Washington · Private foundation
Hanlon Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Hanlon Foundation’s FY2026 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2025, the last year Hanlon Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $55k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Hanlon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 19 | $55k | 58% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $63k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $66k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $100k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $65k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $64k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $70k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $63k | 62% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Park Zoological Society | $97,700 | 9 | 0% |
| Villa Academy | $75,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Zeno | $51,228 | 6 | 1% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| LifeWire | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bainbridge Schools Foundation | $13,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Sharenet Food Bank | $12,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Bloedel Reserve | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Lifeline | $11,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Helpline House | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($247k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hanlon Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · United Way of King County · Moccasin Lake Foundation · One Call for All · Medina Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Hanlon Foundation
- How much does Hanlon Foundation give?
- Hanlon Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $54,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Hanlon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (70%), Education (13%), Animals (6%).
- Who are Hanlon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Woodland Park Zoological Society ($98k), Villa Academy ($75k), Zeno ($51k).
- Does Hanlon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hanlon 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 Hanlon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Hanlon Foundation based?
- Hanlon Foundation is based in WA.
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