Illinois · Private foundation
Allen and Meline Pickus Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $37k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 68%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $202k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 68% of the organizations Allen and Meline Pickus Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 14 | $37k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $46k | 68% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $49k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $34k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravinia Festival Association | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $7,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $5,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $4,025 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Lake County Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $2,250 | 3 | 1% |
| Community Partners for Affordable Housing | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($101k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Allen and Meline Pickus 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Allen and Meline Pickus Foundation with peer funders
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About Allen and Meline Pickus Foundation
- How much does Allen and Meline Pickus Foundation give?
- Allen and Meline Pickus Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $37,188 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Allen and Meline Pickus Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Human Services (14%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are Allen and Meline Pickus Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Ravinia Festival Association ($22k), Lyric Opera of Chicago ($15k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($14k).
- Does Allen and Meline Pickus Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 68% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Allen and Meline Pickus 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 Allen and Meline Pickus Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Allen and Meline Pickus Foundation based?
- Allen and Meline Pickus Foundation is based in IL.
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