Jeanette Bertea Hennings Foundation

• The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; a small nonprofit should first seek a connection through an existing contact or grantee and should not send a request without one.
• Its grants go mainly to general-fund support for public organisations, including community foundations, schools, cultural, health and human-service and conservation groups, so a broad-purpose request from a public organisation of that kind fits its record.
• No geographic focus is stated, and its grants are concentrated in California, Michigan and Oregon, which describes a pattern rather than a rule.
• A modest request suits it best: half of its 35 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 grants fell between $2,000 and $370,000, though its largest grant was about $985,000.
• Relationships matter, since 80% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, and the record gives no timing for requests, so nothing here shows when to approach it.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Orange County Community Foundation · General fund
  $983,0002024 tax year
• Oregon Coast Aquarium · General fund
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Studios in the Park · General fund
  $10,0002024 tax year
• Arapahoe Rescue Patrol · General fund
  $10,0002024 tax year
• Biennial of the Americas · General fund
  $5,0002024 tax year
• Child Guidance Center · General fund
  $5,0002024 tax year
• Association of the United States Army · General fund
  $5,0002024 tax year
• Escuela de Guadalupe · General fund
  $5,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.