HAND Foundation
HAND Foundation is a private foundation based in Wilmington, Delaware. Its 2025 filing reports grants to charitable organizations working in areas including hunger relief, humanitarian response, public policy, education, research, and community services.
HAND Foundation at a glance
In short: HAND Foundation gave $1.0M across 25 grants in 2025 (avg $40K), mostly in California. 39% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,011,710
- +54.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 25
- -7.4% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $40,468
- +66.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $25,000
- Total assets
- $9,125,111
- -6.0% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 39% first-time grantees (7 of 18, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- California (78% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to HAND Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
- Contact
Mailing address: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE 19809-1377
Phone: (800) 839-1754
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who HAND Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio ($371K). Together the top 10 received $889K.
Grant Size Distribution
157 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 138 grants of 157 (88%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
In 2025, California accounted for 78% of grant dollars, the District of Columbia for 13%, New York for 3%, Illinois for 2%, and Massachusetts for 2%.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 25 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is HAND Foundation open to new grantees?
39%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 7 of 18 grantees (39%) were first-time recipients. With only 18 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 6 points. First grants averaged $74K; repeat grants $45K. How we count
Medians: $25K first-time, $25K repeat.
- 56% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 22% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 87% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $269K (2023) to $1.0M (2025). In 2025 it made 25 grants totaling $1.0M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio Stanford, CA | General & Unrestricted (See General Explanation) | $370,962 |
| Moms Against Poverty Burlingame, CA | Hunger relief campaign | $200,000 |
| Globsec US Foundation Washington, DC | Charitable Event | $60,000 |
| Media Matters for America Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | $50,000 |
| BABY2BABY Los Angeles, CA | General & Unrestricted | $25,000 |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | $25,000 |
| Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation Los Angeles, CA | General & Unrestricted | $25,000 |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank Vernon, CA | General & Unrestricted | $25,000 |
| Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Berkeley, CA | Maryam Mirzakhani Endowed Professorship Fund | $25,000 |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | GSB Dean's Fund | $25,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,125,111 | $342,957 | $1,077,985 | $1,011,710 | 25 | $1,073,085 | $342,957 | $1,230,017 |
| 2024 | $9,710,897 | $252,831 | $718,905 | $655,386 | 27 | $713,805 | $341,147 | $1,054,964 |
| 2023 | $10,176,971 | $179,064 | $330,444 | $268,500 | 24 | $328,944 | $179,064 | $878,599 |
| 2022 | $10,328,351 | $98,734 | $924,680 | $827,561 | 27 | $887,880 | $98,734 | $1,031,177 |
| 2021 | $11,154,297 | $2,737,577 | $823,828 | $768,208 | 54 | — | $2,721,877 | $956,760 |
| 2020 | $9,242,385 | $111,093 | $715,367 | $622,250 | 44 | — | $109,978 | $846,309 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, HAND Foundation reported a distributable amount of $1.2M for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation’s filing describes the Norooz Outreach Project as a direct charitable activity, but does not state an overarching mission. Its grants show support for organizations with a range of charitable purposes. For example, Moms Against Poverty says its work addresses poverty affecting children through programs including disaster relief, education, health care, hunger relief, and orphan care. World Central Kitchen says it provides meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank describes its mission as mobilizing resources to fight hunger in its community.
Other 2025 recipients include organizations whose stated work concerns geopolitical education, media misinformation, children’s essentials, fire department equipment and training, and foreign affairs.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the foundation reported 25 grants totaling $1,011,710. Individual grants ranged from $2,500 to $370,962, with a median of $25,000. In 2024, it reported 27 grants totaling $655,386. Its 2025 filing, the latest on this page, reports 25 grants totaling $1 million.
The largest reported 2025 grants included $370,962 to the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University for general and unrestricted purposes, and $200,000 to Moms Against Poverty for a hunger relief campaign. Other notable grants were $60,000 to GLOBSEC US Foundation for a charitable event, $50,000 to Media Matters for America for general and unrestricted purposes, and $25,000 each to Baby2Baby, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank for general and unrestricted purposes. The foundation also reported a $25,000 grant to World Central Kitchen.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Nasrin Hashemi as director and treasurer, Noosheen Hashemi as director and president, and Farzad Nazem as director and secretary.
HAND Foundation is led by Noosheen Hashemi, Director & President on every filing since 2020; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Noosheen Hashemi
Director & President
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Farzad Nazem
Director & Secretary
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nasrin Hashemi
Director & Treasurer
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about HAND Foundation
How much does HAND Foundation give each year?
HAND Foundation gave $1.0M across 25 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $655K across 27 grants.
What is HAND Foundation's typical grant size?
HAND Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $25,000, and its average grant was $40,468, across 25 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from HAND Foundation that year got $74K on average.
Where does HAND Foundation give grants?
HAND Foundation gives mostly in California: 78% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest state was District of Columbia (13%). The most frequent recipient cities were Stanford, CA (3 grants), Washington, DC (3 grants), Los Angeles, CA (3 grants) and Redwood City, CA (3 grants).
Does HAND Foundation give general operating support?
Yes: 44% of HAND Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (11 of 25) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are HAND Foundation's largest grantees?
HAND Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio ($370,962), Moms Against Poverty ($206,000 across 2 grants) and Stanford University ($72,500 across 5 grants), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 64% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is HAND Foundation?
HAND Foundation reported $9.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $1.1M in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $1.2M (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does HAND Foundation fund?
The foundation’s filing describes the Norooz Outreach Project as a direct charitable activity, but does not state an overarching mission. Its grants show support for organizations with a range of charitable purposes. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from HAND Foundation?
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is HAND Foundation's EIN?
HAND Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 56-2403164. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Does HAND Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 13, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 17, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 2, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 21, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 16, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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Cite this profile
Grantable. (2026). HAND Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/hand-foundation-morg_693d2a26129e4d2184a024551bd851bc
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