Illinois · Private foundation
Hickey Foundation Inc
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.
- $96k
- Granted FY2021
- 25
- Grants FY2021
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
52% of Hickey Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Hickey Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $96k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $750
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 9
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 52% of the organizations Hickey Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 23 | $87k | 52% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $38k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $56k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $51k | 59% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $30k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Park Academy | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Carolina Charities Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Regents School of Oxford Inc | $13,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Roosevelt University | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pathway to Adventure Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Columbia Independent School Inc | $6,900 | 4 | 0% |
| St Malachy School | $6,500 | 4 | n/a |
| The Home 2 Home Project | $5,550 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 53 grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($350k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hickey Foundation Inc 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: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Iverson Family Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Arizona Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · John and Helen Murphey Foundation Inc · Fred & Christine Armstrong Foundation · The Kai Family Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hickey Foundation Inc
- How much does Hickey Foundation Inc give?
- Hickey Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $96,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Hickey Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (65%), Education (25%), Religion (2%).
- Who are Hickey Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Morgan Park Academy ($75k), Big Shoulders Fund ($40k), South Carolina Charities Inc ($15k).
- Does Hickey Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hickey Foundation Inc 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 Hickey Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, The Hs Lopez Family Foundation, Iverson Family Foundation.
- Where is Hickey Foundation Inc based?
- Hickey Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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