· Private foundation
Hickson Family Foundation
Its FY2020 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
99% of Hickson Family Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to The Bessemer Giving Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Hickson Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $23k. 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 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k8 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTHMINSTER BAPTIST CHURCH | $12,000 |
| Mississippi Symphony Orchestra | $3,000 |
| ST DOMINICS | $2,500 |
| The Mississippi Museum of Art | $1,200 |
| The Greater Eastover Neighborhood Foundation | $1,000 |
| HCCDC INC | $1,000 |
| The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts | $1,000 |
| The Salvation Army | $1,000 |
| CARING & SHARING | $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 (FY17–19, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 87% of Hickson Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2018, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, 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 FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MSMISSISSIPPI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +55%
- MMMISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART INC2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +17%
- GEGREATER EASTOVER NEIGHBORHOOD FOUNDATION INC2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +126%
Funded once
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSEgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +134%
- JAJACKSON ACADEMY INCone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +24%
- SCSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +95%
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 foundation exists to cultivate and administer current and deferred gifts for the benefit of ms united methodist related institutions, agencies, local churches, and other ministries for charitable purposes and support and to educate…
It is the mission of good samaritan hospice to affirm life in the midst of illness and grief. we accomplish this objective by providing quality patient care, family support, community education and counseling services through an…
To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.
To build relationships with alumni and friends in order to secure private funds and other resources for the benefit of the university of southern mississippi (usm). the foundation receives, invests and distributes private gifts in support…
Empowered by the belief that all people have basic rights to dignity and compassion, our mission at mercy housing and human development is to recognize the need for sustainable, affordable housing for low-wealth families of south…
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity mississippi capital area brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.
Providing for educational scholarships and grants to individuals with the goal of assisting them to continually seek knowledge. additionally, to provide grants to individuals who have experienced a catastrophic event or an emergency…
Support the advocacy of community hospitals.
As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.
Publicly solicit and receive philanthropic support to assist st. mary's healthcare to develop and expand services to the community, in support of its mission - rooted in the loving, healing ministry of jesus, and inspired by the legacy of…
To receive and hold the endowment of the north carolina symphony society, inc. (the "society"), solicit additions to the endowment, safeguard assets, and expend funds for the exclusive use and benefit of the society.
To fund the program and services of hospice of the nothwest to ensure dignified and compassionate care is available to anyone coping with a life-limiting diagnosis.one size doesn't always fit all, especially when it comes to quality of…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 20 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 BESSEMER GIVING FUND ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CARING AND SHARING ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER EASTOVER NEIGHBORHOOD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JACKSON ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation 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: Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Jimmy A Payne Family Foundation · Kathryn & Julian Wiener Fund · Ergon Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hickson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hickson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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