Illinois · Private foundation
125 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.
- $505k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations 125 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $260k 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 | 8 | $505k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $640k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $551k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $615k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $86k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $267k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $310,198 | 6 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Centers | $300,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Holy Family Ministries | $180,000 | 3 | 2% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $154,965 | 4 | 0% |
| White Stork - United States Ltd | $150,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicagoland Immigrant Welcome Network | $100,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Global Empowerment Mission Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Collective | $65,337 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Fellowship | $50,000 | 1 | 22% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($886k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget 125 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 Christopher Family Foundation · Greater Chicago Food Depository · The Chicago Community Trust · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About 125 Foundation
- How much does 125 Foundation give?
- 125 Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $505,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does 125 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (24%), Education (15%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
- Who are 125 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Greater Chicago Food Depository ($310k), Chicago Youth Centers ($300k), Holy Family Ministries ($180k).
- Does 125 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 125 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 125 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Christopher Family Foundation, Greater Chicago Food Depository, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is 125 Foundation based?
- 125 Foundation is based in IL.
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