Illinois · Private foundation
Anikas Closet
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $16k
- Granted FY2023
- 3
- Grants FY2023
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,383
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $12k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Anikas Closet funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 3 | $16k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $20k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Prep Academies | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Leadership Greater Chicago | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Morgan Park Academy | $810 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Education Plus | $475 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($43k), not named here.
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Anikas Closet
- How much does Anikas Closet give?
- Anikas Closet reported 3 grants totaling $16,383 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Anikas Closet fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (45%), Youth Development (42%), Community Improvement (8%).
- Who are Anikas Closet's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group ($5k), Urban Prep Academies ($3k), Leadership Greater Chicago ($1k).
- Does Anikas Closet fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Anikas Closet 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 Anikas Closet?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Anikas Closet based?
- Anikas Closet is based in IL.
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