Illinois · Private foundation
Casten Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $213k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,737
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $153,212
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Casten Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 8 | $213k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $276k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $232k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $248k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $324k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $386k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $333k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $372k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Acre Fund | $406,809 | 7 | 0% |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | $207,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Hackley School | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Land Institute | $25,080 | 1 | 1% |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Community House | $24,500 | 4 | 1% |
| The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | $20,480 | 3 | 0% |
| Climate Institute | $20,120 | 3 | 3% |
| Cerge-Ei Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Shelter Service Inc | $11,050 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Casten 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.
Open a dossier: The Dupage Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Ge Aerospace Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Verizon Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Casten Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Casten Family Foundation Inc give?
- Casten Family Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $213,179 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Casten Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (53%), International (19%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are Casten Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: One Acre Fund ($407k), Chicago Public Media Inc ($207k), Hackley School ($80k).
- Does Casten Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Casten 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 Casten Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dupage Community Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
- Where is Casten Family Foundation Inc based?
- Casten Family Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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