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John F & Loretta Hynes Fdn

Columbus, OH · EIN 34-6516440. Reported 28 grants totalling $623,250 to 22 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$623,250granted, 2021-2024
22organizations funded
25%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,360,733assets, 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. John F & Loretta Hynes Fdn 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 $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $65,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$5,000 - $10,000
8 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
5 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
10 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 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
United Way WorldwideAlexandria, VA$110,000332024
Butler Institute of American ArtYoungstown, OH$50,000222022
Jubilee Urban Renewal CorpYoungstown, OH$50,000112024
Mercy Health FoundationChesterfield, MO$50,000222024
Northeast Ohio Medical University FdnRootstown, OH$50,000112024
Young Womens Christian AssociationSan Antonio, TX$50,000112023
Youngstown Business IncubatorYoungstown, OH$50,000112024
Alta Care GroupYoungstown, OH$28,250112021
Golden String IncColumbus, OH$25,000112023
Heart Reach MinistriesYoungstown, OH$25,000112021
Mahoning Valley Historical SocietyYoungstown, OH$25,000112021
Mercy Health St Elizabeth HospitalYoungstown, OH$25,000112022
United Way of Youngstown Community CorpYoungstown, OH$15,000112021
John F Kennedy High SchoolWarren, OH$10,000112024
Poland Forest FoundationColumbus, OH$10,000112023
Rescue Mission of Mahoning ValleyYoungstown, OH$10,000222023
St Patrick ChurchYoungstown, OH$10,000222023
Student Run Free ClinicColumbus, OH$10,000112024
Habitat for Humanity International IncAtlanta, GA$5,000112023
Ursuline SistersDallas, TX$5,000112022
YMCA of YoungstownYoungstown, OH$5,000112022
YndcYoungstown, OH$5,000112022

5 of 22 (23%) 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 25%, 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 13 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Education
1 grant
Community Improvement
1 grant
Mental Health
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20215$118,250$25,000
20228$140,000$5,000
20238$145,000$15,000
20247$220,000$25,000

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. 65% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Ohio
$403K
Virginia
$110K
Texas
$55K
Missouri
$50K
Georgia
$5K

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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 $25,000. 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 Ohio.
  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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from John F & Loretta Hynes Fdn'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 1558 Dept EA5W86, Columbus, OH, 43216. 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 34-6516440 · 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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