Illinois · Private foundation
Donna Van Eekeren 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $279k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Donna Van Eekeren Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 13 | $1.0M | 46% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $250k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $291k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $810k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $755,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $720,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Whamnow Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 10% |
| San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Writers Museum | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Old Globe Theatre | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Museum of Art | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Accesscircles Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $755,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $720,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Whamnow Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 10% |
| San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Writers Museum | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Old Globe Theatre | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Museum of Art | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Accesscircles Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Chicago Academy of Sciences | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation For The Preservation Of Flossmoor History | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City House - Delray Beach Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Indiana Symphony Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($500k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Donna Van Eekeren 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: Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Donna Van Eekeren Foundation
- How much does Donna Van Eekeren Foundation give?
- Donna Van Eekeren Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $1,030,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Donna Van Eekeren Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (74%), Health (4%), Science & Tech (3%).
- Who are Donna Van Eekeren Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Lyric Opera of Chicago ($755k), Window to the World Communications Inc ($720k), Whamnow Inc ($85k).
- Does Donna Van Eekeren Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donna Van Eekeren 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 Donna Van Eekeren Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Donna Van Eekeren Foundation based?
- Donna Van Eekeren Foundation is based in IL.
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