Illinois · Private foundation
Clingen Foundation Ltd
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.
- $487k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $116,927
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Clingen Foundation Ltd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 10 | $487k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $375k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $435k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $755k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $260k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $55k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $120k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation of Holy Cross United States Province Inc | $350,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Chicago Furniture Bank | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $175,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Human Coalition | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Liberty Justice Center | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hortus Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Women in Motion Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Benet Academy | $11,666 | 1 | n/a |
| Focus Mission Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation of Holy Cross United States Province Inc | $350,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Chicago Furniture Bank | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $175,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Human Coalition | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Liberty Justice Center | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hortus Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Women in Motion Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Benet Academy | $11,666 | 1 | n/a |
| Focus Mission Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph High School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
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: National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Clingen Foundation Ltd
- How much does Clingen Foundation Ltd give?
- Clingen Foundation Ltd reported 10 grants totaling $486,927 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Clingen Foundation Ltd fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (55%), Religion (16%), Education (15%).
- Who are Clingen Foundation Ltd's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Congregation of Holy Cross United States Province Inc ($350k), Chicago Furniture Bank ($200k), Catholic Charities Inc ($175k).
- Does Clingen Foundation Ltd fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Clingen Foundation Ltd 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 Clingen Foundation Ltd?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Clingen Foundation Ltd based?
- Clingen Foundation Ltd is based in IL.
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