Hickey Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works only by invitation, so a cold proposal is unlikely to get a hearing.
- Its work fits only if your project falls under youth rescue, medical technology conceived or underway at a university, medical centre or medical research institution, or medical training centres and clinics where medicine is absent or inadequate.
- Its typical grants run from $10,000 to $575,000, with a median of $180,000 and a largest grant of $1,000,000, so a request near the median is in line with its usual giving, though that band is not a ceiling.
- Almost all of its grant dollars (99%) went to organisations it had already funded, so the route in is relationship-led, and the filing shows grants mainly in Arizona, Ohio, Missouri, California and New York, which describes its past giving rather than who may apply.
Overview
Hickey Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Mesa, AZ.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation supports three categories of projects. Its youth-rescue work backs outreach addressing medical, social, educational or training needs of young people under 21 who are at risk because of economic, social or medical issues, helping guide them towards productive, functioning community lives. It supports medical technology projects conceived or already underway at universities, medical centres or medical research institutions when the work has potential to advance important medical breakthroughs. It also finances medical training centres or clinics where medicine is absent or inadequate, a need often arising after natural disasters, political uprisings, war or invasion. It uses its network and research to identify appropriate organisations and invites proposals rather than accepting unsolicited requests.
Themes
- Youth rescue
- Medical technology
- Medical training centers
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Arizona, Ohio, Missouri, California and New York.
How to apply
The foundation does not accept unsolicited funding requests. It uses its network and research to identify appropriate organisations and invites them to submit proposals for funding consideration. The site does not describe a separate preliminary inquiry, application form or deadline.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 99% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 84 grants to organisations were $180,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- Youth projects should address the medical, social, educational or training needs of young people under 21.
- Medical technology projects are selected from those conceived or already underway at universities, medical centres or medical research institutions.
- Medical technology projects should have the potential to positively impact important medical breakthroughs through HFF support.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
4 other states: 11%
- The largest single recipient received 15% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 99% of grant dollars went to organisations Hickey Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 10% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 30 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $200k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Zehna Therapeutics, Inc.,NeuroTherapia,Steelhead Therapeutics, Inc.$908,3092024 tax year
- International Medical Corps · Emergency Support - Gaza,Emergency Support - Ukraine, Increasing Healthcare Access and Support in Somalia,Improving Healthcare Capacity in Cameroon$600,0002024 tax year
- NPH-USA · Emergency Support - Haiti,Shinsky Matamoros Orphanage 2024-25 Year 16,University Scholarship Support 2024-25 Year 11$575,0002024 tax year
- Children's Global Health Fund · Dominican Family Health Program 2024-25,Dominican Family Health Clinic Capital Campaign$550,0002024 tax year
- Project Peanut Butter · Treating Childhood Malnutrition in Ghana$500,4152024 tax year
- Native American Connections · Homeless Youth Services 2024-25$450,0002024 tax year
- Arizona Community Foundation · Summer Youth Program Fund 2024 (Year 12,Designated Fund for Arizona Anti-Trafficking Network,AZ Together for Impact Collaborative$325,0002024 tax year
- Shared Hope International · Training Program Expansion (2024-25)$300,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Helen Trop-Zell — Co-Trustee
- John Meza — Co-Trustee
- Joseph Mangone — Co-Trustee
- Nancy E Baldwin — Co-Trustee / Ed
- Jon Eliason — Co-Trustee
- Charles Flanagan — Co-Trustee
- Diana Yazzie Devine — Co-Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $7,609,539 | $6,633,142 | $128,686,673 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $7,099,494 | $6,204,150 | $138,530,190 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $7,618,684 | $6,741,550 | $150,742,199 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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- hickeyfoundation.org
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Mesa, AZ
- hickeyfoundation.org