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William Hodgins Charitable Foundation Ms Karen Hess Trustee at a glance

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William Hodgins Charitable Foundation Ms Karen Hess Trustee

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.4M
Granted FY2022
21
Grants FY2022
7
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2022.

Health$1.1MAnimals$690kEnvironment$125kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kHuman Services$100kInternational$100kFood & Nutrition$25kHousing & Shelter$25kOther$0
02FY2022 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$66,684
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER$1,000,000
MERCY FOR ANIMALS$100,000
THE GENTLE BARN$100,000
PROJECT SANCTUARY$100,000
AMERICAN HUMANE$100,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$100,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$100,000
350ORG$100,000
ANIMAL HAVEN$100,000
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL SHELTER$70,000
NEW ENGLAND MEDICAL CENTER$66,684
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE$60,000
MSPCA-ANGELL$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100k → 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.
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 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
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
2
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
3
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
4
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
5
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
6
Humane Farm Animal Care

Every farmer and rancher participating in the Certified Humane program had to modify their operations to meet the Animal Care Standards and be certified. Schedule O

Animals
7
The Humane League

We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…

Animals
8
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
9
Peace 4 Animals

Peace 4 animals animal welfare organization supports the conservation of endangered species worldwide. we work on campaigns to promote advocacy and education on how to protect wildlife in peril, as well as the preservation of their natural…

Animals
10
Animal Equality

Animal equality is an international organization working with society, governments, and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals.

Animals
11
Animal Agriculture Alliance

The animal agriculture alliance is a nonprofit organization that helps bridge the communication gap between farm and fork. we connect food industry stakeholders, engage food chain influencers and promote consumer choice by helping key…

Food & Nutrition
12
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Farm Sanctuary Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

13 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. 13 of the 21 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER: $1,000,000 · OtherTUFTS MEDICAL CENTERNORTH SHORE ANIMAL SHELTER: $70,000 · OtherNEW ENGLAND MEDICAL CENTER: $66,684 · OtherANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · Other+3 more: $95,000 · Other+3 moreAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATIO…ANIMAL HAVEN INC: $100,000 · AnimalsANIMAL HAVEN INCTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $100,000 · AnimalsTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATIONMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $100,000 · AnimalsMERCY FOR ANIMALS INCMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $60,000 · AnimalsMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR …THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $50,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR T…FARM SANCTUARY INC: $50,000 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100,000 · Human ServicesA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $100,000 · Public BenefitMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 · International350ORG: $100,000 · EnvironmentTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,391,684Animals$560,000Human Services$100,000Public Benefit$100,000International$100,000Environment$100,000Food & Nutrition$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $100,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL HAVEN INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budget350ORG: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25,000 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization William Hodgins Charitable Foundation Ms Karen Hess Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William Hodgins Charitable Foundation Ms Karen Hess Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–25%
    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.

    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 21 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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