Illinois · Private foundation
Austin Foundation Inc
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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2021
- 9
- Grants FY2021
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
86% of Austin Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Dupage Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Austin Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $10k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 22% of the organizations Austin Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 9 | $10k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $10k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $9k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $11k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center | $13,352 | 2 | 0% |
| The Morton Arboretum | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Loaves & Fishes Community Services | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cedars Camps Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| DePauw University | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teen Parent Connection Inc | $3,904 | 5 | 0% |
| Indian Prairie Educational Foundation | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Oswego Foundation for Educational Excellence | $3,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Camp Leelanau and Kohahna Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Public Radio Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center | $13,352 | 2 | 0% |
| The Morton Arboretum | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Loaves & Fishes Community Services | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cedars Camps Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| DePauw University | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teen Parent Connection Inc | $3,904 | 5 | 0% |
| Indian Prairie Educational Foundation | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Oswego Foundation for Educational Excellence | $3,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Camp Leelanau and Kohahna Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Public Radio Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pinellas County Education Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Austin Foundation Inc 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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Austin Foundation Inc
- How much does Austin Foundation Inc give?
- Austin Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $10,250 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Austin Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (62%), Education (13%), Health (6%).
- Who are Austin Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center ($13k), The Morton Arboretum ($10k), Loaves & Fishes Community Services ($5k).
- Does Austin Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Austin Foundation Inc 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 Austin Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Austin Foundation Inc based?
- Austin Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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