Geoffrey C Hughes Foundation Inc
Wilmington, DE · EIN 13-3622255. Reported 101 grants totalling $7,030,000 to 46 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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. Geoffrey C Hughes Foundation Inc 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 $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $80,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $750,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Land Trust Inc | Sheffield, MA | $1,055,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Campaign Legal Center Inc | Washington, DC | $525,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Redistricting Foundation | Washington, DC | $525,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Berkshire Natural Resources | Lenox, MA | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Princeton in Asia Inc | Princeton, NJ | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry Inc | Mount Kisco, NY | $255,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Egremont Land Trust Inc | S Egremont, MA | $240,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Streetsquash Inc | New York, NY | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Greenagers Inc | S Egremont, MA | $235,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Berkshire Agriculture Ventures | Gt Barrington, MA | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neighbors Link Corp | Mount Kisco, NY | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc | Gt Barrington, MA | $205,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Save the Sound Inc | New Haven, CT | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc | Hartford, CT | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dana Farber Cancer Institute Inc | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| National Redistricting Foundation | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc | Middletown, CT | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Berkshire Community Land Trust | Gt Barrington, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Common Pantry | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rock the Vote | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Construct Inc | Great Barrington, MA | $90,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| South Congregational Church United Church of Chris | Pittsfield, MA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Council on the Environment Inc Dba Grownyc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| 1BERKSHIRE Strategic Alliance Foundation Inc | Pittsfield, MA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Berkshires Bounty Inc | Gt Barrington, MA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Inner-City Scholarship Fund Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New England Forestry Foundation Inc | Littleton, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New York City Ballet Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Inc | Sandisfield, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| School of American Ballet Inc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Berkshire Immigrant Center Inc | Pittsfield, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Equine Advocates Incorporated | Valatie, NY | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre Inc | Astoria, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc | Lee, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Berkshire Environmental Action Team Inc | Pittsfield, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Berkshire Opera Festival | Pittsfield, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clinton Church Restoration Inc | Gt Barrington, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Council on the Environment Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival Inc | Becket, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Per Scholas Inc | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coali | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Teatro Grattacielo | Rye Brook, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
28 of 46 (61%) 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 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Nature Conservancy
Massachusetts Chapter fund - Greenagers Inc
Community Learning in the Berkshires CLuB - Sheffield Land Trust Inc
Sheffield Egremont Corridor Project - Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Inc
Du Bois Sculpture Project - South Congregational Church United Church of Chris
for the elevator project and food purchase - Construct Inc
To provide housing and supportive services to people who are facing eviction
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 91 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 25 | $1,785,000 | $50,000 |
| 2021 | 30 | $1,870,000 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 24 | $2,025,000 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 22 | $1,350,000 | $50,000 |
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. 45% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. 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 $50,000. 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 Massachusetts.
- 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 Geoffrey C Hughes Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809. 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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