Funding search · EIN 396069677 · Milwaukee, WI

Hickory Fund

Name: Hickory Fund 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.

71
grants reported: $1.2M
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

capital special center campaign expansion hunger ability adaptive

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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.

Lowcountry Food Bank5 grants · $105,000
Down Syndrome Association of Wiscon3 grants · $75,000
Hear Wisconsin3 grants · $55,000
Milwaukee Public Museum1 grant · $50,000
Eisenhower Center1 grant · $50,000
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee1 grant · $50,000
Beyond Vision1 grant · $40,000
Kandu Industries1 grant · $40,000
Life Navigators3 grants · $37,500
Community Smiles Dental3 grants · $35,000

Giving over time

$326,000

2022

$280,000

2023

$272,000

2024

$290,000

2025

Grant history

All 71 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Capital / accessibility in the future museum
$50,000
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Capital / accessibility in the future museum
$50,000
Eisenhower Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Campaign / commercial bakery and expansion
$40,000
Kandu Industries · Milton, WI · 2025
Capital / new building
$40,000
Beyond Vision · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Capital campaign / visability center
$25,000
Down Syndrome Association of Wiscon · West Allis, WI · 2025
Program / think ability wisconsin center
$25,000
St Francis Childrens Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program / gear for growth lending library
$25,000
Down Syndrome Association of Wiscon · West Allis, WI · 2024
Project / think ability wisconsin center phase ii
$25,000
Hear Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2024
Program / early intervention for children with hearing loss or deafness
$25,000
Hope Center · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Capital / new building
$25,000
Lowcountry Food Bank · Charleston, SC · 2024
Capital / facility expansion in hampton county
$25,000
Nourish Up · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Captial / hunger hub phase ii
$25,000
Second Helpings · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Capital / grant for refrigerated truck
$25,000
Ascend Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Program / vehicle replacement
$25,000
Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers I · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Campaign / ridgeland clinic expansion
$25,000
Down Syndrome Association of Wiscon · West Allis, WI · 2023
Project / think ability wisconsin program
$25,000
Programs for Exceptional People · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Program/ transportation
$25,000
Loaves Fishes Friendship Trays · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Capital campaign / nourishmeck hunger hub for hope
$25,000
Lowcountry Food Bank · Yemassee, SC · 2022
Project / fighting hunger experienced by veterans
$25,000
Opportunity Development Centers · Wisconsin Rapids, WI · 2022
Program / outpatient mental health clinic
$25,000
Options for Independent Living · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Program / adaptive adventures
$25,000
Penfield Children'S Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program / early pathways training program
$25,000
Team Up With Families · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Program / katy's kloset expanded access to services project
$20,000
Covey · Oshkosh, WI · 2025
Program / lets talk about it
$20,000
Lowcountry Food Bank · Charleston, SC · 2025
Capital / equipment purchase for partner agencies
$20,000
Hilton Head Island Deep Well Projec · Hilton Head, SC · 2024
Capital / box truck vehicle to support livable housing
$20,000
Lowcountry Food Bank · Charleston, SC · 2023
Program/ fighting hunger experienced by veterans
$20,000
Community Smiles Dental · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Program / special needs dentistry
$20,000
Life Navigators · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Legacy grant / family support program final installment
$17,000
Fishing Has No Boundaries · Hayward, WI · 2025
Capital / training and adaptive equipment
$16,700
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2023
Daf giving
$15,000
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2025
Operating / the market
$15,000
Lowcountry Food Bank · Charleston, SC · 2025
Operating / partnering with local farmers to build food security
$15,000
Meals On Wheels Bluffton-Hilton Hea · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2025
Operating / meal delivery program
$15,000
Hear Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2023
Program / mobile audiology clinic (mac)
$15,000
Fishing Has No Boundaries · Hayward, WI · 2022
Emergency general operating support
$15,000
Hear Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2022
Program / community integration, hearing healthcare and technology for all
$12,500
Backpack Buddies Bluffton Hardeevil · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Fresh produce program
$12,000
Backpack Buddies Bluffton Hardeevil · Bluffton, SC · 2024
General operating / elementary school program
$11,000
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2022
Daf giving
$10,000
Heroes On Horseback · Bluffton, SC · 2025
Operating / equine therapy
$10,000
Hopeful Horizons · Wauwatosa, WI · 2025
Operating / therapy services for children / survivors of sexual assault
$10,000
Ascend Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Project / camera system upgrade
$10,000
Friends of Wehr Nature Center · Franklin, WI · 2024
Project / operation recon nature 2.0
$10,000
Community Smiles Dental · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Program / special needs dentistry
$10,000
La Causa · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program / crisis nursery and respite center
$10,000
Life Navigators · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
Special needs trust & futures planning program
$10,000
The Children'S Center · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Program / special programming for summer saturdays
$10,000
La Causa · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program / crisis nursery and respite center
$10,000
Programs for Exceptional People · Bluffton, SC · 2022
General operating support / transportation
$7,500
Life Navigators · Wauwatosa, WI · 2025
Program / guardianship & futures planning handbook
$7,500
The First Tee of the Lowcountry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2025
Operating / program for underserved youth & individuals with disabilities
$7,500
Heroes On Horseback · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Operating / equine therapy
$7,500
The First Tee of the Lowcountry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Capital / program expansion in beaufort and jasper counties
$7,500
Adaptive Community Approach Program · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Project / art links renovation
$7,500
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program / cross trainers academy
$6,000
Adaptive Community Approach Program · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Project / art links renovation
$5,000
Independence First · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program / adaptive technology e-gaming
$5,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program / sensory resources for students with special needs
$5,000
Community Smiles Dental · Waukesha, WI · 2024
General operating / special needs dentistry
$5,000
Eras Senior Network · Waukesha, WI · 2023
General / support adults with disabilities in waukesha county
$5,000
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program / specific needs for all ages
$5,000
The First Tee of the Lowcountry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Backpack Buddies Bluffton Hardeevil · Bluffton, SC · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Friends of Wehr Nature Center · Franklin, WI · 2022
Program / therapeutic recreation for veterans and families
$5,000
Pockets Full of Sunshine · Bluffton, SC · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
The Children'S Center · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Program / special programming for summer saturdays
$3,400
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program / cross trainers academy
$3,000
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2025
Daf giving
$1,000
Three Gaits · Oregon, WI · 2023
Program / positioned for success in the saddle
$400
St Ann for Intergenerational Care · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operating support

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