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Hansen-Furnas Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Batavia, Illinois · EIN 366049894

Hansen-Furnas Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Batavia, Illinois. In tax year 2024 it gave $543,552 in 91 grants; the typical grant was $4,000 and the largest $42,200. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $544,544 the year before.

36% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$544,54489$953,186
2024$543,55291$979,403

How to apply

ContactScholarship Committee Hansen-Furnas
28 S Water Street Suite 310, Batavia, IL 60510
Phone or email(630) 761-1390
What to submitAvailable upon request
DeadlinesApplication form and transcript due into foundation office by 5:00 p.m. March 1
RestrictionsScholarships will be given only for full time undergraduate studies at an accredited college or university. One post graduate scholarship is available. Permanent or home address must be within twelve miles of the batavia government center, batavia, il or in clarke county Iowa.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Hansen-Furnas Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 23 states, the most to Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois44$315,614
Indiana7$59,502
Iowa4$40,900
Wisconsin6$33,900
Missouri2$14,700
Virginia3$8,300
Massachusetts2$8,000
Michigan2$8,000
Nebraska2$6,800
California1$6,800

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 91 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Illinois Urbana
Champaign, IL
Scholarships$42,200
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Scholarships$25,400
Casa Kane County
Wheaton, IL
General$25,000
Suicide Prevention Services
Batavia, IL
General$25,000
Mutual Ground
Aurora, IL
General$20,000
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (William & Roseann Lisman Memorial)
Terre Haute, IN
Scholarships$18,400
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
Carl furnas scholarship$15,602
Fox Valley Hands of Hope
Geneva, IL
General$15,000
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Scholarships$11,400
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
Scholarships$10,500
Horsepower Therapeutic
South Elgin, IL
General$10,000
Lazarus House
St Charles, IL
General$10,000
Living Well Cancer Resource Center
Geneva, IL
General$10,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation
Chicago, IL
General$10,000
Tri-City Family Services
Geneva, IL
General$10,000
Aurora University
Aurora, IL
Scholarships$9,800
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
Scholarships$9,700
St Louis University
St Louis, MO
Scholarships$8,700
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Scholarships$8,100
Batavia Foundation
Batavia, IL
Preferred charities$8,000
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Scholarships$8,000
Augustana
Rock Island, IL
Scholarships$7,400
Depaul University
Chicago, IL
Scholarships$6,800
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL
Scholarships$6,800
Simpson
Redding, CA
Scholarships$6,800
Edgewood College
Madison, WI
Robert buckner scholarship$6,000
St Louis University
St Louis, MO
Nary nursing scholarship$6,000
Benedictine
Oakbrook, IL
Scholarships$5,900
Carthage
Kenosha, WI
Scholarships$5,800
Northwestern Memorial Foundation
Chicago, IL
Preferred charities$5,500
Aurora University
Aurora, IL
General$5,000
Batavia Historical Society
Batavia, IL
General$5,000
Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry
Batavia, IL
General$5,000
Big Rock Library
Big Rock, IL
General$5,000
Gcamp (Greater Chicago Advanced Manufacturing Partnership)
Geneva, IL
Preferred charities$5,000
Gcamp (Greater Chicago Advanced Manufacturing Partnership)
Geneva, IL
General$5,000
Imsa Fund for Advancement of Education
Aurora, IL
General$5,000
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
Leto m. Furnas scholarship$5,000
University of Tampa
Tampa, FL
Scholarships$4,700
Central
Pella, IA
Scholarships$4,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Hansen-Furnas Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Application form and transcript due into foundation office by 5:00 p.m. March 1.

How much does Hansen-Furnas Foundation Inc give?

$543,552 in tax year 2024, across 91 grants, with a typical grant of $4,000.

Who runs Hansen-Furnas Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Nancy Vance (Director), Richard W Hansen (Director), Kirsten Hansen-Barkley (Director) and Robert F Peterson (Director) among 8 officers and trustees.

What does Hansen-Furnas Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, science and research and health.

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