Illinois · Private foundation
William M Hales 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.
- $366k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 25
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations William M Hales Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k 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 | 25 | $366k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $353k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $251k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $256k | 4% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $260k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urantia Foundation | $225,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Clearwater Camp Foundation Inc | $220,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Beloit College | $147,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Oglala Lakota College | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center of Hope | $42,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $39,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Union League Boys and Girls Clubs | $38,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Living Lands & Waters | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($321k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William M Hales 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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About William M Hales Foundation
- How much does William M Hales Foundation give?
- William M Hales Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $366,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does William M Hales Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (12%), Education (11%), Religion (11%).
- Who are William M Hales Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Urantia Foundation ($225k), Clearwater Camp Foundation Inc ($220k), Beloit College ($147k).
- Does William M Hales Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William M Hales 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 William M Hales Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, American Endowment Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is William M Hales Foundation based?
- William M Hales Foundation is based in IL.
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