Hunterward Foundation
Woodland Hills, CA · EIN 95-4399227. Reported 101 grants totalling $2,231,500 to 38 recipients 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. Hunterward 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $150,000. 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. 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Studios of Key West | Key West, FL | $435,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atlantic Public Media | Woods Hole, MA | $215,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Key West Literary Seminary | Key West, FL | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Key West Literary Seminar | Key West, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fringe Theatre of Key West | Key West, FL | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Star of the Sea Outreach | Key West, FL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tropic Cinema | Key West, FL | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dance Key West | Key West, FL | $67,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Key West Wildlife Rescue Inc | Key West, FL | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Red Barn Theatre | Key West, FL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tennessee Williams Museum | Key West, FL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bahama Village Music Program | Key West, FL | $57,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| A Positive Step of Monroe County Inc | Key West, FL | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custome House | Key West, FL | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Woods Hole Community Hall | Woods Hole, MA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wcai Public Radio | Woods Hole, MA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Equality Florida | St Petersburg, FL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Key West Botanical Society | Key West, FL | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mote Marine Research | Sarasota, FL | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Reef Relief | Key West, FL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Key West Garden Club | Key West, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Stars of Tomorrow Project | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Terrence Mcnally New Works Inc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wlrn Public Radio in Miami | Miami, FL | $34,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Monroe County Education | Key West, FL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Point Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Key West Community Sailing Center | Key West, FL | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Memory Project Production Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Key West Players | Key West, FL | $24,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Key West Garden Club West Martello | Key West, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Theatre Xp | Key West, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Florida Keys SPCA | Key West, FL | $14,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Key West Botanical Gardens | Key West, FL | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monroe Council of the Arts | Key West, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Queer Keys Community Center | Key West, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Take Stock in Children | Key West, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tennessee Williams Theater | Key West, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Save Our Pines | Key West, FL | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
29 of 38 (76%) 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 75%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- The Studios of Key West
ASSISTS THE ART COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, COURSES AND WORKSPACE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS. - Key West Literary Seminary
BRINGS WRITERS OF NOTE TO KEY WEST TO SPEAK AND SHARE THEIR WRITING EXPERIENCES. - Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custome House
WORKS WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT DIVERSE GROUPS OF ALL AGES. - Star of the Sea Outreach
PROVIDES FOOD FOR THE POOR. - Tennessee Williams Museum
FOCUSES ON PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FILMS BY WOMEN. - Tropic Cinema
LOCAL NON-PROFIT THEATRE GROUP.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 37 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | $665,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 24 | $495,000 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $577,500 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 28 | $494,000 | $10,000 |
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
80% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- 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 Hunterward Foundation'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: Co Aprio - 21800 Oxnard St 900, Woodland Hills, CA, 91367. 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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