New Jersey · Private foundation
Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 11 | $1.6M | 45% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1.1M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $863k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $147k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Trenton | $415,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation | $33,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 50can Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| LEP Foundation for Youth Education | $25,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Force-Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rider University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of South Florida | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Mercer Area Healthcare Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diocese of Trenton | $415,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation | $33,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 50can Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| LEP Foundation for Youth Education | $25,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Force-Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rider University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of South Florida | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Mercer Area Healthcare Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Life Bikes Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc
- How much does Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc give?
- Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $1,719,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (80%), Religion (11%), Education (8%).
- Who are Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Diocese of Trenton ($415k), The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc ($80k), Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation ($33k).
- Does Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc 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 Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc based?
- Mike & Patti Hennessy Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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