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The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240

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.

$261k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
44
Grants FY2025
20
Organizations funded FY2024
40%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$61,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 21
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$3.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementSocial ScienceHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving43$256k51%
FY202420$227k40%
FY202313$157k23%
FY202210$177k20%
FY202118$143k28%
FY202016$162k6%
FY201921$166kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$548kInternational$212kHuman Services$191kFood & Nutrition$114kCivil Rights$83kPhilanthropy$63kEnvironment$36kEducation$34kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
NY
MA
OR
CA
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$215,99731%
Women Make Movies Inc$182,93431%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$74,15550%
Madre Inc$64,21770%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$62,02360%
Puente de la Costa Sur$53,54860%
Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review Inc$49,32472%
Pie Ranch$49,00070%
Foundation for Puerto Rico Inc$16,00020%
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism$14,73330%
Collective Heritage Institute$13,00020%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$13,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$12,00020%
Common Cause Education Fund$12,00020%
Berkshire Natural Resources Council Inc$6,00050%
Services Immigrant Rights and Education Network (Siren)$5,00010%
Berkshire International Film Festival Corp$5,00040%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$5,00010%
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc$4,50030%
The Trustees of Reservations$4,50030%
Wells College$2,00020%
Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc$2,00010%
North Adams Regional Hospital$2,00010%
Earthjustice$2,00010%
Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts Inc$2,00010%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$1,50010%
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc$1,50010%
Fairview Hospital$1,50010%
Berkshire Medical Center Inc$1,50010%
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute$1,50010%
Housatonic River Initiative Inc$1,50023%
Great Barrington Land Conservancy Inc$1,0001n/a
Bay Area Lyme Foundation$1,0001n/a
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$1,00010%
Greenagers Inc$1,00010%
The News Literacy Project Inc$1,00010%
Clean Water Fund$1,0001n/a
Emily M Sotelo Safety and Persistence Charitable Foundation$1,0001n/a
New England Public Media Inc$1,00010%
Northfield Mount Hermon School$1,00010%
Construct Inc$1,00010%
350org$1,00010%
Trustees of Boston University$1,00010%
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc$1,00010%
Pro Publica Inc$50010%
Global Lyme Alliance Inc$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($392k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240 supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Center for Independent Documentary Inc: $215,997 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWomen Make Movies Inc: $182,934 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $74,155 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMadre Inc: $64,217 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $62,023 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPuente de la Costa Sur: $53,548 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHarvard Gay & Lesbian Review Inc: $49,324 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetPie Ranch: $49,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFoundation for Puerto Rico Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUrgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism: $14,733 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCollective Heritage Institute: $13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Cause Education Fund: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBerkshire Natural Resources Council Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetServices Immigrant Rights and Education Network (Siren): $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBerkshire International Film Festival Corp: $5,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Reservations: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWells College: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Adams Regional Hospital: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrain Injury Association of Massachusetts Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPublic Citizen Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairview Hospital: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBerkshire Medical Center Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSterling and Francine Clark Art Institute: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHousatonic River Initiative Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreenagers Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe News Literacy Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Public Media Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthfield Mount Hermon School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConstruct Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350org: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation IncMA23.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Shoval Foundation · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Marin Community Foundation · Prospect Hill Foundation Inc · Kmd Foundation · The Greater Barrington Foundation Inc Dba the Barrington Foundation · The Buchwald Family Foundation · Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust · Lee Bank Foundation Inc · Dr Robert C & Tina Sohn Foundation · The Feigenbaum 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.

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About The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240

How much does The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240 give?
The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240 reported 44 grants totaling $261,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 21 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), International (16%), Human Services (14%).
Who are The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Center for Independent Documentary Inc ($216k), Women Make Movies Inc ($183k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($74k).
Does The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240 fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240 accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc, Shoval Foundation, Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc.
Where is The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240 based?
The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund #95-290240 is based in MA.

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 63 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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