Illinois · Private foundation
Amicus 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of Amicus Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Amicus Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 | 5 | $11k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $24k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $12k | 88% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childrens Place Association | $14,920 | 5 | n/a |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago | $10,057 | 5 | 2% |
| Franciscan Outreach | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $6,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Digs With Dignity Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Miguel Febres Cordero School Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | $2,340 | 2 | 0% |
| Lawndale Christian Legal Center | $2,248 | 2 | 0% |
| Misericordia Foundation | $1,950 | 1 | 0% |
| America Share USA Inc | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childrens Place Association | $14,920 | 5 | n/a |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago | $10,057 | 5 | 2% |
| Franciscan Outreach | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $6,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Digs With Dignity Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Miguel Febres Cordero School Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | $2,340 | 2 | 0% |
| Lawndale Christian Legal Center | $2,248 | 2 | 0% |
| Misericordia Foundation | $1,950 | 1 | 0% |
| America Share USA Inc | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Sharing Connections Inc | $1,215 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Sense | $325 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Yellowstone Coalition | $300 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Amicus 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: Helen V Brach Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Amicus Foundation
- How much does Amicus Foundation give?
- Amicus Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $1,210,812 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Amicus Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (99%), International (0%), Education (0%).
- Who are Amicus Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Childrens Place Association ($15k), Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago ($10k), Franciscan Outreach ($10k).
- Does Amicus Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Amicus 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 Amicus Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Helen V Brach Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Amicus Foundation based?
- Amicus Foundation is based in IL.
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