Illinois · Private foundation
Center Street 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.
- $67k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $67k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Center Street Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 11 | $67k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $63k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $29k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $37k | 82% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $60k | 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Josselyn Center Nfp | $89,575 | 6 | 1% |
| The Springboard Foundation | $62,500 | 6 | 5% |
| St Monica's Senior Living Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lorenzo's House | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chicago Furniture Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kenilworth Union Church | $6,500 | 4 | n/a |
| The Cove School Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Josselyn Center Nfp | $89,575 | 6 | 1% |
| The Springboard Foundation | $62,500 | 6 | 5% |
| St Monica's Senior Living Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lorenzo's House | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chicago Furniture Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kenilworth Union Church | $6,500 | 4 | n/a |
| The Cove School Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Neighbor by Neighbor | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Notre Dame College | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Dayton | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Santas Volunteers | $1,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Perspectives Charter Schools | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Indian Hill Club Scholarship Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Winnetka Historical Society | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Reading Power Inc | $350 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Center Street 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · 36 Foundation Inc · Tinberg Foundation · Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Center Street Foundation
- How much does Center Street Foundation give?
- Center Street Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $67,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Center Street Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (39%), Philanthropy (24%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Center Street Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Josselyn Center Nfp ($90k), The Springboard Foundation ($63k), St Monica's Senior Living Inc ($30k).
- Does Center Street Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Center Street 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Center Street Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Baird Foundation Inc, 36 Foundation Inc.
- Where is Center Street Foundation based?
- Center Street Foundation is based in IL.
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