Illinois · Private foundation
Determan Balk 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.
- $145k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Determan Balk Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 19 | $135k | 26% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $141k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $119k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $139k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $89k | 78% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $73k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Refugeeone | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks | $24,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Reading Power Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Gorton Community Center | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $20,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ragdale Foundation | $17,900 | 3 | 1% |
| Upper Saranac Lake Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($360k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Determan Balk Family 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: Butler Family Foundation · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · Little Orchard Foundation · The Gorter Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Determan Balk Family Foundation
- How much does Determan Balk Family Foundation give?
- Determan Balk Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $144,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Determan Balk Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (17%), Food & Nutrition (9%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
- Who are Determan Balk Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northern Illinois Food Bank ($50k), Northwestern University ($45k), Refugeeone ($45k).
- Does Determan Balk Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Determan Balk 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 Determan Balk Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Butler Family Foundation, John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy, Little Orchard Foundation.
- Where is Determan Balk Family Foundation based?
- Determan Balk Family Foundation is based in IL.
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