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Cronk Family 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.

$225k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2025
52
Organizations funded FY2024
67%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$300
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 52
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$486k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Cronk Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving41$219k24%
FY202452$379k67%
FY202323$162k61%
FY202212$295k42%
FY20213$201k33%
FY202010$160kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$751kHealth$329kReligion$225kPhilanthropy$16kPublic Benefit$13kHuman Services$13kArts & Culture$5kFood & Nutrition$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
SD
OH
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
SC
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Saint Martin's University$505,00040%
Christendom Educational Corporation$166,00040%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$75,0001n/a
American Transparency$10,20050%
Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order$7,7505n/a
Liberty Youth Ranch Inc$7,35050%
Pacific Garden Mission$3,4544n/a
Mercy Chefs Inc$2,90020%
Chicago Public Media Inc$2,67760%
Benet Academy$2,5001n/a
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All grantees of Cronk Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Saint Martin's University$505,00040%
Christendom Educational Corporation$166,00040%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$75,0001n/a
American Transparency$10,20050%
Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order$7,7505n/a
Liberty Youth Ranch Inc$7,35050%
Pacific Garden Mission$3,4544n/a
Mercy Chefs Inc$2,90020%
Chicago Public Media Inc$2,67760%
Benet Academy$2,5001n/a
Home Life Community Inc$2,50011%
Students for Life of America Inc$2,10010%
European Missions Society$2,0001n/a
Two Rivers Historical Society$2,00011%
Mercy Ships International$1,72820%
Operation Smile Inc$1,00030%
The Heritage Foundation$1,00010%
Alice Lloyd College$1,00010%
Judicial Watch Inc$85020%
Smile Train Inc$83020%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$67530%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$60020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$55640%
The Salvation Army$5502n/a
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$50010%
St Lawrence University$50010%
The Atlas Society Ltd$4501n/a
St Josephs Indian School$4502n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$40020%
American Studies Center$30020%
Turning Point USA Inc$26020%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$25020%
Club for Growth$20010%
Guadalupe Center Inc$20010%
Fathers of St Edmund Southern Missions Inc$1501n/a
Feeding America$11020%
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy$1001n/a
The Navigators$1002n/a
Catholic Relief Services$1001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
American Leprosy Missions Inc$10010%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$8520%
United States Fund for Unicef$7510%
Heartbeat International Inc$5010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$5010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$3510%
David Horowitz Freedom Center$3010%
Support Our Aging Religious Inc$3010%
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc$2510%
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc$2010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($610k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cronk Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSaint Martin's University: $505,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChristendom Educational Corporation: $166,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Transparency: $10,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLiberty Youth Ranch Inc: $7,350 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Chefs Inc: $2,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Public Media Inc: $2,677 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHome Life Community Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTwo Rivers Historical Society: $2,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMercy Ships International: $1,728 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlice Lloyd College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $830 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $675 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $556 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Lawrence University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Studies Center: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $260 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Appalachian Project Inc: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClub for Growth: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $110 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Leprosy Missions Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $85 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeartbeat International Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDavid Horowitz Freedom Center: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSupport Our Aging Religious Inc: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Farrell Family FoundationCA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Farrell Family Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Texas Instruments Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Verizon Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Cronk Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cronk Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Cronk Family Foundation

How much does Cronk Family Foundation give?
Cronk Family Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $225,001 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 52 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Cronk Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (53%), Health (23%), Religion (16%).
Who are Cronk Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Saint Martin's University ($505k), Christendom Educational Corporation ($166k), The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ($75k).
Does Cronk Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Cronk Family 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 Cronk Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Farrell Family Foundation, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation.
Where is Cronk Family Foundation based?
Cronk Family Foundation is based in FL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 77 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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