Hawkins Foundation Inc.

Important data-quality note: the website stored in our DB (hawkinsfoundation.org) belongs to the Hawkins Foundation in Greenville, SC — an orthopaedic research and education nonprofit affiliated with the Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas. That is a DIFFERENT organization. EIN 58-2360574 is "Hawkins Foundation Inc" headquartered in Atlanta, GA, tax-exempt since February 1998, NTEE category T90Z (Named Trusts/Foundations N.E.C.), filing Form 990-PF as a private foundation. ProPublica lists Scott Hawkins as sole listed Director, serving without compensation. This is a small, named family/donor foundation with a single director of record, classic structure for a privately-managed grantmaking vehicle. There is no independent public website, no posted guidelines, and no staff. Strategy: grantmaking from a growing endowment, likely tied to family priorities rather than a published thematic program. In FY2024 the foundation received $1.98M in contributions — unusually large for this size of foundation — indicating an active living donor topping up the endowment rather than a fully self-sustaining legacy trust.

Per ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Hawkins Foundation Inc has grown steadily from $3.11M (2019) → $3.55M (2020) → $4.39M (2021) → $5.30M (2022) → $5.37M (2023) → $9.72M (YE 2024) — net assets nearly doubled in 2024 driven by $1.98M in contributions received (84.9% of FY2024 revenue of $2.33M). This is a donor-fueled foundation, not a passive legacy trust. Other revenue in 2024: interest $139,004 (6.0%), sales of assets $129,513 (5.6%), dividends $45,106 (1.9%), other income $37,790 (1.6%). Expenses of $655,811, of which $601,261 (91.7%) were charitable disbursements — a healthy payout ratio of roughly 6.2% of beginning-of-year net assets, above the 5% IRS minimum. Officer compensation $0. No liabilities. The pattern of large annual contributions + steady grant outflow + zero staff overhead is typical of a living-donor family foundation where the donor writes a check each year and uses the vehicle to time charitable deductions and structure giving. Specific grantees and grant sizes are not extracted into ProPublica's summary; the 990-PF PDF (filed November 6, 2025 for FY2024) contains the grantee schedule.

Hawkins stands out as the only peer in this asset-size cohort receiving ongoing large contributions from a living donor. This is operationally relevant because current-donor foundations often fund causes closely tied to the donor's personal relationships and geography (Atlanta metro likely) rather than following formal program guidelines.

Most recent filing: Form 990-PF for fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, filed November 6, 2025. FY2024 is a standout year — net assets almost doubled from $5.37M (YE 2023) to $9.72M (YE 2024) on $1.98M in contributions and strong investment performance. Charitable disbursements of $601,261 exceeded prior-year levels. Scott Hawkins remains the sole listed director. No public news items, press releases, social media presence, or grant announcements could be located for this specific Atlanta-based Hawkins Foundation as of April 2026 — searches for "Hawkins Foundation" are dominated by the unrelated Greenville, SC orthopaedic research nonprofit at hawkinsfoundation.org and various Steadman Hawkins clinic activities. No RFP cycles or public deadlines are visible.

This is an unstaffed, donor-active family foundation with no public-facing application process. Practical approach: (1) Pull the Form 990-PF PDF from ProPublica (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/582360574). Read Schedule I / Part XV to identify actual grantees — this is the only reliable signal of what causes and geographies Scott Hawkins supports. (2) Do NOT confuse with hawkinsfoundation.org (the Greenville SC orthopaedic research foundation affiliated with the Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas). Submitting a proposal referencing the wrong organization will immediately disqualify an applicant. (3) With a single listed director, all contact should be through a personal network introduction. If your nonprofit already knows someone in Scott Hawkins' professional, philanthropic, or alumni network, that is the primary pathway. (4) Geographic focus is most likely Atlanta metro / Georgia; this is a soft inference — confirm from the 990 grantee list. (5) The $1.98M contribution in FY2024 suggests the donor is in active wealth-transfer mode; annual or multi-year commitments may be more feasible now than they were at smaller asset sizes.