Illinois · Private foundation
Glen and Vicki Hess 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.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $101k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Glen and Vicki Hess Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $15k | 82% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $21k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $7k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $6k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Zoological Society | $70,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Catnap From the Heart | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hinsdale Humane Society | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Helping Hand Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cape May County Zoological Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Meaningful Purpose Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Man Dog | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Immune Deficiency Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Zoological Society | $70,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Catnap From the Heart | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hinsdale Humane Society | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Helping Hand Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cape May County Zoological Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Meaningful Purpose Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Man Dog | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Immune Deficiency Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lutheran Church Charities Fund | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Glen and Vicki Hess Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Glen and Vicki Hess Foundation
- How much does Glen and Vicki Hess Foundation give?
- Glen and Vicki Hess Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $16,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Glen and Vicki Hess Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (89%), Health (3%), Food & Nutrition (2%).
- Who are Glen and Vicki Hess Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Zoological Society ($70k), Catnap From the Heart ($2k), Hinsdale Humane Society ($2k).
- Does Glen and Vicki Hess Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Glen and Vicki Hess 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 Glen and Vicki Hess Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Glen and Vicki Hess Foundation based?
- Glen and Vicki Hess Foundation is based in IL.
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