Henry Safford Peacock Foundation
Lincoln, IL · EIN 37-1219609. Reported 118 grants totalling $248,255 to 66 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Henry Safford Peacock 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 $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $200 and $1,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $20,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Church of the Verdes | Rio Verde, AZ | $71,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heights School | Potomac, MD | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Verdecares Inc | Rio Verde, AZ | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Phoenix, AZ | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Area YMCA | Lincoln, IL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wetlands Initiative | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Masters School | West Simsbury, CT | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Leadership Institute | Arlington, VA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Young Americas Foundation | Reston, VA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Codespa America | Washington, DC | $4,081 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $3,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries Inc | Springfield, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Quail and Upland Game Alliance | Middletown, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cru Campus Crusade for Christ | Orlando, FL | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Ctrl Il | East Peoria, IL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Lincoln, IL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Senior Citizens of Logan County | Lincoln, IL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sunshine Acres | Mesa, AZ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Monmouth College | Monmouth, IL | $1,724 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hydrocephalus Association | Bethesda, MD | $1,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| NAMI Ct | Hartford, CT | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Verdes Community Christmas Project | Rio Verde, AZ | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center | Scottsdale, AZ | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Christian University | Lincoln, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Simsbury Land Trust | Simsbury, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimers Association-Connecticut | Southington, CT | $900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wycliff Bible Translators | Orlando, FL | $900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heifer International | Little Rock, AR | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Idaho Youth Ranch | Boise, ID | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | Scottsdale, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arthritis Foundation | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ed Choice | Indianapolis, IN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Washington, DC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army | Hartford, CT | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Smile Train | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sugar Grove Nature Foundation | Mclean, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The USO | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society | Wallingford, CT | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arthritis Foundation | Rocky Hill, CT | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Macular Degeneration Research | Clarksburg, MD | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mercy Corps | Portland, OR | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Ms Society | Hartford, CT | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Our Daily Bread Ministries | Grand Rapids, MI | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics | Hamden, CT | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Childrens Medical Ctr Found | Hartford, CT | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network | Hartford, CT | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Goodspeed Opera House | East Haddam, CT | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New England Public Radio | Springfield, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Opera Guild | New York, NY | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Church Army USA | Aliquippa, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Rivers Council BSA | East Hartford, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Focus on the Family | Colorado Springs, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food for the Poor | Coconut Creek, FL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fslp Simsbury Pl | Simsbury, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| George Washingtons Mount Vernon | Mount Vernon, VA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Central Il | Springfield, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Illinois Policy Institute | Chicago, IL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lincoln College | Lincoln, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parents Television Council | Los Angeles, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Simsbury Historical Society | Simsbury, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Simsbury Volunteer Ambulance | Simsbury, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Simsbury Volunteer Fire Association | Simsbury, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Logan Count | Lincoln, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Legion Post 263 | Lincoln, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Deke Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
36 of 66 (55%) 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 58%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Lincoln College
UNRESTRICTED & HERITAGE MUSEUM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 46 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $68,274 | $200 |
| 2022 | 44 | $73,400 | $350 |
| 2023 | 3 | $38,000 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 26 | $68,581 | $1,000 |
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. 47% of this one's giving went to organizations in Arizona. 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 $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 Arizona.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Henry Safford Peacock Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 37, Lincoln, IL, 62656. 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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