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5600k 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.

$51k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
16
Organizations funded FY2024
44%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 19
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$749k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 44% of the organizations 5600k Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionHealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving14$51k29%
FY202416$57k44%
FY202319$38k26%
FY202217$31k47%
FY202116$41k44%
FY202015$34k47%
FY201914$39k21%
FY201819$108k21%
86% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$172kArts & Culture$88kHealth$57kInternational$45kEducation$42kHuman Services$15kEnvironment$6kHousing & Shelter$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pilot Light$51,50067%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$51,00090%
University of Santa Monica$30,00050%
Foundations of Music$30,00034%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$30,00040%
Pacific Garden Mission$19,5004n/a
Manna Food Bank Inc$17,00030%
Grant Foundation Inc$16,00040%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$14,00040%
People's Resource Center$13,00040%
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All grantees of 5600k Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pilot Light$51,50067%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$51,00090%
University of Santa Monica$30,00050%
Foundations of Music$30,00034%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$30,00040%
Pacific Garden Mission$19,5004n/a
Manna Food Bank Inc$17,00030%
Grant Foundation Inc$16,00040%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$14,00040%
People's Resource Center$13,00040%
Frontera Farmer Foundation$12,50045%
Shelterbox USA Inc$12,50030%
Samaritan's Purse$12,50010%
Spence Farm Foundation$10,50029%
Clearbrook$10,00020%
Roycemore School$8,00030%
Meals on Wheels Chicago$7,50030%
Musically Fed$5,50022%
Children's Health Defense$5,01010%
Independent Medical Alliance$5,00010%
The Conservation Foundation$5,00010%
David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace$3,50010%
Huntington's Disease Society of America Inc$3,50070%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$3,50020%
Dynasty Cheerabilities Incorporated$3,1032n/a
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Basil's Harvest Inc$2,50011%
Association for Growth and Education$1,06011%
Climate Ride Inc$1,05030%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Family First Inc$1,00020%
American Friends of Israeli Navy Seals Inc$1,00010%
Lighthouse Family Retreat Inc$1,00010%
Nourishing Hope$1,00010%
The Baseball Inc$1,00010%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$1,00010%
Advocate Condell Medical Center$80010%
Wirepoints Corp$75020%
Operation Airdrop Inc$51510%
Wiseplace$50010%
Breakthrough T1d$50010%
Chicago's Green City Market Program$50010%
Pcd Ks Foundation$50010%
Children's Cancer Research Fund$25010%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$25010%
Horner Park Advisory Council$2002n/a
Irish American Heritage Center$17520%
American Friends of Alyn Hospitalinc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($92k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget 5600k Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPilot Light: $51,500 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $51,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Santa Monica: $30,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFoundations of Music: $30,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetManna Food Bank Inc: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGrant Foundation Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPeople's Resource Center: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFrontera Farmer Foundation: $12,500 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetShelterbox USA Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpence Farm Foundation: $10,500 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetClearbrook: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRoycemore School: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels Chicago: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMusically Fed: $5,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetChildren's Health Defense: $5,010 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Medical Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Conservation Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDavid Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHuntington's Disease Society of America Inc: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Coalition to End Homelessness: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBasil's Harvest Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAssociation for Growth and Education: $1,060 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetClimate Ride Inc: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily First Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israeli Navy Seals Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLighthouse Family Retreat Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNourishing Hope: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Baseball Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdvocate Condell Medical Center: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWirepoints Corp: $750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Airdrop Inc: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWiseplace: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago's Green City Market Program: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPcd Ks Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Cancer Research Fund: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGod's Love We Deliver Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIrish American Heritage Center: $175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Alyn Hospitalinc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL17.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About 5600k Foundation

How much does 5600k Foundation give?
5600k Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $51,195 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does 5600k Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (35%), Arts & Culture (18%), Health (12%).
Who are 5600k Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pilot Light ($52k), The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($51k), University of Santa Monica ($30k).
Does 5600k Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does 5600k 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 5600k Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
Where is 5600k Foundation based?
5600k Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 66 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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