· Private foundation
Willis M Hansen & Patricia a Hansen Charitable Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
89% of Willis M Hansen & Patricia a Hansen Charitable Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Willis M Hansen & Patricia a Hansen Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $229k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k10 grants · $21k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $208k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LAKE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM | $105,000 |
| CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH | $53,000 |
| UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $8,500 |
| NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| NEW HAMPTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | $2,000 |
| TURKEY VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | $2,000 |
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NEW HARTFORD | $1,000 |
| LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA -BREMWOOD | $1,000 |
| LUTHERAN CHURCH MO | $1,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $1,000 |
| DREAM FACTORY | $500 |
| TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 47% of Willis M Hansen & Patricia a Hansen Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +59% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2020, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LRLake Regional Health System2× · 2020–2021 · $108k · revenue +55%
- NINortheast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc5× · 2017–2021 · $20k · revenue +65%
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSE4× · 2018–2021 · $4k · revenue +163%
Funded once
- MMMERCY MEDICAL CENTERgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue +59%
- COCITY OF NEW HAMPTONone grant, 2017 · $75k
- MGMISSOURI GIRLS TOWN FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +25%
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.
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.
We, mercy medical center - centerville and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communitites. mercy medical center - centerville is a member of trinity…
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
We, mercy health services-iowa and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mercy medical center - sioux city foundation is a member of mercy…
We, mercy health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mercy health partners is a member of mercy health and trinity health.
Exclusively organized to foster, support, and encourage the mission and activites of mercy medical center.
The mission of mercy harvard hospital, inc. (mhh) is "exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better." the foundation of this mission is based on a vision of quality: excellence in patient care; service:…
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities
We, mercy health services-iowa and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mercy medical center foundation - north iowa (the foundation) is a…
University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…
Mark twain medical center is committed to furthering the charitable and community-based health care purposes, mission, vision and core values. through teamwork and innovation, faith and compassion, advocacy and action, we endeavor every…
Fundraising for capital improvements, scholarships, and other healthcare programs for missouri delta medical center.
Shaped by christian principles, mcmurry university challenges students to examine our complex world from multiple perspectives in preparation for lives of leadership, service and professional success.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds MERCY MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds Lake Regional Health System ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI GIRLS TOWN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds AMPLIFY MISSION NETWORK ↗
- Who funds MISSION CENTRAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE DREAM FACTORY INC ↗
- Who funds THE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Willis M Hansen & Patricia a Hansen Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Willis M Hansen & Patricia a Hansen Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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