Funding search · EIN 136153737 · New York, NY

Hennessy Foundation

Name: Hennessy 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.

51
grants reported: $538,800
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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

scholarship youth educational arts black city college 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.

New Canaan High School3 grants · $75,000
Lacrosse the Nation3 grants · $50,000
Shepards3 grants · $50,000
Higher Ground Sun Valley1 grant · $30,000
Reach Prep3 grants · $30,000
Advocates2 grants · $27,000
Education Justice Academy2 grants · $25,000
Green Farm Academy1 grant · $25,000
Whitby School3 grants · $20,000
Higher Ground2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$169,000

2022

$179,800

2023

$190,000

2024

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
Shepards · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Empowers inner city teens by providing college pre
$30,000
Lacrosse the Nation · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for worldwide lacrosse programs
$30,000
Higher Ground Sun Valley · Ketchum, ID · 2022
Provide arts educational and physical programs
$25,000
New Canaan High School · New Canaan, CT · 2024
Scholarship fund
$25,000
New Canaan High School · New Canaan, CT · 2023
Scholarship fund
$25,000
Green Farm Academy · Westport, CT · 2022
Scholarship program
$25,000
New Canaan High School · New Canaan, CT · 2022
Scholarship fund
$15,000
Advocates · New York, NY · 2024
Protecting childrens right to an education
$15,000
Education Justice Academy · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Provide assistance to training next generation sch
$12,000
Advocates · New York, NY · 2023
Protecting childrens right to an education
$10,000
Education Justice Academy · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Provide assistance training to next generation
$10,000
Higher Ground · Ketchum, ID · 2024
Provide arts educational and physical programs
$10,000
Horizons Summer Program · New Canaan, CT · 2024
To support youth summer programs
$10,000
Ica Cristo Rey Academy · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Uniform and transportation needs for youth
$10,000
Prospector Theater · Ridgefield, CT · 2024
Improve quality of life for people with disability
$10,000
Reach Prep · Stamford, CT · 2024
Provide youth with art educational programs
$10,000
Whitby School · Greenwich, CT · 2024
Scholarship fund
$10,000
Blaine County Charitable Fund · Hailey, ID · 2023
Provide rental assistance to families
$10,000
Higher Ground · Ketchum, ID · 2023
Provide arts educational and physical programs
$10,000
Horizons Student Enrichment Program · New Canaan, CT · 2023
Summer enrichment program
$10,000
Ica Cristo Rey Academy · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Uniform and transportation needs for less fortunat
$10,000
Lacrosse the Nation · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for worldwide lacrosse programs
$10,000
Reach Prep · Stamford, CT · 2023
Provideyouth with arts educational programs
$10,000
The David Ross Fetzer Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Support for emerging filmmakers
$10,000
Ami Kids Beaufort · Seabrook, SC · 2022
Empower kids to transform their lives
$10,000
Horizons Gfa · Westport, CT · 2022
Assistence to deserving students
$10,000
Ica Cristo Rey · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Educational purposes
$10,000
Lacrosse the Nation · Washington, DC · 2022
Assist students with uniform and transport
$10,000
Reach Prep · Stamford, CT · 2022
Education
$8,000
International Institute of New Engl · Boston, MA · 2023
Provide support to unaccompanied minors program
$8,000
Ride To Dc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Ride to dc in support of black lives
$7,000
The Wagmor Pet Rescue · Studio City, CA · 2022
Pet resuce
$6,000
Prison Journalism Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
Training incarcerated writers to be journalists
$5,000
Hailey Ice · Hailey, ID · 2024
Youth skating program
$5,000
Navtity Prep · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Scholarship fund
$5,000
Future 5 · Stamford, CT · 2023
High school expansion program
$5,000
Hailey Ice · Hailey, ID · 2023
Youth skating program
$5,000
Shepards · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Empowers inner city teens by providing college pre
$5,000
The Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2023
Provide assistance to latinex immigrants in boston
$5,000
Wee-Act · Stamford, CT · 2023
Inspire educate youth with tours of black
$5,000
Whitby School · Greenwich, CT · 2023
Scholarship fund
$5,000
Future 5 · Stamford, CT · 2022
High school expansion program
$5,000
La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2022
Empower latinx immigrants to enhance social and ec
$5,000
Shepards · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Empowers inner city teens by providing college pre
$5,000
Wee-Act · Stamford, CT · 2022
Inspire educate youth with tours of black
$5,000
Whitby School · Greenwich, CT · 2022
Scholarship fund
$3,800
Hoop USA · Issaquah, WA · 2023
Expansion of english language program to children
$2,500
Hailey Ice · Hailey, ID · 2022
Youth skating program
$2,500
The Seven Hills School in Walnut Cr · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022
Develop intellect and respect for the world
$2,000
Build Our Lives Together · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Program support for grassroot leaders
$2,000
Cooperative for Education · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Break cycle of poverty in guatemala through educat

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