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Hackenberg-Schol

Saint Louis, MO · EIN 23-2601247. Reported 69 grants totalling $160,116 to 52 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$850median grant
$160,116granted, 2021-2024
52organizations funded
33%of grantees funded again the next year
$973,530assets, 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. Hackenberg-Schol 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 $850. Half of everything it gave fell between $586 and $2,150; the smallest was $294 and the largest $39,310. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
37 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
27 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
3 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
1 grant
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

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
See Attached for RecipientsWinston Salem, NC$39,310112021
Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA$15,204112022
Bucknell University Fbo Nicholas FleckLewisburg, PA$10,310222024
Bloomsburg University Fbo Brooklyn WadeBloomsberg, PA$8,356222024
Horry Georgetown Technical College Fbo Abigail SnyderConway, SC$8,356222024
Bucknell University Fbo Gabriel WheelandLewisburg, PA$5,864112024
Coastal CarolinaConway, SC$5,068112022
Bucknell University Fbo Dillan Guinn-BaileyLewisburg, PA$4,446112023
Bucknell University Fbo Tori BrinkLewisburg, PA$4,446112023
University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, PA$3,686112022
Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA$3,396112022
Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, PA$2,926112022
Kutztown UniversityKutztown, PA$2,470112022
Rochester Institute of Technology Fbo Morgan SolomonRochester, NY$2,192222024
Wilkes UniversityWilkes Barre, PA$2,180112022
Wilkes University Fbo Mercedez FarrWilkesbarre, PA$2,150112024
Elizabethtown College Fbo Mylea NeidigEizabethtown, PA$1,912112023
Bloomsburg University Fbo Luke DelongBloomsburg, PA$1,818222024
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Fbo Alayna ChappellIndiana, PA$1,760112024
Kutztown University Fbo Cameron CritesKutztown, PA$1,754222024
University of Pittsburgh Fbo Luke RoupPittsburgh, PA$1,684222024
Auburn UniversityAuburn, AL$1,672112022
Stevenson UniversityOwings Mills, MD$1,672112022
Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA$1,634112022
Houghton University Fbo Ephraim LangdonHoughton, NY$1,504222024
Stevenson University Fbo Kylie RoupLancaster, PA$1,468112023
American University Fbo Ariane RaymondWashington, DC$1,467112023
Kutztown University Fbo Cara KennedyKutztown, PA$1,380222024
Pennsylvania College of Technology Fbo Morgan DreisbachWilliamsport, PA$1,370222024
Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY$1,330112022
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$1,330112022
American UniversityWashington, DC$1,254112022
Houghton University Fbo Seth YoderHoughton, NY$1,252222024
Lycoming College Fbo Carter LilleyWilliamsport, PA$1,186222024
Lycoming College Fbo Taylor SnyderWilliamsport, PA$1,150112023
Elizabethtown College Fbo Brelynn MccartyEizabethtown, PA$1,066112023
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Fbo Sara DewyerIndiana, PA$940222024
Liberty University Fbo Kelly HauseLynchburg, VA$940222024
Lycoming College Fbo Riley LewisWilliamsport, PA$940222024
Eastern UniversitySt Davids, PA$836112022
Auburn University Fbo Brodey ScogginsAuburn, AL$752222024
Bloomsburg University Fbo Alaura FoustBloomsburg, PA$752222024
American University Fbo Ryan BickhartWashington, DC$732112024
Pennsylvania State University Fbo EricUniversity Park, PA$717112023
University of Sc Beaufort Fbo Leah WillBeaufort, SC$586112024
Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VA$570112022
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Fbo Luke GoodwinIndiana, PA$528112024
Pennwest Clarion Fbo Xavier GodownClarion, PA$440112024
Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, PA$380112022
United States Coast Guard Academy Fbo Alexander HoffmanNew London, CT$352112024
Pennsylvania College of Technology Fbo Ashley ShamblenWilliamsport, PA$334112023
Grove City College Fbo Evan YoderGrove City, PA$294112024

17 of 52 (33%) 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 33%, 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 12 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
11 grants
Arts & Culture
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20211$39,310$39,310
202216$45,608$1,672
202326$40,012$884
202426$35,186$675

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. 57% 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.

Pennsylvania
$91K
North Carolina
$39K
South Carolina
$14K
New York
$6K
District of Columbia
$3K
Alabama
$2K
Maryland
$2K
Virginia
$2K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund8 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc8 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc7 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America7 shared recipientsSnayberger Memorial Fdn (pf)7 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation6 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $850. 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 Pennsylvania.
  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.

Related guides

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Hackenberg-Schol'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 505 Mac H0006-092, Saint Louis, MO, 63166. 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 23-2601247 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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