Illinois · Private foundation
1 17 Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $66k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
93% of 1 17 Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year 1 17 Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $66k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,445
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 16
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations 1 17 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $63k | 78% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $70k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $96k | 88% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Presbyterian Church | $58,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Dominican University | $44,796 | 5 | 0% |
| New Moms Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Friends of Haiti | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Life Impact Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Javesca Feeds Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Undivided Inc | $5,998 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Interest Ministries | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Serge Global Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Presbyterian Church | $58,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Dominican University | $44,796 | 5 | 0% |
| New Moms Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Friends of Haiti | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Life Impact Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Javesca Feeds Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Undivided Inc | $5,998 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Interest Ministries | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Serge Global Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Armenian Relief Mission | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Field School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ravenswood Baptist Church | $1,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Christ the King | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Rescue | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Working in the Schools Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith Based Nonprofit Resource Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reciprocal Ministries International Inc | $745 | 1 | 0% |
| Rare Village Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($95k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget 1 17 Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About 1 17 Foundation
- How much does 1 17 Foundation give?
- 1 17 Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $66,034 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 16 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does 1 17 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (67%), Religion (12%), Education (10%).
- Who are 1 17 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Covenant Presbyterian Church ($59k), Dominican University ($45k), New Moms Inc ($25k).
- Does 1 17 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 1 17 Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as 1 17 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is 1 17 Foundation based?
- 1 17 Foundation is based in IL.
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