Illinois · Private foundation
Mary Lynne Hickey 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.
- $11k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $114k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Mary Lynne Hickey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 12 | $11k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $710 | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $8k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $14k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $11k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 626 Landmark Foundation | $30,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Northwestern University | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Open Lands Association | $1,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Over the Rainbow Association | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $959 | 5 | 0% |
| Holy Name Cathedral | $750 | 4 | n/a |
| Gold Coast Neighbors Association | $750 | 4 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $520 | 6 | 0% |
| International Churchill Society | $500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 626 Landmark Foundation | $30,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Northwestern University | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Open Lands Association | $1,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Over the Rainbow Association | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $959 | 5 | 0% |
| Holy Name Cathedral | $750 | 4 | n/a |
| Gold Coast Neighbors Association | $750 | 4 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $520 | 6 | 0% |
| International Churchill Society | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Child Center-Marygrove | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Junior League of Chicago Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Ignites Chicago | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Architecture Foundation | $110 | 1 | 0% |
| Irish American Heritage Center | $30 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mary Lynne Hickey 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.
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How this is measured
About Mary Lynne Hickey Foundation
- How much does Mary Lynne Hickey Foundation give?
- Mary Lynne Hickey Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $10,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Mary Lynne Hickey Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (59%), Recreation & Sports (14%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Mary Lynne Hickey Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: 626 Landmark Foundation ($30k), Northwestern University ($8k), Lake Forest Open Lands Association ($1k).
- Does Mary Lynne Hickey Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mary Lynne Hickey 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 Mary Lynne Hickey Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Arthur J Gallagher Foundation.
- Where is Mary Lynne Hickey Foundation based?
- Mary Lynne Hickey Foundation is based in IL.
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