FundersNew York

Hickrill Foundation Inc

New York, NY · EIN 13-6002949. Reported 133 grants totalling $1,260,089 to 87 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$1,260,089granted, 2021-2024
87organizations funded
41%of grantees funded again the next year
$10.9Massets, latest filing

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. Hickrill Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $3,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $477,493. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
39 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
62 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
7 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
5 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
2 grants
$100,000 and Up
2 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Schedule AttachedNew York, NY$477,493112021
The Aspen InstituteWashington, DC$155,000222023
Amanda E Weil Hickrill Foundation Donor Advised FundBoston, MA$78,137112024
Deer Isle Granite MuseumStonington, ME$63,000332024
William S Weil Hickrill Foundation Donor Advised FundBoston, MA$50,977112024
Deborah Weil Harrington Hickrill Foundation Donor Advised FundBoston, MA$41,910112024
Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA$40,000222023
Sandison E Weil Hickrill Foundation Donor Advised FundBoston, MA$38,829112024
National Academy of Public AdministrationWashington, DC$25,000112024
Island Workforce HousingDeer Isle, ME$20,000332024
Sailing Foundation of New YorkRye, NY$15,000112023
US RowingPhiladelphia, PA$15,000112023
Phillips Exeter AcademyExeter, NH$13,500332024
Brooks SchoolNorth Andover, MA$12,500112023
Harvey SchoolKatonah, NY$11,000222024
Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn, NY$10,000112023
Harvard Law SchoolCambridge, MA$10,000112023
Herreshoff Marine MuseumBristol, RI$10,000112022
Hobart CollegeGeneva, NY$10,000112022
Hobart College Sailing TeamGeneva, NY$10,000112023
International Rescue Committee (irc)Albert Lea, MN$10,000112022
Salisbury SchoolSalisbury, CT$10,000112022
Maine Center for Coastal FisheriesStonington, ME$9,500332024
Stonington Public LibraryStonington, ME$8,250332024
Friends of H&r RowingBoston, MA$7,500222023
Brookings InstitutionWashington, DC$7,000112023
Foote SchoolNew Haven, CT$6,000222023
New York Peace InstituteNew York, NY$5,000112023
Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA$5,000222023
Island Heritage TrustDeer Isle, ME$3,500222023
Milton AcademyMilton, MA$3,500222023
One StoryBrooklyn, NY$3,500332024
Opera House ArtsStonington, ME$3,500332024
Blue Hill LibraryBlue Hill, ME$3,000222023
Chase Emerson Memorial LibraryDeer Isle, ME$3,000222023
Island Food PantryDeer Isle, ME$3,000332024
Na Board of Breastfeeding MedicineMadison, WI$3,000112023
Project LaunchDeer Isle, ME$3,000112023
Immigration ArcAlbany, NY$2,500112024
PerformaNew York, NY$2,500112023
Queens MuseumQueens, NY$2,500112023
Unlocal IncNew York, NY$2,500112023
Island Health and Wellness FoundationDeer Isle, ME$2,250332024
Stonington Fire DepartmentStonington, ME$2,250332024
Blue Hill HospitalBlue Hill, ME$2,000222023
Compassion and ChoicesDenver, CO$2,000222023
Creative TimeNew York, NY$2,000222023
Graywolf PressMinneapolis, MN$2,000222023
Potomac ConservancySilver Spring, MD$2,000222023
Pulitzer CenterWashington, DC$1,500222023
Memorial Ambulance CorpsDeer Isle, ME$1,250332024
Lincoln Center TheaterNew York, NY$1,178112022
Operation Delta DogChelmsford, MA$1,115112023
American Association of the National TheaterNew York, NY$1,000112023
Barrington Stage CompanyPittsfield, MA$1,000112022
Barrintgon Stage CompanyPittsfield, MA$1,000112023
Blue Hill Community DevelopmentBlue Hill, ME$1,000112022
Bridgeport Hospital FoundationBridgeport, CT$1,000222023
Bududa America FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$1,000222023
Central Park ConservancyNew York, NY$1,000222023
Eagle Light CaretakersWinnetka, IL$1,000112023
Harvard Business SchoolBoston, MA$1,000112023
Howard UniversityWashington, DC$1,000112022
Libraries Without BordersWashington, DC$1,000112022
Maine Coast Heritage TrustTopsham, ME$1,000222023
Mint Theater CompanyNew York, NY$1,000112023
National Outdoor Leadership School (nols)Brooklyn, NY$1,000112022
New Haven ReadsNew Haven, CT$1,000222023
Peterson InstituteWashington, DC$1,000112023
Rvcc FoundationBranchburg, NJ$1,000112023
School Year AbroadNorth Andover, MA$1,000112022
Team ParadiseMiami, FL$1,000112023
WaterstepLouisville, KY$1,000112022
Eaglebrook SchoolDeerfield, MA$500222023
Flux FoundationSan Francisco, CA$500112022
Friends of AcadiaBar Harbor, ME$500112023
Friends of Jewish Museum BerlinPrinceton, NJ$500112023
Friends Peace TeamsSt Louis, MO$500112022
Island Community CenterStonington, ME$500222023
Island InstituteRockland, ME$500222023
Island Nursing HomeDeer Isle, ME$500112022
Jewish Museum of BerlinPrinceton, NJ$500112022
Stonington Free LibraryStonington, ME$400112022
Yale Law SchoolNew Haven, CT$300112022
Island Medical CenterStonington, ME$250112022
Ready By 21Deer Isle, ME$250112022
Southern Harbor HouseNorth Haven, ME$250112022

35 of 87 (40%) 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 41%, across 2 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 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 87 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
31 grants
Arts & Culture
14 grants
Health Care
9 grants
Environment
7 grants
Recreation & Sports
5 grants
International Affairs
5 grants
Social Science
3 grants
Housing & Shelter
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20211$477,493$477,493
202255$284,128$1,000
202359$225,865$1,000
202418$272,603$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. 44% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$559K
Massachusetts
$294K
District of Columbia
$192K
Maine
$133K
Connecticut
$18K
Pennsylvania
$16K
New Hampshire
$14K
Minnesota
$12K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Hickrill Foundation Inc'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: Co Norman Fdn 535 Madison Ave 14F, New York, NY, 10022. 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.

EIN 13-6002949 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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