: $39,400 over 4y, 85% of budgetTHE MILLER SCHOOL OF ALBEMARLE: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLITTLE KESWICK EDUCATION CORPORATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCultivate Charlottesville: $30,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetInternational Neighbors Inc: $16,600 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetLEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER: $16,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREADYKIDS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLOCAL FOOD HUB INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCreative Works Farm Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetWINTERGREEN VOLUNTEER FIRE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetACADEMY ART MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPhillips Wharf Environmental Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetRIVANNA CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $8,925 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetOccidental Arts and Ecology Center: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBelfast Historical Society and Museum: $4,000 over 1y, 6.0% 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.

Charlottesville Area …The Genan FoundationCaplin FoundationS&P Global Foundation…Perry Foundation IncSentara HealthThe Charles Fund IncOakwood Foundation Ch…The Rimora FoundationManning Family Founda…United Way of Greater…The J & E Berkley Fou…
Charlottesville Area Community FoundationVA39.4× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · The Genan Foundation · Caplin Foundation · S&P Global Foundation Fka the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · Sentara Health · The Charles Fund Inc · Oakwood Foundation Charitable Trust · The Rimora Foundation · Manning Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlottesville · The J & E Berkley 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 Hut Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hut Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Phillips Wharf Environmental Center Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Academy Art Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
15report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Hut Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Hut 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 45 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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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