Illinois · Private foundation
Caterpillar Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $44M
- Granted FY2023
- 200
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 158
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 99%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $375k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $340
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $63,152
- Organizations funded a year
- 96 to 158
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 12
- Total assets, FY2023
- $266M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 99% of the organizations Caterpillar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 158 | $347k | 99% |
| FY2022 | 96 | $425k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley University | $137,659 | 1 | 0% |
| One Tree Planted Inc | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Northwestern - St Paul | $27,309 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alfred State College Development Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Campus Outreach Serve Inc | $9,824 | 1 | n/a |
| 4 Tucson Inc | $8,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $6,951 | 1 | 0% |
| Turning Point Pregnancy Resource Center Inc | $5,150 | 1 | 1% |
| Auburn University Foundation | $5,128 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 159 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 94 recipients with no EIN on record ($344k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Caterpillar 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: Shell USA Company Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada Foundation · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Sempra Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Ergon Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis
How this is measured
About Caterpillar Foundation
- How much does Caterpillar Foundation give?
- Caterpillar Foundation reported 200 itemized grants totaling $374,889, out of $43,500,310 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 96 and 158 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Caterpillar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (0%), Education (0%), Environment (0%).
- Who are Caterpillar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2023: Bradley University ($138k), One Tree Planted Inc ($70k), University of Northwestern - St Paul ($27k).
- Does Caterpillar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 99% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Caterpillar Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Caterpillar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, Community Foundation for Mississippi.
- Where is Caterpillar Foundation based?
- Caterpillar Foundation is based in IL.
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