Illinois · Private foundation
Communitas Charitable Trust
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $162k
- Granted FY2023
- 2
- Grants FY2023
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $160,653
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $160,653
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Communitas Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | $162k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $119k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $109k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $200k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $423k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $157k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $289k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecoviva Nfp | $448,318 | 5 | 40% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $265,653 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $126,713 | 2 | 0% |
| Howard Area Community Center | $76,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Youth Farm and Market Project | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kenwood Oakland Community Organization | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Community Chorus Nfp | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rethinking Schools Limited | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Care for Real | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecoviva Nfp | $448,318 | 5 | 40% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $265,653 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $126,713 | 2 | 0% |
| Howard Area Community Center | $76,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Youth Farm and Market Project | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kenwood Oakland Community Organization | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Community Chorus Nfp | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rethinking Schools Limited | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Care for Real | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shared Interest Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Jobs Council | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Changing Worlds | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Progressive Action for the Common Good | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Riverside Theatre Co | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Economic Policy Institute | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vivian G Harsh Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Literature for All of US | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($351k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Communitas Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Albert Pick Jr Fund · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Communitas Charitable Trust
- How much does Communitas Charitable Trust give?
- Communitas Charitable Trust reported 2 grants totaling $161,653 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Communitas Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Environment (31%), International (22%), Education (11%).
- Who are Communitas Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Ecoviva Nfp ($448k), Globalgiving Foundation Inc ($266k), University of Illinois Foundation ($127k).
- Does Communitas Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Communitas Charitable Trust 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 Communitas Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Albert Pick Jr Fund.
- Where is Communitas Charitable Trust based?
- Communitas Charitable Trust is based in IL.
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