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Executive Construction Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$397k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
78
Grants FY2024
78
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
49 to 78
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$1.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Executive Construction Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving78$397k32%
FY202378$381k31%
FY202263$295k37%
FY202157$154k47%
FY202049$210k51%
FY201956$249kn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$557kEducation$207kHuman Services$205kPhilanthropy$123kFood & Nutrition$112kYouth Development$90kCommunity Improvement$66kArts & Culture$56kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 110 grantees
All grantees of Executive Construction Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Gateway Foundation Inc$82,46560%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$80,80060%
Robert a Reaumond Foundation$66,240410%
Timothy Christian Schools$61,00060%
Elim Christian Services$52,28060%
Share our Spare$41,23660%
The John Buck Company Foundation$38,00042%
American Heart Association Inc$37,00040%
Chicago White Sox Charities Inc$30,00020%
Bernie's Book Bank$27,50040%
By The Hand Club For Kids$27,00040%
Movember Foundation$26,53130%
Tutoring Chicago$25,74261%
Designs for Dignity$25,71561%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$21,68240%
Open Heart Magic$20,50041%
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago$20,22530%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$16,35030%
The Andrew Weishar Foundation$15,40021%
Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center$15,20040%
Almost Home Kids$15,15060%
Onegoal$15,00020%
Gilda's Club Chicago$15,00021%
Ronald McDonald House Global$14,98560%
Compassionate Communities for Children$14,17940%
Helping Hand Center$13,05060%
Benet Academy$12,7004n/a
Harold E Eisenberg Foundation$10,25621%
Goldie B Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative$10,15021%
Chicago Chapter of Professional Women in Construction$10,00014%
Pui Tak Christian School$10,00010%
Care for Real$10,00010%
Chicago Architecture Foundation$9,50040%
The Well Resource Center NFP$8,50032%
Girls in the Game Nfp$8,50020%
Special Olympics Illinois$7,30010%
F3 Naperville Foundation$6,94039%
Box It Foundation$6,61935%
Friends of the Chicago River$6,06520%
Northwestern University$6,00010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$6,00010%
Hope Family Services Inc$5,50020%
Springboard to Success Inc$5,50040%
The Joffrey Ballet$5,17510%
Aspire of Illinois$5,00020%
The Chicago Scholars Foundation$5,00010%
The Marfan Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers$5,00010%
The First Tee of Chicago Foundation$5,00010%
Geneva Foundation$5,0001n/a
Catholic Charities Inc$4,5001n/a
Marshfield Clinic Health System Inc$4,50030%
Love Your Neighbor$4,0003n/a
Bounce Children's Foundation$3,55320%
American Brain Tumor Association$3,50040%
Aia Chicago$3,50010%
Casting for Recovery$3,25020%
Sheilah a Doyle Foundation$3,00032%
Outreach Community Ministries$3,00010%
Knights of Columbus$3,0002n/a
Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc$3,00010%
Marwen Foundation Inc$2,59110%
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$2,5001n/a
Save-A-Pet Inc$2,50010%
Mimi S House Family Advocacy Center Nfp$2,50012%
Gift From the Heart Fundation Inc$2,50010%
The Resurrection Project$2,50030%
Onward Neighborhood House$2,50010%
People's Resource Center$2,50010%
Misericordia Foundation$2,50010%
Volunteers of America of Illinois$2,5001n/a
Impact Baseball Club Nfp Aka$2,50011%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,50030%
Best Buddies International Inc$2,00020%
Boma Chicago Foundation$2,00011%
Summertime to Give Inc$2,00024%
Overwatch Veteran Alliance Foundation$2,00012%
Delivering Hope Corporation$2,0001n/a
Warrior Canine Connection Inc$1,85020%
Chicago Gateway Green Committee$1,80010%
Dupage County Department of Human Services$1,5103n/a
Envision Unlimited$1,50010%
Kids Above All Illinois$1,50010%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$1,50020%
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation$1,00010%
The Gray Matter Experience Inc$1,00010%
The Chicago Academy of Sciences$1,00010%
All Chicago Making Homelessness History$1,00010%
The Arts of Life Inc$1,00010%
Hospice of the Calumet Area Inc$1,00010%
Christopher House$1,00010%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$1,00010%
The Northern Michigan University Foundation$1,00010%
The Moody Church$1,0001n/a
The Field School$1,00010%
Black Contractors Owners & Executives Inc$1,00021%
Partners for Progress Nfp$1,00010%
Kaleidoscope Inc$1,00010%
Ibji Cares Inc$76511%
Fabretto Children's Foundation Inc$50010%
Sunbow Foundation$5001n/a
Sarah Knight Memorial Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Our Lady of Mercy Parish$5001n/a
Fisher House Foundation Inc$50010%
Chasing Cans for Cancer$50010%
Hammond Boxing Club Inc$5001n/a
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$50010%
Paws Chicago$50010%
Christopher Reeve Foundation$25010%
The Guitar Center Music Foundation$15910%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($586k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Executive Construction Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGateway Foundation Inc: $82,465 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $80,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRobert a Reaumond Foundation: $66,240 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetTimothy Christian Schools: $61,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetElim Christian Services: $52,280 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetShare our Spare: $41,236 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe John Buck Company Foundation: $38,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $37,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChicago White Sox Charities Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBernie's Book Bank: $27,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBy The Hand Club For Kids: $27,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMovember Foundation: $26,531 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTutoring Chicago: $25,742 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetDesigns for Dignity: $25,715 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $21,682 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Heart Magic: $20,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetEpilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago: $20,225 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $16,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Andrew Weishar Foundation: $15,400 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLester and Rosalie Anixter Center: $15,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlmost Home Kids: $15,150 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOnegoal: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGilda's Club Chicago: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $14,985 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCompassionate Communities for Children: $14,179 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHelping Hand Center: $13,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHarold E Eisenberg Foundation: $10,256 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetGoldie B Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative: $10,150 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetChicago Chapter of Professional Women in Construction: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetPui Tak Christian School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCare for Real: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Architecture Foundation: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Well Resource Center NFP: $8,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetGirls in the Game Nfp: $8,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSpecial Olympics Illinois: $7,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetF3 Naperville Foundation: $6,940 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetBox It Foundation: $6,619 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetFriends of the Chicago River: $6,065 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwestern University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Family Services Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSpringboard to Success Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Joffrey Ballet: $5,175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAspire of Illinois: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chicago Scholars Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Marfan Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMidtown-Metro Achievement Centers: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe First Tee of Chicago Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 96.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL34.6× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Dr Scholl Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Cme Group Community Foundation F/K/A Nymex Foundation · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · The Coleman Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Dupage Community Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Executive Construction Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Executive Construction Foundation

How much does Executive Construction Foundation give?
Executive Construction Foundation reported 78 grants totaling $397,174 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 78 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Executive Construction Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (33%), Education (12%), Human Services (12%).
Who are Executive Construction Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Gateway Foundation Inc ($82k), Greater Chicago Food Depository ($81k), Robert a Reaumond Foundation ($66k).
Does Executive Construction Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Executive Construction 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 Executive Construction Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, Dr Scholl Foundation.
Where is Executive Construction Foundation based?
Executive Construction Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 180 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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