Illinois · Private foundation
Edward Whinnery Trust
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.
- $124k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- 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 Edward Whinnery Trust 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 | $124k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $104k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $116k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $138k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $121k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $117k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $103k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $105k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dove Inc | $50,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Northeast Community Fund | $44,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $37,010 | 7 | n/a |
| Decatur-Macon County Opportunities Corp | $36,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Macon Resources Inc | $28,764 | 6 | 0% |
| Decatur Parks Foundation Inc | $28,550 | 4 | 2% |
| Midwest Sight Foundation Nfp | $26,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Decatur Area Arts Council Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sista Girls and Friends Inc | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Decatur Memorial Hospital | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dove Inc | $50,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Northeast Community Fund | $44,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $37,010 | 7 | n/a |
| Decatur-Macon County Opportunities Corp | $36,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Macon Resources Inc | $28,764 | 6 | 0% |
| Decatur Parks Foundation Inc | $28,550 | 4 | 2% |
| Midwest Sight Foundation Nfp | $26,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Decatur Area Arts Council Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sista Girls and Friends Inc | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Decatur Memorial Hospital | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Little Theatre - on the Square Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Richland Community College Foundation | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($770k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edward Whinnery Trust 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: John Ullrich Foundation Trust Busey Trust Co - Trustee · The Community Foundation of Macon County · Amherst F Hardy Foundation · Andreas Foundation · The Erwin and Linda Arends Foundation · James Millikin Trust A · Henry M Staley Declaration of Charit Tr D/B/A Staley Family Foundation · Ts & Juanita Ballance Foundation · United Way of Decatur and Mid Il · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Edward Whinnery Trust
- How much does Edward Whinnery Trust give?
- Edward Whinnery Trust reported 8 grants totaling $124,095 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Edward Whinnery Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (66%), Human Services (12%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are Edward Whinnery Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dove Inc ($50k), Northeast Community Fund ($44k), The Salvation Army ($37k).
- Does Edward Whinnery Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edward Whinnery Trust 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 Edward Whinnery Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John Ullrich Foundation Trust Busey Trust Co - Trustee, The Community Foundation of Macon County, Amherst F Hardy Foundation.
- Where is Edward Whinnery Trust based?
- Edward Whinnery Trust is based in IL.
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