Illinois · Private foundation
Atwood Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4.6M
- Granted FY2018
- 16
- Grants FY2018
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2018
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $2,139,956
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 31% of the organizations Atwood Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 16 | $4.6M | 31% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford Park District Foundation | $2,199,956 | 2 | 59% |
| YMCA of Rock River Valley | $140,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Keith Country Day School | $130,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Northwest Community Center | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Natural Land Institute | $110,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Rockford Rotary Charitable Association | $110,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rockford University | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wesley Willows | $51,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rockford Art Museum | $51,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Anderson Gardens | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford Park District Foundation | $2,199,956 | 2 | 59% |
| YMCA of Rock River Valley | $140,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Keith Country Day School | $130,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Northwest Community Center | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Natural Land Institute | $110,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Rockford Rotary Charitable Association | $110,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rockford University | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wesley Willows | $51,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rockford Art Museum | $51,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Anderson Gardens | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Rock Valley College Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Salvation Army | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelter Care Ministries | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Atwood Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Community Foundation of Northern IL · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · Goddard Family Foundation · Sjostrom & Sons Foundation · Guy Reno Family Foundation · The Ben Harding Family Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Jeff and Shelley Shinn Foundation · Nancy Nichols Olson Foundation
How this is measured
About Atwood Foundation
- How much does Atwood Foundation give?
- Atwood Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $4,610,945 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Atwood Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Environment (81%), Human Services (7%), Education (5%).
- Who are Atwood Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Rockford Park District Foundation ($2.2M), YMCA of Rock River Valley ($140k), Keith Country Day School ($130k).
- Does Atwood Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Atwood 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 Atwood Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern IL, Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008, The Kjellstrom Family Foundation.
- Where is Atwood Foundation based?
- Atwood Foundation is based in IL.
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