Illinois · Private foundation
Donald E Fike 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.
- $978k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 54
- Grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 43
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations Donald E Fike Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $234k 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 | 54 | $978k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $614k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $576k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $366k | 16% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $238k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $276k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $132k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $105k | 31% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Knox County Illinois | $290,000 | 7 | 5% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $260,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Achievement Unlimited Inc | $212,536 | 7 | 0% |
| Vested Interest in K9s Inc | $130,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Residential Alternatives of Illinois Inc | $119,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Illinois Valley Animal Rescue | $112,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois | $110,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Refuge Ranch Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pet Project Inc | $107,000 | 9 | 24% |
| Kccdd Inc | $81,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 54 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($502k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Donald E Fike Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 44 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Galesburg Community Foundation · The Covia Foundation · United Way of Knox County Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Peoria Area Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Donald E Fike Family Foundation
- How much does Donald E Fike Family Foundation give?
- Donald E Fike Family Foundation reported 54 grants totaling $977,835 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Donald E Fike Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (29%), Human Services (24%), Animals (14%).
- Who are Donald E Fike Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Young Men's Christian Association of Knox County Illinois ($290k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($260k), Achievement Unlimited Inc ($213k).
- Does Donald E Fike Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donald E Fike 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 Donald E Fike Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Galesburg Community Foundation, The Covia Foundation, United Way of Knox County Inc.
- Where is Donald E Fike Family Foundation based?
- Donald E Fike Family Foundation is based in IL.
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