Illinois · Private foundation
Canfora Family 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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 70% of the organizations Canfora Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $65k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $60k | 70% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imerman Angels | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New Moms Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Syracuse University | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Indian College Fund | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bunker Labs Nfp Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joshua's Place | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imerman Angels | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New Moms Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Syracuse University | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Indian College Fund | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bunker Labs Nfp Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joshua's Place | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Pilot Light | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Infant Welfare Society of Evanston Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evanston Grows | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Down at the Farm | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Garden Mission | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Canfora Family 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.
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How this is measured
About Canfora Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Canfora Family Foundation Inc give?
- Canfora Family Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $65,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Canfora Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (29%), Human Services (22%), Health (19%).
- Who are Canfora Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Imerman Angels ($25k), New Moms Inc ($25k), Feeding America ($20k).
- Does Canfora Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Canfora Family 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 Canfora Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charities Aid Foundation America, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Canfora Family Foundation Inc based?
- Canfora Family Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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