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David and Julie Hnatek Family

Carlsbad, CA · EIN 83-2068875. Reported 49 grants totalling $2,311,816 to 38 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$2,311,816granted, 2021-2024
38recipients, as named on its returns
25%of grantees funded again the next year

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. David and Julie Hnatek Family did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $40 and the largest $1,696,864. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
7 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
4 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
7 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
21 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
8 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Charles Schwab DafCarlsbad, CA$1,696,864112024
Impact City FcPalm Beach, FL$110,000432023
Families Set FreeClaymont, DE$57,667112024
Refuge for WomenSan Diego, CA$45,000222022
Action InternationalMountlake Terrace, WA$40,000222022
Hope Leadership AcademySan Diego, CA$36,000432024
All Things PossibleColorado Springs, CO$25,000112021
Forest Home IncForest Falls, CA$25,000112021
Nccc Ida ReliefCarlsbad, CA$25,000112021
Antioch Fort WorthFort Worth, TX$20,585222024
Active ChurchSan Luis Obispo, CA$20,000112021
Caring for OrphansTemecula, CA$20,000112021
Global Orphan ProjectKansas City, MO$20,000222022
Living Soul FoundationDel Mar, CA$20,000112022
SamaritansBoone, NC$20,000112021
Barnabas GroupCorona, CA$12,000112022
Mission ChurchCarlsbad, CA$12,000112022
Beatiful RedemptionPalmer Lake, CO$10,000112021
Beautiful RedemptionPalmer Lake, CO$10,000222023
Caps Pregnancy ClinicsSan Diego, CA$10,000112022
IntervarsityMadison, WI$10,000112021
Love DoesSan Diego, CA$10,000112022
Passionlife MinistriesMarrieta, GA$10,000112021
Samaritans PurseBoone, NC$10,000112022
Switchfoot Bro-Am FoundationPasadena, CA$8,000112023
Daybreak ChurchCarlsbad, CA$6,000112021
Fellowship of Christian AthletesKansas City, MO$5,000112023
Teule KenyaLisle, IL$5,000112023
Young LifeColorado Springs, CO$5,000112024
Antioch Ministries Intl Fort WorthFort Worth, TX$3,000112023
Shyne Sd and Healing HavenPoway, CA$2,000112023
Filter of Hope Redeemer SamfordTuscaloosa, AL$1,000112023
Go Fund Me Michelle NewellEncinitas, CA$500112023
Isabella AvalosSan Diego, CA$500112024
Unbound NowWaco, TX$315112023
Alabaster Jar ProjectSan Diego, CA$245112023
Amigos De Las Americas San Diego ChapterSan Diego, CA$100112023
LLC FoundationCarlsbad, CA$40112024

7 of 38 (18%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 25%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 22 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Religion
12 grants
Youth Development
4 grants
Human Services
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
International Affairs
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202114$251,000$20,000
202213$179,000$10,000
202314$105,160$4,000
20248$1,776,656$3,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

84% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

California
$1.9M
Florida
$110K
Delaware
$58K
Colorado
$50K
Washington
$40K
North Carolina
$30K
Missouri
$25K
Texas
$24K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc14 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund14 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc13 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program11 shared recipientsThrivent Charitable Impact & Investing7 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from David and Julie Hnatek Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 8000 Paseo Esmerado, Carlsbad, CA, 92009. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 83-2068875 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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