Illinois · Private foundation
Captain Dave's 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.
- $615k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Captain Dave's Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 12 | $615k | 92% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $147k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $63k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Yacht Club Foundation | $342,750 | 3 | 14% |
| The Center for Independent Documentary Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Maritime Museum | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Chicago History Museum | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Port Washington Historical Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Joining Forces Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($419k), not named here.
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About Captain Dave's Foundation
- How much does Captain Dave's Foundation give?
- Captain Dave's Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $615,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Captain Dave's Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (55%), Recreation & Sports (41%), Public Benefit (1%).
- Who are Captain Dave's Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Chicago Yacht Club Foundation ($343k), The Center for Independent Documentary Inc ($50k), Chicago Maritime Museum ($20k).
- Does Captain Dave's Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Captain Dave's 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.
- Where is Captain Dave's Foundation based?
- Captain Dave's Foundation is based in IL.
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