Illinois · Private foundation
Horace Mann Educators 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.
- $567k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 58
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 44
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 21
- Total assets, FY2024
- $817k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 54% of the organizations Horace Mann Educators Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k 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 | 58 | $567k | 72% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $293k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 44 | $472k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $211k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Central Illinois Inc | $345,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Education | $300,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Donorschooseorg | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Springfield School District 186 | $65,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Central Illinois Foodbank Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Risd Excellence in Education Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Teach for America Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lincoln Land Community College Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($219k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Horace Mann Educators 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: Levi Ray & Shoup Foundation · Green Family Charitable Foundation · United Way of Central Illinois Inc · Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln Inc · Memorial Health System Group · M G Nelson Family Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Aa Harvey Foundation · Sonnentag American Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Macon County · Madison Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Horace Mann Educators Foundation
- How much does Horace Mann Educators Foundation give?
- Horace Mann Educators Foundation reported 58 grants totaling $567,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 44 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Horace Mann Educators Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (50%), Philanthropy (32%), Food & Nutrition (6%).
- Who are Horace Mann Educators Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: United Way of Central Illinois Inc ($345k), The Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Education ($300k), Donorschooseorg ($80k).
- Does Horace Mann Educators Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Horace Mann Educators 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 Horace Mann Educators Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Levi Ray & Shoup Foundation, Green Family Charitable Foundation, United Way of Central Illinois Inc.
- Where is Horace Mann Educators Foundation based?
- Horace Mann Educators Foundation is based in IL.
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