Does The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family 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 Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Townebank Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.

Foundation Dossiers

Virginia · Private foundation

The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family 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.

$198k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 14
Grants FY2025: 16
Organizations funded FY2024: 63%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $5,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $75,000
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 16; FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $2.4M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 63% of the organizations The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentReligionRecreation & SportsOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	14	$198k	14%
FY2024	16	$263k	63%
FY2023	9	$168k	56%
FY2022	6	$155k	33%
FY2021	3	$150k	67%
FY2020	3	$101k	100%
FY2019	1	$15k	n/a

92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$396kHealth$190kYouth Development$70kEducation$53kScience & Tech$50kHuman Services$40kEnvironment$30kArts & Culture$20kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Old Dominion Athletic Foundation	$350,000	5	1%
Norfolk Botanical Garden Inc	$30,000	2	0%
Mercy Chefs Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Samaritan's Purse	$15,000	1	0%
First Lutheran Church	$11,000	2	n/a
Little Theatre of Norfolk	$10,000	2	3%
Chesapeake United Soccer Club Inc	$10,000	2	1%
The Hurrah Players Inc	$10,000	2	0%
Norfolk Crime Line Incorporated	$5,000	2	n/a
Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia	$5,000	1	0%

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All grantees of The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Old Dominion Athletic Foundation	$350,000	5	1%
Norfolk Botanical Garden Inc	$30,000	2	0%
Mercy Chefs Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Samaritan's Purse	$15,000	1	0%
First Lutheran Church	$11,000	2	n/a
Little Theatre of Norfolk	$10,000	2	3%
Chesapeake United Soccer Club Inc	$10,000	2	1%
The Hurrah Players Inc	$10,000	2	0%
Norfolk Crime Line Incorporated	$5,000	2	n/a
Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia	$5,000	1	0%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children	$2,500	1	0%
Norfolk Tourism Foundation Inc	$2,500	1	5%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$2,500	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($576k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 11.

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.

Hampton Roads Community FoundationVA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation

How much does The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation give?: The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $198,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (38%), Health (18%), Youth Development (7%).
Who are The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Old Dominion Athletic Foundation ($350k), Norfolk Botanical Garden Inc ($30k), Mercy Chefs Inc ($20k).
Does The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family 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 Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Townebank Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation based?: The Jo Melchor Hackney and John H Hackney Jr Family Foundation is based in VA.