New York · Private foundation
Hennessy Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $190k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Hennessy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 | 13 | $190k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $180k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $169k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $188k | 37% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $166k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $165k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $143k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $158k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Whitby School Incorporated | $130,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Immaculate Conception Academy | $120,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Lacrosse the Nations | $100,000 | 8 | 10% |
| Higher Ground USA Inc | $90,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Reach Prep Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Greens Farms Academy Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Future 5 Inc | $60,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Shepherds Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Waterside School Inc | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Filling in the Blanks Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Whitby School Incorporated | $130,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Immaculate Conception Academy | $120,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Lacrosse the Nations | $100,000 | 8 | 10% |
| Higher Ground USA Inc | $90,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Reach Prep Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Greens Farms Academy Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Future 5 Inc | $60,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Shepherds Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Waterside School Inc | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Filling in the Blanks Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Advocates Incorporated | $27,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Education Justice Academy | $25,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Hailey Ice Inc | $22,500 | 7 | 1% |
| The Childrens Storefront | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Seven Hills School | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blaine County Charitable Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| La Colaborativa Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ride to DC Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prison Journalism Project Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bottom Line Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Year Up Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco AIDS Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Build Our Lives Together Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cooperative for Education | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($389k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hennessy 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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hennessy Foundation
- How much does Hennessy Foundation give?
- Hennessy Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $190,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Hennessy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (63%), Recreation & Sports (16%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are Hennessy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Whitby School Incorporated ($130k), Immaculate Conception Academy ($120k), Lacrosse the Nations ($100k).
- Does Hennessy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hennessy Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hennessy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Hennessy Foundation based?
- Hennessy Foundation is based in NY.
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