Funding search · EIN 383368989 · Knoxville, TN

Hees Family Foundation

Name: Hees Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

59
grants reported: $242,500
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

tuition community local scholarship animal public youth academic

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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.

Otsego County Community Foundation2 grants · $34,000
Kirtland Community College Foundation2 grants · $22,000
Cornerstone University2 grants · $21,000
Next Step for Life3 grants · $19,000
MacKenzie'S Animal Sanctuary1 grant · $15,000
Hilarity for Charity2 grants · $14,000
Jordan Lake Trail2 grants · $14,000
Crawford Ausable Education Excellence1 grant · $12,500
Electric Lodge1 grant · $7,000
Ausable Artisan Village1 grant · $6,500

Giving over time

$36,000

2022

$95,500

2023

$111,000

2024

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$24,500
Otsego County Community Foundation · Gaylord, MI · 2024
General fund/community support and disaster relief
$15,000
MacKenzie'S Animal Sanctuary · Lake Odessa, MI · 2024
General fund/animal rescue
$12,500
Crawford Ausable Education Excellence · Grayling, MI · 2024
Tuition support
$12,000
Kirtland Community College Foundation · Grayling, MI · 2022
Wood science dept grant
$11,000
Cornerstone University · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Tuition support
$10,000
Cornerstone University · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Tuition support
$10,000
Hilarity for Charity · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
Alzheimers support
$10,000
Jordan Lake Trail · Lake Odessa, MI · 2023
Local greenway project
$10,000
Kirtland Community College Foundation · Grayling, MI · 2023
Wood science dept grant
$9,500
Otsego County Community Foundation · Gaylord, MI · 2023
General fund/local public support
$8,000
Next Step for Life · Cookeville, TN · 2024
General fund/community support
$7,000
Electric Lodge · Venice, CA · 2024
General fund/community support
$7,000
Next Step for Life · Cookeville, TN · 2023
Assist individuals with disablitiies
$6,500
Ausable Artisan Village · Beaverton, MI · 2023
General fund
$5,000
413 Strong · Nashville, TN · 2024
General fund/community support
$5,000
Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
Tuition support
$4,500
Power Book Bags · Suttons Bay, MI · 2023
Youth literacy support
$4,000
Habitat for Humanity · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General fund/home building
$4,000
Hilarity for Charity · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
Alzheimers support
$4,000
Jordan Lake Trail · Lake Odessa, MI · 2022
Local greenway project
$4,000
Next Step for Life · Cookeville, TN · 2022
College scholarship
$3,500
Lazarus House · St Charles, IL · 2024
General fund/community supportgeneral fund/community support
$3,250
Chesterton Academy of Saint Margaret Clitherow · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General fund/tuition support
$3,000
Tennessee State Parks Conservancy · Nashville, TN · 2024
General fund/community support
$2,500
Doyle Volunteer Fire Dept · Doyle, TN · 2024
General fund/community support
$2,500
Isaiah 117 House · Elizabethton, TN · 2024
Youth foster care support
$2,500
Van Buren Co Historical Society · Spencer, TN · 2024
General fund/community support
$2,500
Isaiah 117 House · Elizabethton, TN · 2023
Youth foster care support
$2,500
Piney Volunteer Fire Dept · Spencer, TN · 2022
General fund/local public support
$2,000
The Dream Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General fund/outreach support
$2,000
The Refuge of Eastern Nc · Ayden, NC · 2024
General fund/community support
$2,000
Cookeville Rescue Mission · Cookeville, TN · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Friends of Macc · Nashville, TN · 2023
General fundgeneral fund
$2,000
Piney Volunteer Fire Dept · Spencer, TN · 2023
General fund/local public support
$2,000
Tennessee State Parks Conservancy · Nashville, TN · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Van Buren Co Food Outreach · Spencer, MI · 2023
Food distribution
$1,750
Aidnet of Greene County · Greeneville, TN · 2024
Disaster relief
$1,750
Carter High School Foundation · Knoxville, MI · 2023
General fund/tuition support
$1,500
Van Buren Hearts for Paws · Spencer, TN · 2022
General fund/animal shelter
$1,000
Berean Christian School · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Tuition support
$1,000
Carter High School Foundation · Knoxville, MI · 2024
Tuition support
$1,000
Chesterton Academy of Saint Margaret Clitherow · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General fund/tuition support
$1,000
Cookeville Rescue Mission · Cookeville, TN · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Putnam Co Family Ymca · Cookeville, TN · 2024
General fund
$1,000
River'S Edge Christian Academy · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Tuition support
$1,000
University of Tennessee Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Tuition support
$1,000
Berean Christian School · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Tuition support
$1,000
Highland Rim Academy · Cookeville, TN · 2023
Tuition support
$1,000
Police Athletic League · Cookeville, TN · 2023
Athletic support
$1,000
Putnam Co Family Ymca · Cookeville, TN · 2023
General fund
$1,000
The Dream Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General fund/outreach support
$1,000
Berean Christian School · Knoxville, TN · 2022
College scholarship
$1,000
Grace Christian Academy · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Academic scholarship
$1,000
Highland Rim Academy · Cookeville, TN · 2022
Academic scholarship
$1,000
Justin Turner Foundation · Burbank, CA · 2022
General fund/veterans support
$500
Heart for Hunt Foundation · Stanville, MI · 2024
Tuition support
$500
Yound Williams Animal Center · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General fund/animal rescue
$500
Heart for Hunt Foundation · Stanville, MI · 2023
General fund
$250
University of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2024
Tuition support

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