Illinois · Private foundation
Barrett Family 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.
- $27k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,300
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $359k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Barrett Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 | 7 | $27k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $26k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $23k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $26k | 70% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $16k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellness House | $32,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hcs Family Services | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hinsdale Humane Society | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wish Upon a Star | $2,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Michiana Humane Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellness House | $32,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hcs Family Services | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hinsdale Humane Society | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wish Upon a Star | $2,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Michiana Humane Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Illinois University Alumni Association | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Echoes Around the World | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Barrett Family 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
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About Barrett Family Foundation
- How much does Barrett Family Foundation give?
- Barrett Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $27,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Barrett Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (29%), Human Services (26%), Food & Nutrition (24%).
- Who are Barrett Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Wellness House ($32k), Northern Illinois Food Bank ($20k), Hcs Family Services ($10k).
- Does Barrett Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Barrett Family 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 Barrett Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Enterprise Holdings Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Barrett Family Foundation based?
- Barrett Family Foundation is based in IL.
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