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The Maria Hulai Lion Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Maria Hulai Lion Foundation Inc

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.

$103k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$467kEducation$157kPublic Benefit$82kHealth$17kPhilanthropy$16kScience & Tech$15kFood & Nutrition$5kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $64k
$7,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION$29,000
REVIVED SOLDIERS UKRAINE$20,000
US - UKRAINE FOUNDATION$15,000
UNIVERSAL AID FOR CHILDREN$8,000
CONNECT INTERNATIONAL$7,000
PROTEZ FOUNDATION$7,000
UKRAINE VOLYA FOUNDATION$5,000
UNITED HELP UKRAINE$5,000
MULBERRY INTERNATIONAL$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
UKRAINIAN TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH$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 (FY17–24, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%UNIVERSAL AID FOR CHILDREN: $13k → 15%UNITED HELP UKRAINE: $8k → 8%UNIVERSAL AID FOR CHILDREN: $12k → 15%UNITED HELP UKRAINE: $7k → 8%UNIVERSAL AID FOR CHILDREN: $11k → 15%CITY OF ASYLUM: $4k → 11%UNIVERSAL AID FOR CHILDREN: $8k → 15%UNIVERSAL AID FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 15%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

MN
IL
NY
PA
CA
KY
MD
DE
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$718k · 14 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +93% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
10

Total granted

$718k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+93%
+43%

Still filing today

71%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyHealthArts & 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

  • UC
    Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $154k · revenue +93%
  • RS
    Revived Soldiers Ukraine
    5× · 2020–2024 · $76k · revenue +655%
  • UU
    UNITED UKRAINIAN AMERICAN RELIEF COMMITTEE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $71k · revenue +168%

Funded once

  • UF
    UKRAINIAN FEDERATION OF AMERICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +121% · 28% of their budget
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY OF US OF AMER
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • UC
    Ukrainian Cultural and Humanitarian Institute
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · 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
United Americans for United Ukrainians

Providing services to Ukrainian Citizens

International
2
Ukrainian American Community (Uac) Foundation Inc
Education
3
Ukraine Relief Fund Inc
International
4
Iowans for Ukrainians
Philanthropy
5
Ukrainian Foundation

In 2006, Ukrainian Foundation was established by the immigrants from Ukraine to help the Ukrainian refugees adjust to their new home in the United States. Our base is in Portland, OR, a home to over 100,000 immigrants from Ukraine. With…

Human Services
6
Ukraine Freedom Fund

To help create a free, independent, and democratic Ukraine where Ukrainians and people of other nationalities will have the right to freely associate and express their will in an open civil society free from corruption.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Ukraine War Relief Fund
International
8
Utah Ukrainian Association

Focusing on amplifying Ukrainian voices, organizing community rallies and fundraisers, and sending aid to address critical humanitarian needs in Ukraine and assisting parolees and refugees in the USA.

International
9
Ukrainians of Colorado

We actively and zealously work to develop awareness, knowledge and understanding about Ukraine in Colorado and beyond. We work hard to raise funds to provide medical and humanitarian aid to Ukrainians through a network of established…

Arts & Culture
10
Rebuild Ukraine

The mission of rebuild ukraine is to work directly with partners in eastern europe to provide immediate humanitarian aid to ukraine, including its refugees and residents, as well as to offer support and education for children affected by…

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11
Shield Ukraine

Provide humanitarian supoort to the people of Ukraine

International
12
Uplift Ukraine

To provide aid to the Ukrainian people during the war crisis, to supply for the basic needs of the civilians by providing them with shelter, food, sanitation and healthcare. Uplift Ukraine is also committed to helping in the recovery…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ukrainian Federation of America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Help Me See 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

19 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. 19 of the 26 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

U S-UKRAINE FOUNDATION: $142,000 · InternationalU S-UKRAINE FOUNDATIONRevived Soldiers Ukraine: $76,200 · InternationalRevived Soldiers UkraineUKRAINIAN FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · International+3 more: $13,000 · International+3 moreREVIVED SOLDIERS OF UKRAINE: $82,046 · OtherREVIVED SOLDIERS OF UKRAINEUNITED UKRAINIAN AMERICAN RELIEF COMMITTEE INC: $71,000 · OtherUNITED UKRAINIAN AMERICAN RELI…UNIVERSAL AID FOR CHILDREN UKRAINE: $27,000 · OtherUNIVERSAL AID FOR CHILDREN UKR…UKRAINIAN TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH: $9,000 · Other+4 more: $17,000 · Other+4 moreUkrainian Catholic University Foundation: $154,000 · ReligionUkrainian Catholic Univer…CONNECT INTERNATIONAL: $21,000 · ReligionCONNECT INTERNATIONALUNIVERSAL AID FOR CHILDREN INC: $49,000 · Human ServicesUNIVERSAL AID…United Help Ukraine Inc: $34,000 · Human ServicesUnited Help U…UKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesUKRAINIAN AME…CITY OF ASYLUM: $4,300 · Human ServicesMULBERRY INTERNATIONAL: $19,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROTEZ FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthHELP ME SEE INC: $2,000 · HealthKYIV MOHYLA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $13,000 · PhilanthropyUKRAINIAN GENOCIDE FAMINE FOUNDATION USA INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyUkrainian Cultural and Humanitarian Institute: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
International$241,200Other$206,046Religion$175,000Human Services$92,300Youth Development$19,000Health$17,000Philanthropy$16,000Arts & Culture$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUkrainian Catholic University Foundation: $154,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetU S-UKRAINE FOUNDATION: $142,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetRevived Soldiers Ukraine: $76,200 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetUNITED UKRAINIAN AMERICAN RELIEF COMMITTEE INC: $71,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetUNIVERSAL AID FOR CHILDREN INC: $49,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $34,000 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetCONNECT INTERNATIONAL: $21,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMULBERRY INTERNATIONAL: $19,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetPROTEZ FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKYIV MOHYLA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $13,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetUKRAINIAN FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetUKRAINE VOLYA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetUkrainian Cultural and Humanitarian Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetUKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY OF ASYLUM: $4,300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUKRAINIAN GENOCIDE FAMINE FOUNDATION USA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetINT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELP ME SEE INC: $2,000 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.

Ukrainian American Co…The Heritage Foundati…Charles Stewart Mott …Ukrainian Community F…The Selfreliance Foun…UMANA FoundationChopivsky Family Foun…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…Network for Good
Ukrainian American Community (Uac) Foundation IncNY17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ukrainian American Community (Uac) Foundation Inc · The Heritage Foundation of First Security Federal Savings Bank Inc · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Ukrainian Community Foundation of Philadelphia · The Selfreliance Foundation · UMANA Foundation · Chopivsky Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 30%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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, FY20–24
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 26 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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