Funding search · EIN 300185703 · Decatur, IL

Amherst F Hardy Foundation

Name: Amherst F Hardy Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

42
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

profit hospital education

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Millikin University4 grants · $421,230
Decatur Memorial Hospital4 grants · $259,601
St Mary'S Hospital4 grants · $205,852
Decatur Area Arts Council3 grants · $64,000
Thinkwell Makerspace Innovations1 grant · $38,500
Friends of Lincoln Square Theater1 grant · $35,000
Children'S Museum of Illinois4 grants · $33,800
Sunshine Supplies2 grants · $30,000
Symphony Orchestra Guild of Decatur2 grants · $29,000
Macon County Casa1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$486,333

2022

$275,319

2023

$217,471

2024

$295,499

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$198,257
Millikin University · Decatur, IL · 2022
Non-profit charitable contributions for education.
$104,128
Decatur Memorial Hospital · Decatur, IL · 2022
Non-profit charitable contributions for hospital use
$104,128
St Mary'S Hospital · Decatur, IL · 2022
Non-profit charitable contributions for hospital use
$81,250
Millikin University · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contributions for education.
$79,583
Millikin University · Decatur, IL · 2025
Non-profit charitable contributions for education.
$62,140
Decatur Memorial Hospital · Decatur, IL · 2024
Non-profit charitable contributions for hospital use
$62,140
Millikin University · Decatur, IL · 2024
Non-profit charitable contributions for education.
$52,708
Decatur Memorial Hospital · Decatur, IL · 2025
Non-profit charitable contributions for hospital use
$52,708
St Mary'S Hospital · Decatur, IL · 2025
Non-profit charitable contributions for hospital use
$40,625
Decatur Memorial Hospital · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contributions for hospital use
$40,625
St Mary'S Hospital · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contributions for hospital use
$38,500
Thinkwell Makerspace Innovations · Decatur, IL · 2024
Non-profit charitable contribution
$35,000
Friends of Lincoln Square Theater · Decatur, IL · 2025
Non-profit charitable contribution
$25,000
Macon County Casa · Decatur, IL · 2022
Non-profit charitable contribution
$24,000
Decatur Area Arts Council · Decatur, IL · 2025
Non-profit charitable contribution
$20,915
Children'S Museum of Illinois · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contribution
$20,000
Sunshine Supplies · Forsyth, IL · 2024
Non-profit charitable contribution
$20,000
Decatur Area Arts Council · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contribution
$20,000
Decatur Area Arts Council · Decatur, IL · 2022
Non-profit charitable contribution
$17,000
Symphony Orchestra Guild of Decatur · Decatur, IL · 2022
Non-profit charitable contribution
$15,000
Decatur Parks Foundation · Decatur, IL · 2025
Non-profit charitable contribution
$15,000
Decatur Macon County Opportunities Corporation · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contribution
$12,150
Salvation Army of Decatur & Macon County · Decatur, IL · 2022
Non-profit charitable contribution
$12,000
Decatur Choral Society · Decatur, IL · 2024
Non-profit charitable contribution
$12,000
Symphony Orchestra Guild of Decatur · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contribution
$10,500
Good Samaritian Inn · Decatur, IL · 2025
Non-profit charitable contribution
$10,000
Sunshine Supplies · Forsyth, IL · 2025
Non-profit charitable contribution
$10,000
Beautify Decatur Coalition · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contribution
$10,000
Decatur Family Ymca · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contribution
$8,550
Macon Resources · Decatur, IL · 2024
Non-profit charitable contribution
$8,550
Macon Resources · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contribution
$8,391
St Mary'S Hospital · Decatur, IL · 2024
Non-profit charitable contributions for hospital use
$8,054
Salvation Army of Decatur & Macon County · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contribution
$6,000
Decatur Family Ymca · Decatur, IL · 2025
Non-profit charitable contribution
$5,750
Children'S Museum of Illinois · Decatur, IL · 2024
Non-profit charitable contribution
$5,000
Children'S Museum of Illinois · Decatur, IL · 2025
Non-profit charitable contribution
$5,000
Gallery 510 Arts Guild · Decatur, IL · 2025
Non-profit charitable contribution
$5,000
The Five Cities Baroque Foundation & Festival · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable
$3,535
Pawprint Ministries · Decatur, IL · 2022
Non-profit charitable contribution
$2,500
Gallery 510 Arts Guild · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contribution
$2,135
Children'S Museum of Illinois · Decatur, IL · 2022
Non-profit charitable contribution
$800
Theatre 7 · Decatur, IL · 2023
Non-profit charitable contribution

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.