Illinois · Private foundation
Amherst F Hardy Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $295k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $79,583
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Amherst F Hardy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $295k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $217k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $275k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $486k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $125k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $285k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $309k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $281k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millikin University | $825,131 | 9 | 0% |
| Decatur Memorial Hospital | $519,619 | 9 | 0% |
| Decatur Area Arts Council Inc | $124,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Symphony Orchestra Guild of Decatur | $79,500 | 6 | 13% |
| Decatur Municipal Band | $60,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Children's Museum of Illinois | $46,942 | 7 | 4% |
| Macon Resources Inc | $42,322 | 5 | 0% |
| Macon County Casa | $39,100 | 3 | 3% |
| Thinkwell Makerspace Innovations | $38,500 | 1 | 57% |
| Lutheran School Association | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millikin University | $825,131 | 9 | 0% |
| Decatur Memorial Hospital | $519,619 | 9 | 0% |
| Decatur Area Arts Council Inc | $124,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Symphony Orchestra Guild of Decatur | $79,500 | 6 | 13% |
| Decatur Municipal Band | $60,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Children's Museum of Illinois | $46,942 | 7 | 4% |
| Macon Resources Inc | $42,322 | 5 | 0% |
| Macon County Casa | $39,100 | 3 | 3% |
| Thinkwell Makerspace Innovations | $38,500 | 1 | 57% |
| Lutheran School Association | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beautify Decatur Coalition | $20,000 | 2 | 30% |
| Decatur Parks Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Decatur-Macon County Opportunities Corp | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Decatur Choral Society | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Samaritan Inn | $10,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Decatur Public Schools Foundation | $9,587 | 2 | 1% |
| St Teresa Educational Foundation | $8,119 | 1 | 1% |
| Dove Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Decatur Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Richland Community College Foundation | $2,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Theatre 7 | $800 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($612k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Amherst F Hardy Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Macon County · John Ullrich Foundation Trust Busey Trust Co - Trustee · Andreas Foundation · The Erwin and Linda Arends Foundation · James Millikin Trust A · Ts & Juanita Ballance Foundation · Edward Whinnery Trust · Henry M Staley Declaration of Charit Tr D/B/A Staley Family Foundation · United Way of Decatur and Mid Il · Howard G Buffett Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Amherst F Hardy Foundation
- How much does Amherst F Hardy Foundation give?
- Amherst F Hardy Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $295,499 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Amherst F Hardy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (41%), Education (35%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Amherst F Hardy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Millikin University ($825k), Decatur Memorial Hospital ($520k), Decatur Area Arts Council Inc ($124k).
- Does Amherst F Hardy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Amherst F Hardy Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Amherst F Hardy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Macon County, John Ullrich Foundation Trust Busey Trust Co - Trustee, Andreas Foundation.
- Where is Amherst F Hardy Foundation based?
- Amherst F Hardy Foundation is based in IL.
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