Illinois · Private foundation
Desantis 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.
- $27k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Desantis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 | 6 | $26k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $48k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $35k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $13k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salzburg Festival Society Inc | $26,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Kithara Project Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Sing Me A Story Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Friends of AACA | $9,635 | 3 | 3% |
| Priory in the USA of the Most Venerable Order of the Hosp / St John of Jerusalem | $9,248 | 2 | 0% |
| Polaris Charter Academy | $8,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Women's Care Center Inc | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Cps Lives Nfp | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| League of Chicago Theatres Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Foundation for AIDS Research | $4,200 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salzburg Festival Society Inc | $26,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Kithara Project Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Sing Me A Story Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Friends of AACA | $9,635 | 3 | 3% |
| Priory in the USA of the Most Venerable Order of the Hosp / St John of Jerusalem | $9,248 | 2 | 0% |
| Polaris Charter Academy | $8,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Women's Care Center Inc | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Cps Lives Nfp | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| League of Chicago Theatres Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Foundation for AIDS Research | $4,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Paws Chicago | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Strength in the City Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Historical Society | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| City Kids Camp | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Tank Ltd | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pads of Elgin Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Desantis Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Desantis Foundation
- How much does Desantis Foundation give?
- Desantis Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $26,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Desantis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (62%), Health (11%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Desantis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Salzburg Festival Society Inc ($27k), Kithara Project Inc ($15k), Sing Me A Story Foundation ($10k).
- Does Desantis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Desantis 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 Desantis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Desantis Foundation based?
- Desantis Foundation is based in IL.
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