Funding search · EIN 161484562 · Williamsville, NY

William & Diane Hein Foundation

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

267
grants reported
$2.5M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

religiouseducational

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

  • Eight Days of Hope14 grants · $878,645
  • Christian Central Academy8 grants · $111,000
  • Kevin Leman School of Excellence4 grants · $80,000
  • Houghton College4 grants · $80,000
  • Kingdom Bound Ministries8 grants · $76,000
  • Savings Grace Ministries3 grants · $75,000
  • Path - People Against Trafficking Humans8 grants · $68,000
  • Christian Medical and Dental Association4 grants · $57,000
  • Sonrays Ministries10 grants · $52,148
  • Hope Rising Silo4 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$466,500
2022
$930,399
2023
$482,805
2024
$586,420
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 267 grants.

  • $255,000

    Eight Days of Hope · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Religious

  • $224,300

    Eight Days of Hope · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Religious

  • $100,000

    Eight Days of Hope · Tupelo, MS · 2025

    Religious

  • $85,705

    Eight Days of Hope · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Religious

  • $64,724

    Eight Days of Hope · Tupelo, MS · 2025

    Religious

  • $36,220

    Eight Days of Hope · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Religious

  • $35,696

    Eight Days of Hope · Tupelo, MS · 2025

    Religious

  • $25,000

    Savings Grace Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2025

    Religious

  • $25,000

    Savings Grace Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2024

    Religious

  • $25,000

    Savings Grace Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2023

    Religious

  • $25,000

    Eight Days of Hope · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Religious

  • $25,000

    Saving Grace Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2022

    Religious

  • $20,000

    Christian Central Academy · Williamsville, NY · 2025

    Educational and religious

  • $20,000

    Houghton College · Houghton, NY · 2025

    Educational

  • $20,000

    Kevin Leman School of Excellence · Tucson, AZ · 2025

    Educational

  • $20,000

    Christian Central Academy · Williamsville, NY · 2024

    Educational and religious

  • $20,000

    Houghton College · Houghton, NY · 2024

    Educational

  • $20,000

    Kevin Leman School of Excellence · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Educational

  • $20,000

    Christian Central Academy · Williamsville, NY · 2023

    Educational and religious

  • $20,000

    Houghton College · Houghton, NY · 2023

    Educational

  • $20,000

    Kevin Leman School of Excellence · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Educational

  • $20,000

    Christian Medical and Dental Association · Bristol, TN · 2022

    Religious

  • $20,000

    Houghton College · Houghton, NY · 2022

    Educational

  • $20,000

    Kevin Leman School of Excellence · Tuscon, AZ · 2022

    Educational

  • $15,000

    Christian Central Academy · Williamsville, NY · 2022

    Educational and religious

  • $14,000

    Christian Medical and Dental Association · Bristol, TN · 2024

    Religious

  • $14,000

    Christian Medical and Dental Association · Bristol, TN · 2023

    Religious

  • $12,000

    Africa Inland Mission · Peachtree City, GA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $11,500

    Sonrays Ministries · Tonawanda, NY · 2023

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Christian Central Academy · Williamsville, NY · 2025

    Educational and religious

  • $10,000

    Christian Relief Fund · Amarillo, TX · 2025

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Community of Grace · Williamsville, NY · 2025

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Compasscare · Rochester, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Hope Rising Silo · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Kingdom Bound Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2025

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Life Church of Buffalo · West Seneca, NY · 2025

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Life Without Limbs · Plano, TX · 2025

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Niagara Gospel Mission · Niagara Falls, NY · 2025

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Path - People Against Trafficking Humans · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Wheaton College · Wheaton, IL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Christian Central Academy · Williamsville, NY · 2024

    Educational and religious

  • $10,000

    Compasscare · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Hope Rising Silo · Williamsville, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Kingdom Bound Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2024

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Life Church of Buffalo · West Seneca, NY · 2024

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Life Without Limbs · Agoura Hills, CA · 2024

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Niagara Gospel Mission · Niagara Falls, NY · 2024

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Path - People Against Trafficking Humans · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Wheaton College · Wheaton, IL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Christian Central Academy · Williamsville, NY · 2023

    Educational and religious

  • $10,000

    Compass Care · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Hope Rising Silo · Williamsville, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Kingdom Bound Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2023

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Life Without Limbs · Agoura Hills, CA · 2023

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Path - People Against Trafficking Humans · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Safe Harbor · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Sonrays Ministries · Tonawanda, NY · 2023

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Wheaton College · Wheaton, IL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Compass Care · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Hope Rising Silo · Williamsville, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Kingdom Bound Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2022

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Life Without Limbs · Plano, TX · 2022

    Religious

  • $10,000

    Marian E Wade Center · Wheaton, IL · 2022

    Educational

  • $10,000

    Path - People Against Trafficking Humans · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $9,000

    Christian Medical and Dental Association · Bristol, TN · 2025

    Religious

  • $9,000

    Eight Days of Hope · Tupelo, MS · 2025

    Religious

  • $9,000

    Kingdom Bound Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2025

    Religious

  • $9,000

    Safe Harbor · Canton, OH · 2025

    Charitable

  • $9,000

    Eight Days of Hope · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Religious

  • $9,000

    Kingdom Bound Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2024

    Religious

  • $9,000

    Safe Harbor · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $9,000

    Sonrays Ministries · Tonawanda, NY · 2024

    Religious

  • $9,000

    Eight Days of Hope · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Religious

  • $9,000

    Kingdom Bound Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2023

    Religious

  • $9,000

    Eight Days of Hope · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Religious

  • $9,000

    Kingdom Bound Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2022

    Religious

  • $8,500

    Sonrays Ministries · Amherst, NY · 2022

    Religious

  • $8,000

    Core Ministry · Sterling, VA · 2025

    Religious

  • $8,000

    Eight Days of Hope · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Religious

  • $8,000

    Eight Days of Hope · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Religious

  • $8,000

    Life Church of Buffalo · West Seneca, NY · 2022

    Religious

  • $7,500

    Northgate at River Rock · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Religious

  • $7,500

    Saving Grace Ministries · Williamsville, NY · 2022

    Religious

  • $7,000

    Path - People Against Trafficking Humans · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $7,000

    Africa Inland Mission · Peachtree City, GA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $7,000

    Christian Relief Fund · Amarillo, TX · 2024

    Religious

  • $7,000

    Path - People Against Trafficking Humans · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $7,000

    Westside Ministries · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Religious

  • $7,000

    Christian Relief Fund · Amarillo, TX · 2023

    Religious

  • $7,000

    Path - People Against Trafficking Humans · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $7,000

    Westside Ministries · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Religious

  • $7,000

    Path - People Against Trafficking Humans · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $7,000

    Westside Ministries · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Religious

  • $6,000

    Core Ministry · Sterling, VA · 2024

    Religious

  • $6,000

    Hearts for the Homeless · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $6,000

    Christian Counseling Ministries · Clarence, NY · 2023

    Religious

  • $6,000

    Hearts for the Homeless · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $6,000

    Imagine Community Gardens · East Amherst, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $6,000

    Christian Central Academy · Williamsville, NY · 2022

    Educational and religious

  • $6,000

    Christian Counseling Ministries · Clarence, NY · 2022

    Religious

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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.