Illinois · Private foundation
Hanson Family 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.
- $107k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $58,136
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations Hanson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $107k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $114k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $76k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $90k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $30k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $42k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $45k | 39% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $36k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Public Media Inc | $110,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Grant Park Orchestral Association | $100,686 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $23,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Gulfshore Playhouse Inc | $18,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Connections for the Homeless Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | $14,300 | 8 | 0% |
| La Casa Norte | $12,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Community House | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wellness House | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hinsdale Humane Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($183k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hanson Family 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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Evanston Community Foundation · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · AbbVie Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hanson Family Foundation
- How much does Hanson Family Foundation give?
- Hanson Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $106,636 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Hanson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), Health (14%), Environment (12%).
- Who are Hanson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chicago Public Media Inc ($111k), Grant Park Orchestral Association ($101k), University of Illinois Foundation ($24k).
- Does Hanson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hanson Family 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 Hanson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is Hanson Family Foundation based?
- Hanson Family Foundation is based in IL.
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