Illinois · Private foundation
Horner 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.
- $112k
- Granted FY2023
- 78
- Grants FY2023
- 64
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
85% of Horner Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 39 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Horner Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 39 organizations, $112k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 55 to 65
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 11
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Horner Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 64 | $110k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 65 | $109k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 55 | $78k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Legal Services Corporation | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Rivers Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Francis W Parker School | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Blaine County Hunger Coalition Inc | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Focus | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rebecca a Copeland Fund for Social Justice | $10,000 | 3 | 4% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $9,600 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 71 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($118k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Horner Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Marin Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · Bothin Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Sacks Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Horner Foundation
- How much does Horner Foundation give?
- Horner Foundation reported 78 grants totaling $112,050 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 55 and 65 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Horner Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (62%), Education (9%), Crime & Legal (4%).
- Who are Horner Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: High Jump ($23k), Legal Services Corporation ($22k), University of Chicago ($20k).
- Does Horner Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Horner 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 Horner Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Where is Horner Foundation based?
- Horner Foundation is based in IL.
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