Illinois · Private foundation
The H & a Charitable 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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $685k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations The H & a Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 18 | $29k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $18k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $23k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $684 | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $13,613 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Whitney M Young High School | $5,100 | 1 | 1% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $3,137 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bo's Place | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Better Chicago | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $13,613 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Whitney M Young High School | $5,100 | 1 | 1% |
| Kids' Meals Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $3,137 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bo's Place | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Better Chicago | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fay School | $2,591 | 1 | 0% |
| River Oaks Elementary School PTO | $2,530 | 1 | 0% |
| Evelyn's Park Conservancy | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Mind Institute Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Merit School of Music | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sudara Freedom Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Classical Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bookwallah Organization | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Children - Houston | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Children - Chicago | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $25 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The H & a Charitable 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 The H & a Charitable Foundation
- How much does The H & a Charitable Foundation give?
- The H & a Charitable Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $28,981 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The H & a Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (24%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are The H & a Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cradles to Crayons Inc ($14k), Greater Chicago Food Depository ($6k), The Houston Food Bank ($6k).
- Does The H & a Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The H & a Charitable 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 The H & a Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Shell USA Company Foundation.
- Where is The H & a Charitable Foundation based?
- The H & a Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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