Illinois · Private foundation
The James Huntington 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.
- $953k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of The James Huntington Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The James Huntington Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 19 organizations, $953k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $271,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 44 to 66
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations The James Huntington Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $878k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $873k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 62 | $959k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 66 | $788k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 66 | $822k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merit School of Music | $410,000 | 6 | 7% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $345,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Tmc Health Foundation | $105,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Pro Publica Inc | $78,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Tucson Symphony Society | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Amerind Foundation Inc | $56,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Fresh Air Fund | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 69 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The James Huntington Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 for Southern Arizona · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Yellow-Crowned Foundation · Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Hayt Family Charitable Fund · The Corwith Fund · The Stonewall Foundation · D and R Charitable Fund
How this is measured
About The James Huntington Foundation
- How much does The James Huntington Foundation give?
- The James Huntington Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $952,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 66 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The James Huntington Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (81%), Human Services (8%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are The James Huntington Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Merit School of Music ($410k), University of Arizona Foundation ($345k), University of Nebraska Foundation ($120k).
- Does The James Huntington Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The James Huntington 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 James Huntington Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc.
- Where is The James Huntington Foundation based?
- The James Huntington Foundation is based in IL.
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