Bill Hannon Foundation

• This foundation funds private education in California, with a particular focus on Catholic high schools and universities, through tuition scholarships for students who might otherwise struggle to complete their education and through discretionary capital support for projects supplying essential infrastructure for students' education.
• Because scholarship funds are channelled through educational institutions rather than given directly to individuals, it is the school or university, not the student, that should make the written request for funds, and funding is not automatic even for institutions that fit the focus.
• The foundation paid $6,959,220 in grants in total, though no information is given on the size of individual grants, so a grant writer should not assume what a realistic single request might be.
• Applications are accepted to a fixed deadline in February, so timing matters and requests should be prepared well ahead of that date.
• The process is a written request rather than a relationship-building exercise, so there is no indication of how competitive it is, but applicants should keep their proposal tied closely to tuition assistance or capital infrastructure for private education in California.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.