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The Norman & Elizabeth Hahn Family Foundation at a glance

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The Norman & Elizabeth Hahn Family 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.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$3.6MReligion$2.7MEducation$867kHealth$429kHuman Services$385kInternational$198kCivil Rights$165kYouth Development$140kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$220k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HERALDS OF HOPE$15,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SUNNY CREST HOME: $20k → 11%SUNNY CREST HOME: $20k → 11%SUNNY CREST HOME: $20k → 11%SUNNY CREST HOME: $20k → 11%SUNNY CREST HOME: $15k → 11%CALVARY HOMES: $10k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $10k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $10k → 9%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

WA
MN
NY
OH
PA
NE
VA
AL
GA
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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 50 repeat orgs$4.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 50 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
18

Total granted

$4.9M
$3.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+7%

Still filing today

52%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
ReligionEducationInternationalHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CA
    Christian Aid Ministries
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +8%
  • MU
    MESSIAH UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $437k · revenue +9%
  • OH
    OPEN HANDS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $150k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3.6M · revenue 0% · 61% of their budget
  • CE
    Christian Employers Alliance
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -44%
  • CL
    CHRISTIAN LIGHT PUBLICATIONS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +7%
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
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
2
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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3
Christian Homes Inc

Provide housing and services to the elderly and infirmed in a manner that provides for the physical, mental, social, and spiritual welfare of the residents.

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4
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
5
National Church Residences At Home Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.

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6
National Church Residences At Home Health and Wellness Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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7
National Church Residences At Home Hospice Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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8
National Church Residences At Home Hospice

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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9
The Mennonite Inc

The mission of the mennonite is to help readers glorify god, grow in faith, and become agents of healing and hope in our world. the mennonite is the official periodical for mennonite church usa, a christian denomination in the united…

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10
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

To prepare students to serve christ and his church through biblical, experiential and practical ministry. prts provides theological training and instruction in accordance with the scriptures and the historic reformed creeds for promotion…

Education
11
David's House Ministries

To provide quality care, facilities and supportive services for adults with a developmental disability, traumatic brain injury or mental illness. being enabled by god, we strive to provide an intentionally christian environment and program…

Housing & Shelter
12
David's House

To provide quality care, facilities, and supportive services for adults with a developmental disability, traumatic brain injury or mental illness. being enabled by god, we strive to provide an intentionally christian environment and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Calvary Fellowship Homes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Philhaven. 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

35 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. 35 of the 69 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $3,562,201 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INCChristian Aid Ministries: $1,500,000 · ReligionChristian Aid MinistriesChristian Employers Alliance: $100,000 · ReligionTHE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE INC: $75,000 · ReligionBACK TO THE BIBLE: $72,500 · Religion+4 more: $175,000 · Religion+4 moreINDEPENDENCE LAW CENTER: $165,000 · OtherINDEPENDENCE LAW CENTERFAIRMOUNT HOMES RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $125,000 · OtherFAIRMOUNT HOMES RETIREMENT…LIFE COUNSELING MINISTRIES: $125,000 · OtherLIFE COUNSELING MINISTRIESJONI AND FRIENDS: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherFAITH BUILDERS: $100,000 · OtherCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CLINIC: $95,000 · OtherTHE CLINIC FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN INC: $85,000 · OtherTHE POTTERS HOUSE: $85,000 · OtherWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS: $85,000 · OtherHINKLETOWN MENNONITE SCHOOL: $80,000 · Other+36 more: $951,110 · Other+36 moreMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $436,640 · EducationGEHMANS MENNONITE SCHOOL: $150,000 · EducationCENTRAL MIAMI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $50,000 · EducationFAITH MENNONITE HIGH SCHOOL: $38,000 · Education+1 more: $15,000 · EducationOPEN HANDS: $150,000 · InternationalTHE NAZARETH PROJECT: $125,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES: $70,000 · InternationalAGCONNECT MINISTRIES: $40,000 · InternationalSunny Crest Home Inc: $95,000 · Human ServicesNORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $20,000 · Human ServicesCALVARY FELLOWSHIP HOMES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNORTHERN YOUTH PROGRAMS OF MINNESOTA: $120,000 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$3,562,201Religion$1,922,500Other$2,096,110Education$689,640International$385,000Human Services$125,000Youth Development$120,000

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 CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $3,562,201 over 1y, 61% of budgetChristian Aid Ministries: $1,500,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $436,640 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN HANDS: $150,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetGEHMANS MENNONITE SCHOOL: $150,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetTHE NAZARETH PROJECT: $125,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetNORTHERN YOUTH PROGRAMS OF MINNESOTA: $120,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetJONI AND FRIENDS: $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Employers Alliance: $100,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetSunny Crest Home Inc: $95,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTHE CLINIC FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN INC: $85,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBACK TO THE BIBLE: $72,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES: $70,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetALIGN LIFE MINISTRIES: $55,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPHILHAVEN: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTEN MILLION FOR CHRIST: $50,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetCHRISTIAN LIGHT PUBLICATIONS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCENTRAL MIAMI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetWE CARE PROGRAM: $50,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetREAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $45,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetAGCONNECT MINISTRIES: $40,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetGLOBAL DISCIPLES: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE VOCATIONAL SERVICES: $37,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetREVELATIONS OF FREEDOM MINISTRIES: $30,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetADVOZ: $30,000 over 3y, 70% of budgetWELSH MOUNTAIN HOME: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCAMP ANDREWS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetURBAN MENNONITE MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCAMP DEERPARK INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHERALDS OF HOPE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCALVARY FELLOWSHIP HOMES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Christian Aid Ministries ↗
  • Who funds MESSIAH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OPEN HANDS ↗
  • Who funds GEHMANS MENNONITE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE NAZARETH PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN YOUTH PROGRAMS OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds JONI AND FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds Christian Employers Alliance ↗
  • Who funds Sunny Crest Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CLINIC FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds BACK TO THE BIBLE ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ALIGN LIFE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds PHILHAVEN ↗
  • Who funds TEN MILLION FOR CHRIST ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN LIGHT PUBLICATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL MIAMI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds WE CARE PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds AGCONNECT MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL DISCIPLES ↗
  • Who funds FAITH MENNONITE HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE VOCATIONAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds REVELATIONS OF FREEDOM MINISTRIES ↗

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.

Anabaptist FoundationShady Maple FoundationLancaster County Comm…Burkholder Family Fou…Clark Associates Char…Robert C Wenger Chari…Eden Bridge FoundationCrels FoundationFaithful Journey Foun…Christian Aid Ministr…Natl Christian Charit…North Foundation Inc
Anabaptist FoundationPA55.9× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Anabaptist Foundation · Shady Maple Foundation · Lancaster County Community Foundation · Burkholder Family Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust · Eden Bridge Foundation · Crels Foundation · Faithful Journey Foundation · Christian Aid Ministries Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · North Foundation Inc

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 Norman & Elizabeth Hahn Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Norman & Elizabeth Hahn Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%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
    2get no government money at all
    6report 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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    Find your warmest path to The Norman & Elizabeth Hahn Family 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 69 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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