Alabama · Private foundation
Heersink Family 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.
- $499
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $499
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $499
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Heersink Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 1 | $499 | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $553k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $750k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $1.0M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $603k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $980k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Education Inc | $755,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Troy University Foundation | $657,500 | 5 | 2% |
| The Netherland-America Foundation Inc | $207,600 | 2 | 5% |
| Dothan Montessori School | $200,000 | 1 | 42% |
| Stop Foodborne Illness Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Alabama-Florida Council Inc Scouting America | $11,250 | 3 | 2% |
| Wiregrass United Way Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Southeast Alabama Medical Center Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Education Inc | $755,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Troy University Foundation | $657,500 | 5 | 2% |
| The Netherland-America Foundation Inc | $207,600 | 2 | 5% |
| Dothan Montessori School | $200,000 | 1 | 42% |
| Stop Foodborne Illness Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Alabama-Florida Council Inc Scouting America | $11,250 | 3 | 2% |
| Wiregrass United Way Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Southeast Alabama Medical Center Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Shakespeare Festival | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wiregrass Museum of Art Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Last Coconut Foundation Inc FKA The Sandel Family Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Dothan Adolescent Community Youth Advisory Council | $499 | 1 | n/a |
| Carillon Beach Chapel Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Wiregrass Humane Society | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Heersink Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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 Coleman Foundation · Wiregrass Foundation · Bruce G Cochener Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Heersink Family Foundation
- How much does Heersink Family Foundation give?
- Heersink Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $499 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Heersink Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (50%), Health (28%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Heersink Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Southeast Education Inc ($755k), Troy University Foundation ($658k), The Netherland-America Foundation Inc ($208k).
- Does Heersink Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Heersink 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 Heersink Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Coleman Foundation, Wiregrass Foundation, Bruce G Cochener Foundation.
- Where is Heersink Family Foundation based?
- Heersink Family Foundation is based in AL.
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