· Private foundation
Hennessy Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $180k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SHEPARDS INC | $40,000 |
| LACROSSE THE NATION | $30,000 |
| NEW CANAAN HIGH SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| ADVOCATES | $15,000 |
| HORIZONS SUMMER PROGRAM | $10,000 |
| HIGHER GROUND | $10,000 |
| EDUCATION JUSTICE ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| WHITBY SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| ICA CRISTO REY ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| REACH PREP | $10,000 |
| PROSPECTOR THEATER | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| HAILEY ICE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TWTHE WHITBY SCHOOL INCORPORATED8× · 2017–2024 · $130k · revenue +1%
- LTLACROSSE THE NATIONS8× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +23%
- HGHIGHER GROUND USA INC7× · 2018–2024 · $90k · revenue +73%
Funded once
- TSTHE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +86%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $10k
- AKAMI KIDS BEAUFORTone grant, 2022 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…
Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…
The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…
Wla combines best practices in teaching and learning, with the latest in educational technology to create an unparalleled high school experience. students will graduate from wla prepared for college, career, and lives of public leadership.
Presidio hill school is a co-ed k-8 independent, progressive school. learning is collaborative and an active experience with an emphasis on inquiry. students are engaged in their own learning and guided by an expert faculty through a…
High jump is a tuition free, two-year enrichment program for talented and motivated middle school students with limited family income. the students attend classes for a five week session during the summers before 7th and 8th grade; as well…
Lowell school (the school) provides educational services to approximately 314 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. the school strives to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environment, and offers a…
Great oaks charter school is a public school providing high-dosage tutoring, data-driven learning strategies & extra-curricular opportunities to students in grades 6-12 to ensure success in the career or college of their choice. great oaks…
The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…
Our mission is to educate the whole child using a combination of innovative curriculum and instruction along with social/emotional education embedded in the program. students will be enabled to reach their innate intellectual, creative,…
The bridge academy, inc. was granted a charter to operate the bridge academy, a public school located in the city of bridgeport, ct. the school was founded in 1997 to provide college preparatory curriculum designed to overcome the…
Innovative and full of heart, mark day school nurtures each child to pursue their curiosity, think critically, embrace challenge with courage and joy, and work in partnership with others to build more caring and inclusive communities.
How this is measured
24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE WHITBY SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds LACROSSE THE NATIONS ↗
- Who funds HIGHER GROUND USA INC ↗
- Who funds REACH PREP INC ↗
- Who funds GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds FUTURE 5 INC ↗
- Who funds SHEPHERDS INC ↗
- Who funds WATERSIDE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds FILLING IN THE BLANKS INC ↗
- Who funds ADVOCATES INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds Education Justice Academy ↗
- Who funds HAILEY ICE INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDRENS STOREFRONT ↗
- Who funds THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds BLAINE COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds LA COLABORATIVA INC ↗
- Who funds RIDE TO DC INC ↗
- Who funds PRISON JOURNALISM PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC ↗
- Who funds THE BOTTOM LINE INC ↗
- Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hennessy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hennessy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- La Colaborativa Inc: 34% of income from government
- The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
- Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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