Illinois · Nonprofit
MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC
MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being GILBERT & J DOROTHY PALAY FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $46k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $333k
What Mickey Hammerman Legacy Fund Inc does
Mission
Activities include the organizing and presentation of lectures on education by acknowledged experts in the field and support for the activities of the harvard club of chicago and harvard university, both tax exempt organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The fund honors mickey hammerman's devotion to education and his lifelong goal of ensuring that applicants from illinois and northern indiana (the chicago region) receive personal college interviews. To that end, the hammerman fund hosts annual events devoted to education. Each of these events focus on two things.first, the events include speakers on important issues in education, with a focus on early childhood education when possible. In 2023, more than 80 attendees heard howard gardner's talk. (howard earl gardner is an american developmental psychologist and the john h. And elisabeth a. Hobbs research professor of cognition and education at harvard university.)second, the events honor and inspire harvard alumni to volunteer as interviewers for high school applicants to harvard college, making it possible for applicants of all backgrounds to have personal interviews. This past year, inspired in part by the fund's event, more than 490 interviewers interviewed more than 1,000 students who applied to harvard college.it is expected that the fund will continue to provide benefits by educating lecture attendees and inspiring interviewer volunteers.
$12,587 spent$28,950 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $12,587.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $89k to $297k (+234%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
63% of MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Stephen Baird
President and chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $10k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $312k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Harvard Club of Chicago). These are real filings, and they are not money MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC raised.
From the IRS filings of MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
60% of MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC?
- MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being GILBERT & J DOROTHY PALAY FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $25,000 in grants to MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC.
- Who is the largest funder of MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC?
- GILBERT & J DOROTHY PALAY FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MICKEY HAMMERMAN LEGACY FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing