· 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.
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.
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 · FY2021
- Under $10k22 grants · $34k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $62k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PMA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| MVCC MARY PATRICIA HICKEY SCHOLARSHIP | $12,000 |
| JOHNNY MORRIS' WONDERS OF WILDLIFE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND | $8,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT | $4,500 |
| ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY | $4,000 |
| BOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $4,000 |
| ST JOHN OF THE CROSS | $3,000 |
| ST MALACHY SCHOOL | $1,500 |
| PURE JUSTICE | $1,000 |
| UNITED WAY | $1,000 |
| MSCI CENTRAL STATES CHAPTER | $1,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC | $750 |
| TUCSON FOOD BANK | $500 |
| YOUTH ON THIER OWN (YOTO) | $500 |
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 (FY17–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
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 +34% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2021, 20 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RSREGENTS SCHOOL OF OXFORD INC4× · 2017–2020 · $13k · revenue +347%
- CICOLUMBIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC4× · 2017–2020 · $7k · revenue +44%
- THTHE HOME 2 HOME PROJECT3× · 2018–2021 · $6k · revenue +242%
Funded once
- SCSOUTH CAROLINA CHARITIES INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +248%
- NKNational Kidney Foundation Of Indiana Incgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +37%
- PTPATHWAY TO ADENTURE COUNCILone grant, 2017 · $4k
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.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
To Prepare Students for Success in Four-Year Colleges.
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…
The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
Steadfast in jesus christ as revealed in the holy scriptures, concordia university chicago promotes academic rigor in its liberal arts and professional programs; grounds students in objective truth, integrity, and excellence; and practices…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…
The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…
The mission of new west charter school is to provide an academically rigorous, highly individualized education for 21st century students in grades 6 - 12. in the decades to come, personal success will require increasingly high levels of…
How this is measured
46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 93 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.
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- Who funds PATHWAY TO ADVENTURE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds JOHNNY MORRIS' WONDERS OF WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE HOME 2 HOME PROJECT ↗
- Who funds CANCER KISS MY COOLEY ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds National Kidney Foundation Of Indiana Inc ↗
- Who funds REBUILDING TOGETHER METRO CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds Tucson Symphony Society ↗
- Who funds Arizona Theatre Company ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO COLLEGIATE INC ↗
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- Who funds Sister Jose Women's Center ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hickey Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hickey Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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