Hankin Foundation
Exton, PA · EIN 25-1479501. Reported 258 grants totalling $1,272,409 to 144 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Hankin Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $850 and $5,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $55,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Church Farm School (V0000885) | Exton, PA | $165,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Handi-Crafters Inc (V0000302) | Thorndale, PA | $142,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chester County Food Bank (V0000976) | Downingtown, PA | $127,485 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hands With Hands | Berlin | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seva Foundation (V0000935) | Berkley, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| CURE4CAM (V0000813) | Downingtown, PA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Chester County Inc (V0000616) | Exton, PA | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines (V0003221) | Pottstown, PA | $31,324 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lg Health Foundation (V0003123) | Lancaster, PA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trellis for Tomorrow (V0002553) | Phoenixville, PA | $29,600 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Leaf for Life (V0001484) | Interlachen, FL | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Penn State University (V0000757) and (V0001460) | University Park, PA | $26,170 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Steel River Playhouse (V0001570) | Pottstown, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Chester Area Senior Center (V0000973) | West Chester, PA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Schuylkill River Heritage Center (V0000531) | Phoenixville, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Wcu Foundation (V0001686) | West Chester, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wye River Upper School Inc (V0002966) | Centreville, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ymwic Foundation Inc (V0002965) | West Chester, PA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Spirit Rock Meditation Center | Woodacre, CA | $17,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Camphill Foundation (V0003200) | Uwchland, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends Association for Care & Protection of Children (V0003290) | West Chester, PA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Handswithhands Donation | Berlin | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Montgomery School (V0001048) | Chester Springs, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Vidarstiftelsen Donation | Jarna | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Doctors Without Borders (V0001325) | New York, NY | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pennsylvania Philharmonic (V0002214) | Ardmore, PA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hope and Door (V0003499) | Wayne, PA | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (V0000815) | Broomall, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Globalgiving (V0003324) | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stroud Water Research Center (V0000888) | Avondale, PA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ted Gacomis Scholarship for Civil Engineering Fund Co Cccf (V0003178) | West Chester, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ymic (V0003194) | Exton, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brandywine Valley Active Aging (V0003109) | Downingtown, PA | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Surrey Services for Seniors (V0002366) | Berwyn, PA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Whitford Charitable Fund (V0001587) | Exton, PA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Domestic Violence Center of Chester County (V0003366) | Coatesville, PA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lionville Fire Company (V0000803) | Exton, PA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| STEM Academy Home & School Association (V0003344) | Downingtown, PA | $5,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| A Haven (V0003040) | Exton, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Coventry Lions Club (V0000197) | Elverson, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Delaware Valley Friends School | Paoli, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Karuna-Shechen USA (V0002412) | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nova Ukraine | Stanford, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Josephs University (V0003371) | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Salt Performing Arts (V0001913) | Chester Springs, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (V0001377) | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| West Whiteland Township (V0000722) | Exton, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| March of Dimes (V0000810) | New York, NY | $4,763 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ludwigs Corner Horseshow Assoc Foundation (V0001291) | Glenmoore, PA | $4,150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Amnesty International (V0002181) | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bread of the Mighty Food Bank Inc (V0002913) | Gainesville, FL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Partners in Health (V0002281) | Frederick, MD | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa (V0000970) | Philadelphia, PA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust (V0001240) | Phoenixville, PA | $3,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jdrf (V0003298) | Hagerstown, MD | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope and Door | Wayne, PA | $3,087 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Heart Association Inc (V0002509) | Dallas, TX | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Borough of Phoenixville (V0000928) | Phoenixville, PA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Communities That Care of Greater Downingtown (V0003119) | Exton, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Orion Communities Inc (V0003006) | Phoenixville, PA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Save the Children (V0002227) | Fairfield, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| West Whiteland Township Friends of the Parks (V0001206) | Exton, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chester County Development Council (V0000156) | Exton, PA | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alert Fire Company (V0003192) | Downingtown, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boy Scouts of America Chester County Council (V0003305) | Exton, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camphill Soltane Foundation (V0000807) | Phoenixville, PA | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chester County Council Boy Scouts of America (V0001185) | Exton, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (V0001321) | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coventry Lions Club (V0000197) | Coventry, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Downingtown Area Senior Center (V0000974) | Downingtown, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Green Building United (V0000211) | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind (V0003465) | Warrington, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Monmouth County SPCA (V0002936) | Eatontown, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Penn Program for Mindfulness (V0001449) | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Phoenixville Area Community Services (V0003557) | Phoenixville, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prison Dharma Network Inc (V0003641) | South Deerfield, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Real World Leaders (V0003558) | Wyncote, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girls on the Run of Montgomery and Delaware Counties Pa (V0002948) | Ambler, PA | $2,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chester County Conservation District (V0000162) | Kennett Square, PA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chester County Library System (V0000161) | Exton, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Insight Meditation Society (V0001520) | Barre, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nurturing Minds (V0001063) | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Unicef USA (V0002062) | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Uwchlan Township (V0000624) | Exton, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| West Whiteland Fire Company (V0000645) | Exton, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hopewell Christian Fellowship (V0003369) | Telford, PA | $1,850 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Peter's Place (V0003457) | Radnor, PA | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fringearts | Philadelphia, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Good Works Inc (V0003502) | Coatesville, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Health Care Access (V0003531) | Phoenixville, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Downingtown Library (V0002063) | Downingtown, PA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Upper Uwchlan Township (V0000619) | Chester Springs, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Uwchlan Conservation Trust Inc (V0002968) | Exton, PA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Williamson College of the Trades (V0002710) | Media, PA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Downingtown Fire Department (V0003511) | Downingtown, PA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Downingtown Community Education Foundation (V0001773) | Downingtown, PA | $1,100 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Alianzas De Phoenixville (V0003533) | Phoenixville, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Artz Philadelphia (V0003383) | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brandywine Valley SPCA (V0003005) | West Chester, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cars 4 Cause Pa (V0002665) | Exton, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (V0000978) | West Chester, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Downingrown Music Parent Association (V0002983) | Downingtown, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| East Ward Elementary Home & School Assocation (V0003367) | Downingtown, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Glenmoore Eagle Youth Association (V0001451) | Boulder, CO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Institute for Community Justice (V0003343) | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Hearth Inc (V0003615) | Phoenixville, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (V0003093) | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Library of Phoenixville (V0003317) | Phoenixville, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics Montgomery County (V0003393) | Blue Bell, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spirit Rock Meditation Center (V0001378) | Woodacre, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Dryden Ensemble a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation (V0002949) | Princeton, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (V0003143) | Harrisburg, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (V0003347) | Harrisburg, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Lancaster County (V0003014) | Lancaster, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Florida Foundation Inc (V0003081) | Gainesville, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Uwchlan Ambulance Corps (V0000819) | Exton, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alex's Lemonade Stand (V0000937) | Waynewood, PA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Natural Lands Trust (V0000433) | Media, PA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Warehouse Project of Chester County (V0002513) | West Chester, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Council for Relationships (V0001239) | Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Delaware County Christian School Society (V0003097) | Newtown Square, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global Women 4 Wellbeing (V0003124) | Blooming Grove, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Goshen Fire Company (V0003592) | West Chester, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phoenix Fox Foundation Inc (V0003132) | Newberry, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sea Turtle Oversight Protection | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc (V0002693) | Memphis, TN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Arc of Chester County (V0001326) | West Chester, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ursinus College (V0003089) | Collegeville, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Whiteland Township Police Officers Association (V0003593) | Exton, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whitford Employee Holiday Fund (V0002912) | West Chester, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Transportation Management Association of Chester County (V0001082) | Malvern, PA | $450 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stone Harbor Volunteer Fire Company #1 (V0000818) | Stone Harbor, NJ | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chester County Futures (V0003501) | Coatesville, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Connect Thru Cancer (V0003503) | West Chester, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dehs Baseball Booster Club (V0003306) | Exton, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Theater Boosters of Twin Valley (V0003508) | Elverson, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Barren Hill Volunteer Fire Company (V0003205) | Lafayette Hill, PA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Whyy Inc (V0003122) | Philadelphia, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Downingtown Area Historical Society (V0003594) | Downingtown, PA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fern Hill Parent Teachers Organization (V0003623) | West Chester, PA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Great Valley School District (V0003482) | Malvern, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Wayne, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital | Lancaster, PA | $80 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Barren Hill Volunteer Fire Company (V0001050) | Lafayette Hill, PA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
64 of 144 (44%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 54%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 42 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 59 | $282,620 | $2,000 |
| 2021 | 57 | $320,809 | $1,163 |
| 2022 | 74 | $316,580 | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 68 | $352,400 | $1,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 85% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Hankin Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 707 Eagleview Blvd Ste 400, Exton, PA, 19341. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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