Hutton Family Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 47-4305984 · since 2016·United States·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$1.1M
Annual giving, 2024 tax year
From the Form 990-PF filing
$1,000 to $40,000
Grant range
From grants in the 990-PF filings
$5,000
Typical grant (median)
72 grants in the latest filing
Invitation only
Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

  • The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests and contributes only to preselected organisations, so a small charity should not send it a cold application.
  • If your work falls within its stated priorities of education, health and environment, and its stated geographic priority of the United States, your route in is an existing connection rather than an open approach.
  • About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $1,000 and $40,000, with a median of $5,000, so a modest request is typical, though its largest grant was about $120,000.
  • In its latest filing, 96% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so the foundation appears to give mostly to a established group of repeat recipients.

Overview

Hutton Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Atherton, CA.

What they fund

Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The foundation distributes funds and other assets to educational, health and environmental organisations, and makes grants to organisations throughout the United States to benefit education, health and the environment. Its stated priorities therefore cover these three broad fields, without identifying narrower subject areas or particular activities. The filing says it contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. It does not explain how organisations are selected, set out further eligibility criteria, or describe a route for prospective applicants to request consideration. The filings provide no more specific account of the work supported than this general statement.

Themes

  • Education
  • Health
  • Environment

Geographic Focus

Priority: United States.

How to apply

The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Application success factors

  • Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 96% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
  • Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 207 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

California53%
District of Columbia17%
New York10%
Massachusetts9%
Virginia4%
New Hampshire2%

6 other states: 4%

  • The largest single recipient received 12% of grant dollars to organisations.
  • In tax year 2024, 96% of grant dollars went to organisations Hutton Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
  • No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
  • 9% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

72 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $5,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 72 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$1k–$2.5k25%
$2.5k–$5k14%
$5k–$10k15%
$10k–$25k25%
$25k–$50k11%
$50k–$100k6%
$100k–$250k4%

Median $5,000 (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

  • Stanford University · See statement a
    $112,5002024 tax year
  • Resurge International · See statement a
    $100,0002024 tax year
  • Peninsula Open Space Trust · See statement a
    $100,0002024 tax year
  • Reading Partners · See statement a
    $50,0002024 tax year
  • Media Matters for America · See statement a
    $50,0002024 tax year
  • American Independent Foundation · See statement a
    $50,0002024 tax year
  • Upstream USA · See statement a
    $50,0002024 tax year
  • Global Fund for Children · See statement a
    $45,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

  • Rachel E Hutton — CFO, Treasurer, Director
  • Robert C Hutton — Secretary, Director
  • G Thompson Hutton — Director
  • Wende S Hutton — President, Director

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

YearTotal expensesGrants paidAssetsFiling document
2022 tax year$1,055,873$797,338$16,402,266Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year$1,028,136$920,310$17,140,501Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year$1,212,657$1,090,810$20,416,363Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Sources

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Contact

  • Atherton, CA