Illinois · Private foundation
Bednyak Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $352k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Bednyak Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $206k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 38 | $352k | 37% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $488k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $493k | 73% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $76k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $78k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $95k | 76% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $235,700 | 6 | 0% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Centers of Chicago | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $27,792 | 5 | 0% |
| Jewish Child and Family Services | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Initiatives Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation | $17,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($635k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bednyak 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.
Open a dossier: The Kadens Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Daniel R and Karen Kales Lee Family Foundation C/O Karen K Lee · Bergstein Family Foundation · Domont Family Foundation · The Netter Foundation Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · AbbVie Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bednyak Family Foundation
- How much does Bednyak Family Foundation give?
- Bednyak Family Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $352,048 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Bednyak Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (32%), Philanthropy (16%), Health (15%).
- Who are Bednyak Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ($250k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($236k), American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($100k).
- Does Bednyak Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bednyak 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 Bednyak Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kadens Family Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Daniel R and Karen Kales Lee Family Foundation C/O Karen K Lee.
- Where is Bednyak Family Foundation based?
- Bednyak Family Foundation is based in IL.
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