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HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE

HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE (South Carolina) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,370,797 to it, the largest being HATHAWAY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($256,450). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.9M
Funders on record
28
Grants received
$1.4M
Net assets
$18M
20/28 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 18%
01What it does

What Hitchcock Woods Foundation The does

Mission

The mission of the hitchcock woods foundation is to protect and preserve the hitchcock woods in a natural and ecologically healthy state.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Hitchcock woods foundation protects and preserves a 2100 acre forest in a natural and ecologically healthy state. It maintains and manages historic and traditional equestrian and pedestrian uses of the woods, and fosters education and research on the history and resources of the woods.

    $608,448 spent$143,915 earned by the program
    76% of program spending
  2. Hitchcock woods foundation upholds and manages the aiken horse show, established in 1916, to sustain the legacy of the hitchcock family. The hitchcocks established the equestrian community in aiken, contributing to the growth of the equestrian economy in aiken and throughout south carolina.

    $195,606 spent$353,740 earned by the program
    24% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $804,054.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($739k) Expenses 100 ($622k) Net assets 100 ($13M)2020 Revenue 177 ($1.3M) Expenses 80 ($495k) Net assets 107 ($14M)2021 Revenue 233 ($1.7M) Expenses 78 ($488k) Net assets 120 ($15M)2022 Revenue 191 ($1.4M) Expenses 101 ($626k) Net assets 119 ($15M)2023 Revenue 115 ($851k) Expenses 125 ($776k) Net assets 122 ($16M)2024 Revenue 96 ($707k) Expenses 57 ($352k) Net assets 130 ($17M)2025 Revenue 262 ($1.9M) Expenses 179 ($1.1M) Net assets 140 ($18M)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (262)Expenses (179)Net assets (140)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $14M to $16M (+11%).

$13M
$14M
$16M
$15M
$16M
$17M
$18M
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

61% of HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,303 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$117k
’19
$811k
’20
$1.2M
’21
$786k
’22
$76k
’23
$354k
’24
$820k
’25
14
months of
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

Mrs Joanna Samson

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed18181714151716
Joined·+0+0+0+3+2+1
No longer listed·013202
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $80k → $152k.

6 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE’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

HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

46% 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 HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE.

19%
largest funder
49%
top three
~9
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 26% · 2019 27% · 2020 21% · 2021 24% · 2022 15% · 2023 18% — diversifying over time.

“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

59% of HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 16 states in all.

NH
NY
MA
WY
IA
OH
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
DE
NC
SC
GA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
South Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $623k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin42% · top quartile
Months of reserve14.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)17% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE

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 South Carolina

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 17%Fundraising 10%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

80%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

SC

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Questions and answers

Who funds HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE?
HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE (South Carolina) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,370,797 to it, the largest being HATHAWAY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($256,450). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE have?
IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $1,370,797 in grants to HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE?
HATHAWAY FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $256,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HITCHCOCK WOODS FOUNDATION THE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 28 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