Wisconsin · Private foundation
Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $96k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $96k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $70k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $65k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $51k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $57k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $63k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $56k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham Young University | $20,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Lane Community College | $14,750 | 5 | n/a |
| Corban University | $9,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific University | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Linn-Benton Community College | $8,417 | 3 | n/a |
| Linfield University | $7,950 | 3 | 0% |
| Long Island University | $7,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Strathclyde USA Foundation | $6,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | $6,050 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham Young University | $20,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Lane Community College | $14,750 | 5 | n/a |
| Corban University | $9,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific University | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Linn-Benton Community College | $8,417 | 3 | n/a |
| Linfield University | $7,950 | 3 | 0% |
| Long Island University | $7,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Strathclyde USA Foundation | $6,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | $6,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Virginia University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The College of Idaho Inc | $4,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern New Hampshire University | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| George Fox University | $3,800 | 2 | 0% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Puget Sound | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Concordia University | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Alaska | $2,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Canyon University | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($389k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund 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: Leo Adler Trust · Elwell-Colvin Scholarship Fund · Al & Ib Thomas Ed'L Fd · Amy Heryford Ousley and James Heryford Ousley · Eminger Stewart Foundation Uma · Wayne C Stewart Foundation Uma · West Scholarship Fnd · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund
- How much does Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund give?
- Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund reported 16 grants totaling $96,167 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Brigham Young University ($20k), Lane Community College ($15k), Corban University ($9k).
- Does Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Leo Adler Trust, Elwell-Colvin Scholarship Fund, Al & Ib Thomas Ed'L Fd.
- Where is Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund based?
- Joann Hamilton Memorial Fund is based in WI.
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