Missouri · Nonprofit
FIRST HAND FOUNDATION
FIRST HAND FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,118,900 to it, the largest being THE PATTERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,108,900). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $992k
What First Hand Foundation does
Mission
Filling gaps in children's access to healthcare.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
N/a
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FIRST HAND FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FIRST HAND FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of FIRST HAND FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FIRST HAND FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FIRST HAND FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Patterson Family Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FIRST HAND FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FIRST HAND FOUNDATION?
- FIRST HAND FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,118,900 to it, the largest being THE PATTERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,108,900). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FIRST HAND FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,118,900 in grants to FIRST HAND FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of FIRST HAND FOUNDATION?
- THE PATTERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,108,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIRST HAND FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing