· Private foundation
The Henderson 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $54k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $141k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RUSH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | $40,000 |
| COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY - SCHOLARSHIP FD | $20,000 |
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK | $10,500 |
| PADS OF LAKE COUNTY | $10,500 |
| CHRISTIAN OUTREACH OF LUTHERANS | $10,125 |
| LOVE INC | $10,000 |
| BIG GREAT LAKES | $10,000 |
| VILLAGE CHURCH OF GURNEE | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | $10,000 |
| TEEN MOTHER CHOICES INTERNATIONAL | $7,500 |
| ERIE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER | $7,000 |
| KNICKER OPEN CHARITIES | $6,000 |
| BEACON PLACE | $6,000 |
| LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR | $5,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $550k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.
49 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% 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
Backed again, and grew
- CMCOOL MINISTRIES9× · 2017–2025 · $495k · revenue +195%
- UAUNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC3× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +104%
- OPORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC2× · 2019–2025 · $30k · revenue +45%
Funded once
- MPMARY PALMER FAMILY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $10k
- NCNORTHPOINT CHURCH INCone grant, 2019 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $3k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…
The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.
TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…
To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
How this is measured
42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 78 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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- Who funds The Beacon Place NFP ↗
- Who funds TEEN MOTHER CHOICES INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds BiG Great Lakes ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Erie Family Health Center Inc ↗
- Who funds WORDS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds KINDRED LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds PADS Lake County Inc ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Knicker Open Charities ↗
- Who funds A GIFT FOR TEACHING INC ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds JONI AND FRIENDS ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL INTERCULTURAL SERVICES ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds COASTAL BEND FOOD BANK ↗
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: AbbVie Foundation · The Northside Community Bank Charitable Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Lake County Community Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Trustmark Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Henderson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Henderson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Youthbuild Global Inc: 69% of income from government
- United Arts of Central Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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