Illinois · Private foundation
Cw Christian 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.
- $235k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,153
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Cw Christian Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | $235k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $204k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $184k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $184k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $169k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $148k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $148k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $149k | 33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities Inc | $552,952 | 9 | n/a |
| Trinity Services Inc | $325,521 | 8 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $113,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Caring Network Nfp | $71,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Wellness House | $67,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Care Net | $52,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $40,269 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($328k), not named here.
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About Cw Christian Foundation
- How much does Cw Christian Foundation give?
- Cw Christian Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $235,153 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cw Christian Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (42%), Health (33%), Public Safety & Disaster (7%).
- Who are Cw Christian Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Catholic Charities Inc ($553k), Trinity Services Inc ($326k), Catholic Relief Services ($114k).
- Does Cw Christian Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cw Christian 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.
- Where is Cw Christian Foundation based?
- Cw Christian Foundation is based in IL.
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