Hansen Family Foundation
Virginia Beach, VA · EIN 20-8102394. Reported 69 grants totalling $500,050 to 60 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Hansen Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $7,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital of the Kings Da | Norfolk, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Childrens Hosp of Kings Daughter | Norfolk, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Old Dominion University Educational Foundation | Norfolk, VA | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| DC Bowl Committee | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vbcps Office of Food Services | Virginia Beach, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Tree YMCA | Virginia Beach, VA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reunion Sportive D'haiti | Takoma Park, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Smithfield Animal Save | Virginia Beach, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Virginia Musical Theatre | Virginia Beach, VA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hermitage Museum & Gardens | Norfolk, VA | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| He Intends Victory | Irvine, CA | $12,550 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wheelchairs 4 Kids | Tarpon Springs, FL | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food for Thought | Williamsburg, VA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Guerilla Gardners of DC | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hero Pups | Stratham, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Patriot Point | Madison, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The River Ellis Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toby's Dream Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Udt-Seal Museum Association Inc | Hutchinson, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virgina Music Theater | Virginia Beach, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Circle-a-Home for Horses Inc | Virginia Beach, VA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| D'art Center | Norfolk, VA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Angel Heart Pajama Project | Tucson, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| BAGS4KIDS | California City, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barbershop Books | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Breast Cancer Angels | Los Alamitos, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Holiday Trails | Charlottesville, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Copa Force One | Maricopa, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Four Paws & Friends | Laveen, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freed Spirits Animal Rescue | Phoenix, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guerilla Gardens | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Beford Star Kids Scholarship | New Bedford, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Newborn Kitten Rescue | Scottsdale, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shipwreck Park Inc | Pompano Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Diaper Bank Covering South Fl | Boca Raton, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Veteran Sailing Inc | Key Largo, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wheels on Deck | Edgewater, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yes Advocate for Family Counsel | Norfolk, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Littlest Heroes | Solon, OH | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Carry the Cross | Kansas City, KS | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Christian Care Center | Vidor, TX | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Taking It to the Streets | Oakland, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Found for Suicide Prevent | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bluetails | Marrero, LA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clean & Health Ny | Albany, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| No Animal Left Unfed | West Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Va-Hampton | Pocatello, ID | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Snedden Family Foundation | Fairbanks, AK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Swift Youth Center | Scottsdale, AZ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Children of She | Pittsburg, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vieques Island Animal Sanctuary | Vieques, PR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Word of Honor Fund | Bellevue, ID | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Houston Stutter Social for Kids | Sugar Land, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | Santa Rosa, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shore Saves | Freehold, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Committee on the Shelterless | Petaluma, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends in Service Here | Santa Rosa, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gold Ridge Fire Dept | Sebastopol, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Simple Room | Greenville, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oasis Soc Ministries | Portsmouth, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
8 of 60 (13%) 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 14%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Childrens Hosp of Kings Daughter
FURTHER DONEE'S CHARITABLE PURPOSE - Hermitage Museum & Gardens
FURTHER DONEE'S CHARITABLE PURPOSS - Yes Advocate for Family Counsel
FURTHER DONEE'S CHARTIABLE PURPOSE - Snedden Family Foundation
FURTHER DONEES' CHARITABLE PURPOSE - Word of Honor Fund
FUTHER DONEE'S CHARITABLE PURPOSE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 33 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | $260,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 18 | $97,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | $60,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 13 | $83,050 | $5,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 55% of this one's giving went to organizations in Virginia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Virginia.
- 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.
- 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 Hansen Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 3027 Lynndale Road, Virginia Beach, VA, 23452. 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.
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