Wisconsin · Private foundation
Eck 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.
- $280k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Eck Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 8 | $280k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $895k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $825k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $583k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $640k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $975k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $450k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $463k | 9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $3,247,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University | $585,000 | 5 | 2% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $383,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Elmhurst Art Museum | $85,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Colorado Headwaters Land Trust | $70,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Grand County | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Sonoran Institute Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $3,247,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University | $585,000 | 5 | 2% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $383,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Elmhurst Art Museum | $85,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Colorado Headwaters Land Trust | $70,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Grand County | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Sonoran Institute Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| All-In Milwaukee Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Advocates for Trans Equality Education Fund | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Malcolm X Memorial Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 6% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($928k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Eck 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Eck Family Foundation
- How much does Eck Family Foundation give?
- Eck Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $280,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Eck Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (70%), Housing & Shelter (16%), Public Safety & Disaster (7%).
- Who are Eck Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Marquette University ($3.2M), Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University ($585k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($383k).
- Does Eck Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Eck 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 Eck Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Eck Family Foundation based?
- Eck Family Foundation is based in WI.
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