Illinois · Private foundation
Ea Foundation
TO ARRANGE THE PROVISIONS FOR MEDICAL AND OTHER CARE-GIVING SERVICES TO THE FRAIL ELDERLY WHO, WITHOUT THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES WOLD BE ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION TO SKILLED CARE NURSING FACILITIES. Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site…
- $580k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Ea Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 14 | $580k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $630k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $650k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $704k | 73% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $549k | 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ignite | $450,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Juvenile Protective Association | $365,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Children's Research Triangle | $360,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Rincon Family Services | $315,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lawrence Hall | $275,000 | 4 | 0% |
| One Family Illinois | $230,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kaleidoscope Inc | $105,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Primo Center for Women & Children | $84,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kids Above All Illinois | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Unity Parenting & Counseling Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ignite | $450,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Juvenile Protective Association | $365,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Children's Research Triangle | $360,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Rincon Family Services | $315,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lawrence Hall | $275,000 | 4 | 0% |
| One Family Illinois | $230,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kaleidoscope Inc | $105,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Primo Center for Women & Children | $84,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kids Above All Illinois | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Unity Parenting & Counseling Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Night Ministry | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ucan | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Rescue Inc | $70,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Turning Point Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Omni Youth Services Incorporated | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Foster Progress | $55,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Lyte Collective | $35,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Let It Be US | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Youth Outreach Services Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Chicago Children's Advocacy Center | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Shelter Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elyssas Mission NFP | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mujeres Latinas En Accion | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Thresholds | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nami Cook County North Suburban | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($205k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ea 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: Robert R McCormick Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation · WP & HB White Foundation · Cuore e Mani Foundation · All Chicago Making Homelessness History
How this is measured
About Ea Foundation
- How much does Ea Foundation give?
- Ea Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $580,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Ea Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (39%), Human Services (35%), Housing & Shelter (17%).
- Who are Ea Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Ignite ($450k), Juvenile Protective Association ($365k), Children's Research Triangle ($360k).
- Does Ea Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ea 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 Ea Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert R McCormick Foundation, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Ea Foundation based?
- Ea Foundation is based in IL.
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