Illinois · Private foundation
100 Thousand 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.
- $180k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $118k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations 100 Thousand Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $180k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $155k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $124k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $120k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beat the Streets Chicago | $45,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Outreach with Lacrosse Schools | $45,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Abc-Pilsen | $40,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Box United | $35,000 | 2 | 5% |
| City of Refuge - Chicago | $35,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Girls in the Game Nfp | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Ucan | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boxing Out Negativity Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Build Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beat the Streets Chicago | $45,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Outreach with Lacrosse Schools | $45,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Abc-Pilsen | $40,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Box United | $35,000 | 2 | 5% |
| City of Refuge - Chicago | $35,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Girls in the Game Nfp | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Ucan | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boxing Out Negativity Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Build Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metrosquash Nfp | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban Initiatives Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Baseball and Educational Academy Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The First Tee of Chicago Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| XS Tennis and Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Juice Hoops Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Chicago Training Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| East Side Little League | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Hope Ignites Chicago | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($225k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget 100 Thousand 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · Good Sports Inc · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Chicago Cubs Charities · Charities Aid Foundation America · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · AbbVie Foundation
How this is measured
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About 100 Thousand Foundation
- How much does 100 Thousand Foundation give?
- 100 Thousand Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $180,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does 100 Thousand Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (45%), Recreation & Sports (14%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are 100 Thousand Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Beat the Streets Chicago ($45k), Outreach with Lacrosse Schools ($45k), Abc-Pilsen ($40k).
- Does 100 Thousand Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 100 Thousand 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 100 Thousand Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA, Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation.
- Where is 100 Thousand Foundation based?
- 100 Thousand Foundation is based in IL.
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