Georgia · Private foundation
The Hack 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.
- $331k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2025
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 47
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations The Hack Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k 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 | 36 | $331k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 44 | $192k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $153k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $102k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $159k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 47 | $159k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Inc | $59,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Coastal Discovery Museum | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Heritage Classic Foundation | $37,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Literacy Council of Highlands Inc | $33,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Emerald City Rotary Club Foundation | $30,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Community Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers Inc | $23,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Cambridge Academy Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Westminster Schools Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Highlands Bolivian Mission Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Greenwood Pathway House Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($665k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hack 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · Heritage Classic Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Bargain Box · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Thorpe Family Foundation Inc · Wexford Foundation · Palmetto Electric Trust · The Church Mouse Thrift Shop Inc · Davis Family Foundation Inc · The Marshall Miller Foundation · The Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About The Hack Foundation Inc
- How much does The Hack Foundation Inc give?
- The Hack Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $331,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 47 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Hack Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (21%), Religion (19%), Education (13%).
- Who are The Hack Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Inc ($60k), Coastal Discovery Museum ($55k), Heritage Classic Foundation ($37k).
- Does The Hack Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hack 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 The Hack Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Heritage Classic Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc.
- Where is The Hack Foundation Inc based?
- The Hack Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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