Illinois · Private foundation
Hesed 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.
- $378k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $160,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Hesed Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 19 | $358k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $221k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $170k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $122k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $145k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $113k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $118k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reservoir Church | $469,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Rebuild Africa Inc | $154,500 | 7 | 21% |
| Friends of Asha USA Inc | $110,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Lifework Direction | $51,000 | 7 | 7% |
| The George Washington University | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Leadership Transformation Inc | $42,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| McE Social Capital | $29,575 | 3 | 0% |
| Foundation for Self Leadership | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Village Enterprise Fund | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reservoir Church | $469,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Rebuild Africa Inc | $154,500 | 7 | 21% |
| Friends of Asha USA Inc | $110,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Lifework Direction | $51,000 | 7 | 7% |
| The George Washington University | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Leadership Transformation Inc | $42,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| McE Social Capital | $29,575 | 3 | 0% |
| Foundation for Self Leadership | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Village Enterprise Fund | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Society of St John the Evangelist | $17,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Canine Therapy Corps Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) | $12,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Mosaic Center for Spiritual Formation | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Special Hope Network | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Barrington's White House | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Veritas Forum Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Network of Engaged International Donors Global Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 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 Hesed 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: Imago Dei Fund · Impactassetsinc · Boston Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Hesed Foundation
- How much does Hesed Foundation give?
- Hesed Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $378,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Hesed Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (46%), Health (19%), International (16%).
- Who are Hesed Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Reservoir Church ($469k), Rebuild Africa Inc ($155k), Friends of Asha USA Inc ($110k).
- Does Hesed Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hesed 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 Hesed Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Imago Dei Fund, Impactassetsinc, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is Hesed Foundation based?
- Hesed Foundation is based in IL.
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