Alaska · Private foundation
John C Hughes Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $128k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations John C Hughes Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 13 | $128k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $119k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $125k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $135k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $121k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $125k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $122k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $56k | 15% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of Alaska | $91,750 | 9 | 0% |
| St Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish | $87,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Holy Family Parish Anchorage | $85,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Bethel Search and Rescue | $73,500 | 9 | 20% |
| Tundra Womens Coalition | $62,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Alaska Aviation Museum | $33,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Alaska Native Medical Center Auxil | $17,500 | 8 | 4% |
| Covenant House Alaska | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Dollars for Dogs Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girdwood Health Clinic Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of Alaska | $91,750 | 9 | 0% |
| St Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish | $87,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Holy Family Parish Anchorage | $85,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Bethel Search and Rescue | $73,500 | 9 | 20% |
| Tundra Womens Coalition | $62,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Alaska Aviation Museum | $33,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Alaska Native Medical Center Auxil | $17,500 | 8 | 4% |
| Covenant House Alaska | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Dollars for Dogs Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girdwood Health Clinic Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anchorage Park Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alaska Humanities Forum | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Roscoe Fund | $7,957 | 9 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Huffman Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Avalanche Information Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| 4 Paws for Ability Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anchorage Mushing District Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Men's Run | $1,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Battle Dawgs | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Social Services | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($416k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John C Hughes 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: The Alaska Community Foundation · Rasmuson Foundation · Atwood Foundation Inc · The Carr Foundation Inc · The Sholton Foundation · Alaska Children's Trust · Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium · Providence Health & Services - Washington · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Gottstein Family Foundation · Bethel Community Services Foundation · Swanson Family Foundation
How this is measured
About John C Hughes Foundation
- How much does John C Hughes Foundation give?
- John C Hughes Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $127,874 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John C Hughes Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (25%), Religion (18%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
- Who are John C Hughes Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Food Bank of Alaska ($92k), St Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish ($88k), Holy Family Parish Anchorage ($85k).
- Does John C Hughes Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John C Hughes 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 John C Hughes Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Alaska Community Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, Atwood Foundation Inc.
- Where is John C Hughes Foundation based?
- John C Hughes Foundation is based in AK.
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