The Hawn Foundation

Analysis

The Hawn Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Monica, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Hawn Foundation reported income of $3.5m and spending of $3.4m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $784k to $3.5m (+350%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Hawn Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southeast Community Development ($3.5m), Datakind ($3.5m) and Ipd Breakthrough Fund ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% and program service revenue 47% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $372k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $826k. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $757k, net assets of $4.1m. It reported 8 employees.