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The Hawley Foundation for Children

Saratoga Springs, NY · EIN 14-1340069. Reported 93 grants totalling $428,700 to 34 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$4,000median grant
$428,700granted, 2021-2024
34organizations funded
76%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,558,334assets, latest filing

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. The Hawley Foundation for Children 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 $4,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $25,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
6 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
52 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
28 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
6 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Saratoga Springs Rec DeptSaratoga Springs, NY$86,000442024
Franklin Community CenterSaratoga Springs, NY$37,800742024
Wilton RecreationSaratoga Springs, NY$28,000442024
Mechanicville Area Comm Services CenterMechanicville, NY$27,650742024
Lifeworks Community ActionBallston Spa, NY$24,500442024
Saratoga Regional YMCASaratoga Springs, NY$24,250642024
WellspringMalta, NY$22,500422024
Captain Community Human Services IncGlenville, NY$19,000442024
Snacpack ProgramWilton, NY$18,000542024
Glens Falls Area Youth CenterGlens Falls, NY$16,500442024
Captain Community Health Services IncGlenville, NY$15,500442024
The Salvation ArmySaratoga Springs, NY$12,500442024
Rebuilding Together Saratoga CountyBallston Spa, NY$11,000442024
Catholic CharitiesSaratoga Springs, NY$10,000442024
Saratoga Center for the FamilySaratoga Springs, NY$10,000332024
Race Track ChaplaincyElmont, NY$9,500222022
Saratoga BridgesBallston Spa, NY$8,900222024
Ballston Area Community CenterBallston Spa, NY$6,600222022
Aim Services IncSaratoga Springs, NY$5,500442024
Cce of Saratoga CountyBallston Spa, NY$5,000112022
Town of Greenfield Community CenterGreenfield Center, NY$5,000112024
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs, NY$4,000112023
Stomping Ground IncMiddlegrove, NY$4,000112022
Pitney Meadows Community Farm IncSaratoga Springs, NY$3,000112021
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital RegionAlbany, NY$2,500112022
Childrens Museum at SaratogaSaratoga Springs, NY$2,500112021
Bacc - Ballston Area Community CenterBallston Spa, NY$2,100112024
Sleep in Heavenly PeaceMechanicville, NY$1,750112024
Saratoga Children's Theatre IncSaratoga Springs, NY$1,500112022
Camp Abilities SaratogaSaratoga Springs, NY$1,000112021
Roundabout Runner ClubMalta, NY$900112021
Therapeutic Horses of SaratogaSaratoga Springs, NY$750112024
Roundabout Runners ClubBallston Spa, NY$500112024
The Childrens Museum of SaratogaSaratoga Springs, NY$500112024

19 of 34 (56%) 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 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.

Plus 5 grants to individuals totalling $182,500 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 39 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
17 grants
Food & Nutrition
6 grants
Youth Development
5 grants
Housing & Shelter
5 grants
Crime & Legal
3 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
Animal Welfare
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202122$115,300$4,750
202224$114,500$4,250
202320$101,500$3,750
202427$97,400$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

Saratoga Springs, NY
$232K
Ballston Spa, NY
$59K
Glenville, NY
$34K
Mechanicville, NY
$29K
Malta, NY
$19K
Wilton, NY
$18K
Glens Falls, NY
$16K
Elmont, NY
$10K

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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.

The Community Foundation for the Greater9 shared recipientsCharles R Wood Foundation9 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund8 shared recipientsPioneer Bank Charitable Foundation8 shared recipientsThe Adirondack Trust Company7 shared recipientsThe Ayco Charitable Foundation6 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  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 The Hawley Foundation for Children'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: Po Box 1017, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866. 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 14-1340069 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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