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The Hyman Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$23k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$37kHuman Services$33kMembership Benefit$26kHousing & Shelter$25kAnimals$23kFood & Nutrition$18kReligion$11kYouth Development$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$388k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$2,500
DUMAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER$2,000
MITCHELL CANCER INSTITUTE$2,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$2,000
BALLER DREAM FOUNDATION$2,000
MCKEMIE PLACE$1,550
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MOBILE$1,500
FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER$1,500
NORTH BALDWIN ANIMAL SHELTER$1,250
PENELOPE HOUSE$1,200
MULHERIN HOME$1,000
VILLAGE OF SPRINGHILL$1,000
MOBILE BAYKEEPERS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
ST LAWRENCE CHURCH$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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $4k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE WORLD: $5k → 12%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MOBILE: $2k → 19%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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$171k · 25 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
14

Total granted

$171k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+46%

Still filing today

52%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
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

  • FT
    Feeding the Gulf Coast
    2× · 2020–2022 · $13k · revenue +11%
  • NB
    NORTH BALDWIN ANIMAL SHELTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $13k · revenue +141%
  • DW
    DUMAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER
    3× · 2021–2025 · $7k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • CO
    CHILDREN OF THE WORLD INC
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -59%
  • TN
    THE NEST CORPORATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +126%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +46%
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
Mothers Milk Bank of Alabama

Oversee and facilitate the collection, pasteurization, and distribution of human milk. Provide training and education for healthcare providers and community members about the health importance of human milk for neonates and infants.

Human Services
2
Legal Aid Society of Birmingham

The Organization is a nonprofit community defender providing legal assistance through court appointment to children and other indigent persons.

Crime & Legal
3
The Junior League of Mobile Al Inc

Organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.

Community Improvement
4
Rebuilding Together of South Al

Repairing homes, revitalizing communities and rebuilding lives.

Housing & Shelter
5
Community Kitchens of Birmingham

Assistance to homeless and needy persons.

Food & Nutrition
6
Family Counseling Center of Mobile Inc

The Center operates in Southwest Alabama providing counseling and guidance to individuals, families, and groups experiencing problems related to stress, family discord, parenting, phobias, aging, rape, and financial difficulties.

Human Services
7
Mobile Symphony Inc

The purpose of the organization is to make lives better through music by producing and promoting symphonic music and delivering music education programs throughout Alabama and the Gulf Coast region.

Arts & Culture
8
Mobile County Pals

Provide services and support to prevent cruelty and provide shelter to animals

Animals
9
Shelby County Children's Advocacy Center

Shelby County Children's Advocacy Center, Inc. is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to ending child abuse through education, advocacy, counseling, family support, and the pursuit of justice.

Crime & Legal
10
Individual and Family Support of South Alabama Inc

The mission of Individual and Family Support of South Alabama, Inc. is to adopt and implement projects that support and enhance the lives of persons with disabilities in Alabama.

Human Services
11
Vineyard Family Services of Central Alabama Inc

The Organization was established with children in mind. Through its programs, it feeds children in need, promotes responsible fatherhood, and helps families in crisis.

Human Services
12
Mobile United Inc

To present a forum for business and citizens where an exchange of ideas can occur that will make Mobile a better place to live, work and do business.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Village of Spring Hill Inc; the most unlike its peers is Country Club Estates Neighborhood Association 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

26 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. 26 of the 43 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $26,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDAUPHIN WAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherDAUPHIN WAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCHRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $9,250 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEMULHERIN HOME: $7,125 · OtherMULHERIN HOMEDUMAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $6,875 · OtherDUMAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $4,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherMITCHELL CANCER INSTITUTE: $4,000 · OtherMobile Baykeeper Inc: $4,500 · Other+19 more: $42,825 · Other+19 moreAutism2Ability Inc: $15,000 · HealthAutism2Ability …THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $6,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J F…THOMAS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,600 · HealthTHOMAS HOSPITAL…BALLER DREAM FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthBALLER DREAM FO…NORTH BALDWIN ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $12,750 · AnimalsNORTH BALD…MOBILE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CR: $6,500 · AnimalsMOBILE SOC…CHILDREN OF THE WORLD INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE NEST CORPORATION INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 · Human ServicesRonald McDonald House Charities of Mobile Inc: $1,500 · Human ServicesPENELOPE HOUSE INC: $1,200 · Human ServicesFUSE PROJECT: $1,000 · Human ServicesFeeding the Gulf Coast: $13,250 · Food & NutritionMcKemie Place Inc: $9,925 · Housing & ShelterBALDWIN FAMILY VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $5,500 · Philanthropy
Other$118,825Health$29,600Animals$19,250Human Services$16,700Food & Nutrition$13,250Housing & Shelter$9,925Philanthropy$5,500

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 budgetAutism2Ability Inc: $15,000 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetFeeding the Gulf Coast: $13,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH BALDWIN ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $12,750 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetMcKemie Place Inc: $9,925 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDUMAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $6,875 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMOBILE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CR: $6,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBALDWIN FAMILY VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN OF THE WORLD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMobile Baykeeper Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEST CORPORATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPRING HILL COLLEGE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALLER DREAM FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetProdisee Pantry Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VILLAGE OF SPRING HILL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCOUNTRY CLUB ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSOUTHERN TENNIS PATRONS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUSE PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Crampton Trust #12550…The Daniel Foundation…J L Bedsole Foundatio…Mapp Family FoundationMayer & Arlene Mitche…Alabama Power Foundat…United Way of Southwe…Cd Helen and Jeff Gla…Nan H Altmayer Charit…Dog Hill FoundationThe Joseph Treadwell …Ws Foundation Inc Bla…
Crampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank TrusteeAL32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Crampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank Trustee · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-Trustee · Mapp Family Foundation · Mayer & Arlene Mitchell Charitable Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc · Cd Helen and Jeff Glaze Foundation · Nan H Altmayer Charitable Trust Regions Bank Trustee · Dog Hill Foundation · The Joseph Treadwell Charitable Fdn · Ws Foundation Inc Blacksher White-Spunner

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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

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    How do I get to The Hyman Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Hyman 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 43 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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