Illinois · Private foundation
Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable
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.
- $36k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $603k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 19 | $36k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $34k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $32k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $31k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $35k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Cradle Society | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| North Shore Senior Center | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Executive Service Corps of Chicago | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| 416th Bomb Group Archive | $11,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | $9,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Honor Flight Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $8,100 | 6 | 0% |
| The Morton Arboretum | $8,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Holy Family Ministries | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Cradle Society | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| North Shore Senior Center | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Executive Service Corps of Chicago | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| 416th Bomb Group Archive | $11,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | $9,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Honor Flight Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $8,100 | 6 | 0% |
| The Morton Arboretum | $8,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Holy Family Ministries | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Travis Mills Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kenilworth Union Church | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Park Foundation | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $4,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Taylor Haugen Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bravehearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($44k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable 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
Compare Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable with peer funders
About Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable
- How much does Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable give?
- Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable reported 19 grants totaling $36,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Education (18%), Environment (16%).
- Who are Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Greater Chicago Food Depository ($15k), The Cradle Society ($12k), North Shore Senior Center ($12k).
- Does Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable 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 Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable based?
- Carl S and Barbara L Stanley 1997 Charitable is based in IL.
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