Illinois · Public charity
Forest & Found NFP
Distribute to charitable organizations the net proceeds generated by thrift store operations.
- $136k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $95k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $48k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Forest & Found NFP funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 5 | $95k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $85k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $82k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $58k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $41k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $52k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Beacon Place NFP | $85,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Bravo Waukegan | $53,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Career Resource Center Inc | $32,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Independence Center Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mothers Trust Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Phoenix Rising Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $22,500 | 2 | n/a |
| A Safe Place | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teen Mother Choices International | $17,500 | 1 | 12% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Beacon Place NFP | $85,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Bravo Waukegan | $53,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Career Resource Center Inc | $32,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Independence Center Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mothers Trust Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Phoenix Rising Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $22,500 | 2 | n/a |
| A Safe Place | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teen Mother Choices International | $17,500 | 1 | 12% |
| The Lake County Haven | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Waukegan To College NFP | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fox and Trove | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sports Shed Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chocolate Chips Association | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Balance Project Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Oasis Productions | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Forest & Found NFP 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: AbbVie Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · The Medline Foundation · The Lake County Community Foundation · United Way of Lake County Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Kiwanis Foundation of Lake Bluff & Lake Forest · Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Bertaud Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Forest & Found NFP
- How much does Forest & Found NFP give?
- Forest & Found NFP reported 5 itemized grants totaling $95,000, out of $136,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Forest & Found NFP fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (32%), Food & Nutrition (20%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Forest & Found NFP's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Northern Illinois Food Bank ($100k), The Beacon Place NFP ($85k), Bravo Waukegan ($53k).
- Does Forest & Found NFP fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Forest & Found NFP?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, Baxter International Foundation, The Medline Foundation.
- Where is Forest & Found NFP based?
- Forest & Found NFP is based in IL.
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