Florida · Private foundation
36 Foundation Inc
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.
- $114k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 32
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $311k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations 36 Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 32 | $103k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $70k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $233k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $89k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $45k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Area Community Center | $102,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Winnetka Community House Inc | $52,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $51,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Elea Institute | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $18,150 | 4 | 0% |
| The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Williams College | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kenilworth Union Church | $14,500 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($117k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget 36 Foundation Inc 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: Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Dr Scholl Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Center Street Foundation · Frank Family Foundation · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About 36 Foundation Inc
- How much does 36 Foundation Inc give?
- 36 Foundation Inc reported 34 grants totaling $114,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 32 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does 36 Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (21%), Human Services (18%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are 36 Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Howard Area Community Center ($102k), Winnetka Community House Inc ($52k), Window to the World Communications Inc ($51k).
- Does 36 Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 36 Foundation Inc 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 36 Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Dr Scholl Foundation.
- Where is 36 Foundation Inc based?
- 36 Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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