Minnesota · Nonprofit
HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION
HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 245 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,053,481 to it, the largest being HOBSONLUCAS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,010,000). 131 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $228M
- Funders on record
- 245
- Grants received
- $42M
- Net assets
- $350M
What Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation does
Mission
Harnessing science, love and the wisdom of lived experience, we are a force of healing and hope for individuals, families and communities affected by substance use and mental health conditions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Addiction treatment for adults, youth and families:the goal of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation's love-inspired, science-powered care is to help patients and families survive substance use and mental health conditions and thrive in lifelong recovery. We empower those we serve to initiate and sustain a process of change through which they improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential. The foundation serves both adults and youth and approaches treatment in a holistic, person-centered way -- addressing our patients' addiction, mental health and co-occurring medical conditions. Our comprehensive treatment integrates the use of evidence-based clinical therapies, peer support and medicine, and is individualized to meet patients' unique needs as they progress from clinical management of their disease to community-supported self-management of their recovery. Our interdisciplinary care teams consist of addiction counselors and technicians; psychologists and other mental health professionals; psychiatrists and other physicians; nurse practitioners, nurses and certified medical assistants; family specialists; spiritual care…
$153,961,432 spent$169,400,116 earned by the program85% of program spendingPublication of educational materials:hazelden publishing is the leading publisher of state-of-the-art resources for preventing, treating and managing addiction and closely related issues. Translating research into practice, we help organizations treat the whole client by offering information, guidance, tools, and support to meet their unique needs. Our publications continue to provide inspiration, guidance and encouragement to millions around the world every day. In 2024, hazelden publishing generated 10 new publications, two new distributed products, seven new e-books, 11 new translation rights, five new subscriptions, eight new and refreshed trainings, and three new licenses. If not for our mission and commitment, much of this material would not be published and available to consumers because of its limited appeal to mainstream publishers. Hazelden publishing's materials also reach underserved populations, including many customers in the community treatment, faith-based and corrections markets. Additionally, through its bookaid program, hazelden publishing sent out book packages that reached people through libraries that serve programs and institutions in need. Bookaid resources…
$24,338,331 spent$33,648,674 earned by the program13% of program spendingHigher education and medical & professional training:hazelden betty ford graduate schoolthe hazelden betty ford graduate school prepares future leaders in addiction counseling through two available degrees: master of arts in addiction counseling: advanced practice and master of arts in addiction studies: integrated recovery for co-occurring disorders. The school emphasizes public engagement as a means of serving constituent communities. In 2024, 85 students provided approximately 43,800 hours of clinical services at agencies reaching underserved and economically disadvantaged populations.the school offers a full scholarship each year to a student who works at chisago county health and human services, and we provide continuing education to these chisago county professionals at no cost. In 2024, 45 students graduated from the school with master's degrees. Overall, more than 92% of graduates who seek careers in the addiction treatment field find employment in their home communities or at regional or national treatment agencies. Faculty and graduate school leaders participate in public service events throughout the united states and make research, educational and scholarly…
$3,447,223 spentof which $772,977 as grants$3,660,082 earned by the program2% of program spendingCharity care and community benefitin meeting the foundation's mission and underlying charitable purpose, the foundation invests time, financial resources and energy to help people and communities understand and address addiction as a treatable disease and spread the word that recovery is possible. "be of service" is an integral core value which the foundation demonstrates in a variety of ways.the foundation provides treatment services to individuals and families who seek and qualify for care but are unable to pay the full cost. The foundation's patient aid policy provides that the foundation will annually establish a target amount of patient financial assistance. In addition to its annual provision for charity care, the foundation provides a variety of other benefits for the public good including:butler center for researchthe butler center for research (bcr) is dedicated to improving recovery from addiction by conducting clinical and institutional research, program evaluation and quality improvement, collaborating with other research centers and community-based organizations and communicating scientific findings. It is the center's vision that sustained recovery for all who seek…
Web and social networksmore than 3.6 million people from 230 countries visited the corporate website, www.hazeldenbettyford.org, seeking information on a variety of addiction-related topics, including treatment, recovery, education, public advocacy and products in our online bookstore. Sixty-seven percent of all visits to the hazeldenbettyford.org website were from a mobile device. Thirty percent of sessions were from a desktop or laptop computer, less than two percent were from a tablet, and less than one percent were on a smart tv."thought for the day" remained the most popular feature on the website, with 1.1 million visits. "thought for the day" provides daily inspirational readings from one of five hazelden publishing meditation books.hazelden betty ford's award-winning "let's talk addiction & recovery and recovery equity" educational podcast series generated 27,169 downloads; since july 2018, total podcast engagement is nearly 2 million worldwide. The "recovery road" podcast shares helpful excerpts from leading authors in addiction recovery and mental health and saw another 8,758 downloads from more than 5,000 listeners in 260 different countries.weekly living in recovery…
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $181,746,986.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $479M to $520M (+8%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 2% · 2022 4% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (1% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Marypat Woodard
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 58 funders to 90 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $11M.
50 of 245 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 245 funders by total. 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
HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
33% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 18% · 2019 18% · 2020 25% · 2021 18% · 2022 17% · 2023 21% — broadly stable.
“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.
How long its funders stay
39% of HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 33 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 29 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 58 funders to 90 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,076 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Government funding HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.4M on record — $6.8M federal, $545k state.
- Department of Defense$5.2M
- Department of Homeland Security$690k
- Department of Education$558k
- Department of Agriculture$337k
- Department of Justice$19k
- Department of Health and Human Services$9k
- MD$400k
- NJ$111k
- VT$15k
- FL$10k
- OK$5k
- MA$4k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like HAZELDEN BETTY FORD 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 39 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Hazelden Chicago · exempt
- Hazelden New York · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HAZELDEN BETTY FORD 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 HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION?
- HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 245 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,053,481 to it, the largest being HOBSONLUCAS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,010,000). 131 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 245 organizations giving $42,053,481 in grants to HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION, 131 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION?
- HOBSONLUCAS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,010,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 245 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing