· Private foundation
Edward L & Ruth S Hennessy Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $133k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN | $43,333 |
| ADOPT A FAMILY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC | $30,000 |
| TRI-COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $25,000 |
| FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA | $5,000 |
| PRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE | $5,000 |
| KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | $2,500 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $2,000 |
| NEW VERNON FIRST AID SQUAD | $1,000 |
| DOUGLASS COLLEGE | $1 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $118k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against -33% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTRI-COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP FUND6× · 2018–2024 · $161k · revenue +163%
OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC4× · 2018–2024 · $118k · revenue +112%- AOAdopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc4× · 2021–2024 · $106k · revenue +23%
Funded once
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCESone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -33%- JFJEWISH FEDERATION OF BROWARD'S ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUNDone grant, 2023 · $10k
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE MAGEN DAVID ADOMone grant, 2023 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
The institute is dedicated to the study, diagnosis and treatment of family relationship problems
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Rockefeller philanthropy advisors aims to accelerate philanthropy in pursuit of a just world
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
How this is measured
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds TRI-COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
- Who funds Fairleigh Dickinson University ↗
- Who funds OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc ↗
- Who funds Adopt a Family Inc ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE INC ↗
- Who funds RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
- Who funds THE MORRIS MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
- Who funds DURGA TREE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC ↗
- Who funds Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adults Inc ↗
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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Edward L & Ruth S Hennessy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward L & Ruth S Hennessy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Adopt-a-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: 15% of income from government
- The Morris Museum Inc: 7% of income from government
- Fairleigh Dickinson University: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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