Illinois · Private foundation
Delta Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $423k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2026
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 25
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Delta Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 25 | $418k | 4% |
| FY2025 | 24 | $388k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $363k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $336k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $345k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $315k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois College | $137,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sandcastles A Lake Michigan Childrens Museum | $120,433 | 6 | 7% |
| Mymichigan Health Foundation | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jacksonville Main Street | $42,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Morgan County Historical Society Farmers State Bank and Trust Dept | $36,000 | 6 | 18% |
| Lakeshore Food Club | $27,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Prairieland United Way Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
Plus 21 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: Bound To Stay Bound Books Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Delta Foundation
- How much does Delta Foundation give?
- Delta Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $423,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 25 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Delta Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (19%), Education (16%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Delta Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Illinois College ($137k), Sandcastles A Lake Michigan Childrens Museum ($120k), Mymichigan Health Foundation ($100k).
- Does Delta Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Delta 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 Delta Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bound To Stay Bound Books Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Delta Foundation based?
- Delta Foundation is based in IL.
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