Illinois · Private foundation
Ernest S & Sally Micek 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.
- $722k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $180,532
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $180,533
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Ernest S & Sally Micek Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 4 | $722k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $40k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $40k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $40k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $30k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $40k | 17% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Between Friends | $26,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc | $21,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wilderness Inquiry Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cornerstone | $20,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Jeremiah Program | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Next Door Foundation Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Children's Choir Inc | $17,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Courage Kenny Foundation | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Between Friends | $26,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc | $21,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wilderness Inquiry Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cornerstone | $20,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Jeremiah Program | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Next Door Foundation Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Children's Choir Inc | $17,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Courage Kenny Foundation | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Southwest Christian High School Inc | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Providence Academy | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Love Inc of Eastern Carver County | $10,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Grant Park Orchestral Association | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Innercity Tennis Foundation | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| West Cook County Youth Club | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Northwoods Childrens Museum | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northcott Neighborhood House Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls 4 Science | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($764k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ernest S & Sally Micek 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: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Ernest S & Sally Micek Family Foundation with peer funders
About Ernest S & Sally Micek Family Foundation
- How much does Ernest S & Sally Micek Family Foundation give?
- Ernest S & Sally Micek Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $722,129 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ernest S & Sally Micek Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (70%), Human Services (9%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Ernest S & Sally Micek Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Between Friends ($27k), Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc ($21k), Wilderness Inquiry Inc ($20k).
- Does Ernest S & Sally Micek Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ernest S & Sally Micek 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 Ernest S & Sally Micek Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mightycause Charitable Foundation, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, The Minneapolis Foundation.
- Where is Ernest S & Sally Micek Family Foundation based?
- Ernest S & Sally Micek Family Foundation is based in IL.
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