Illinois · Private foundation
Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable 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.
- $24k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $194k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 7 | $24k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $39k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $17k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $17k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $14k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $10k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $12k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $11,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Saint Xavier University | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois | $1,680 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Keshet | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $900 | 3 | 0% |
| Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc | $850 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $11,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Saint Xavier University | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois | $1,680 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Keshet | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $900 | 3 | 0% |
| Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc | $850 | 1 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Name Cathedral | $350 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Door Community Auditorium Corp | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Well Spirituality Center | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| A Silver Lining Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($114k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable 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.
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How this is measured
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About Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable Foundation
- How much does Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable Foundation give?
- Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $24,452 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (40%), Education (38%), Health (16%).
- Who are Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($12k), Illinois Institute of Technology ($5k), Saint Xavier University ($4k).
- Does Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable 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 Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable Foundation based?
- Eugene J and Olga E Porto Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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