Mississippi · Private foundation
Robert M Hearin Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $130,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $33M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Robert M Hearin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% 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 | 9 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $1.9M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $2.0M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $2.1M | 14% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $2.0M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $2.0M | 43% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $2.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millsaps College | $857,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Belhaven University | $298,233 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $220,351 | 2 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Christian University | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| William Carey University | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi Valley State University | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tougaloo College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rust College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($15M), not named here.
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: Robert M Hearin Support Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Phil Hardin Foundation · Mississippi Farm Bureau Young Farmer Scholarship Foundation · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Robert M Hearin Foundation
- How much does Robert M Hearin Foundation give?
- Robert M Hearin Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $1,982,746 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Robert M Hearin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (97%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Robert M Hearin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Millsaps College ($858k), Belhaven University ($298k), University of Southern Mississippi ($220k).
- Does Robert M Hearin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert M Hearin Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Robert M Hearin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert M Hearin Support Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, Phil Hardin Foundation.
- Where is Robert M Hearin Foundation based?
- Robert M Hearin Foundation is based in MS.
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