Illinois · Private foundation
Dawani Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $37k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $231k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Dawani Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $260 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $37k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $38k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $19k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $16k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $17k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $19k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravinia Festival Association | $2,050 | 2 | 0% |
| St George Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc | $650 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| A Leg to Stand on Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($151k), not named here.
About Dawani Foundation
- How much does Dawani Foundation give?
- Dawani Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $36,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Dawani Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (41%), Education (40%), Religion (11%).
- Who are Dawani Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Ravinia Festival Association ($2k), St George Church ($1k), Russian Children's Welfare Society Inc ($650).
- Does Dawani Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dawani 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 Dawani Foundation based?
- Dawani Foundation is based in IL.
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