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Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund

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.

$489k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2025
31
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
31 to 39
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$7.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationReligionArts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving32$363k6%
FY202431$353k13%
FY202332$372k22%
FY202239$356k28%
FY202138$242kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$528kHuman Services$415kEducation$221kReligion$133kArts & Culture$75kCivil Rights$75kEnvironment$65kPhilanthropy$56kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
TN
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc$110,00050%
Challenge Success$100,00041%
Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula$100,00031%
University of Chicago$85,00050%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$75,00030%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$75,00030%
Catholic Charities Inc$50,0005n/a
Institute for Curriculum Services$50,00020%
Kindling Foundation Inc$45,0005n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$43,00050%
Congregation Kol Shofar$35,0005n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$25,00030%
The Thresholds$25,00050%
Rex Foundation$23,00052%
Head Count Inc$22,50050%
Northwestern University$20,00030%
Sierra Watch$20,00041%
Challenge Day Fund$15,00021%
Columbiabarnard Hillel Inc$15,00030%
Independent Arts & Media$15,00020%
San Francisco Food Bank$12,50040%
Environmental Working Group$12,50020%
Veterans Health Action Inc$12,000315%
The Center for Public Integrity$10,00010%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$10,00020%
Playworks Education Energized$10,00020%
Brothers for Life$10,00020%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$7,00020%
College Bound Opportunities$6,00020%
The Flatwater Foundaton$5,00010%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$5,00010%
Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$5,00011%
Casa Italia Inc$5,00011%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5,00010%
Khan Academy Inc$5,00010%
The Salvation Army$5,0001n/a
Zen Hospice Project Dba Zen Caregiving Project$5,00011%
Save The Children Federation Inc$5,00010%
Learning Ally Inc$2,50010%
Build Inc$2,50010%
Bighorn River Alliance$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($595k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIsrael Cancer Research Fund Inc: $110,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetChallenge Success: $100,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula: $100,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $85,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFacing History & Ourselves Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute for Curriculum Services: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $43,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Thresholds: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRex Foundation: $23,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetHead Count Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Watch: $20,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetChallenge Day Fund: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetColumbiabarnard Hillel Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIndependent Arts & Media: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Working Group: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans Health Action Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetThe Center for Public Integrity: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlayworks Education Energized: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrothers for Life: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlessings in a Backpack Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Bound Opportunities: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Flatwater Foundaton: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMichael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCasa Italia Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKhan Academy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZen Hospice Project Dba Zen Caregiving Project: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBuild Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBighorn River Alliance: $2,000 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 37.

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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.

Marin Community FoundationCA16.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The San Francisco Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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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About Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund

How much does Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund give?
Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund reported 36 grants totaling $488,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 39 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (31%), Human Services (25%), Education (13%).
Who are Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc ($110k), Challenge Success ($100k), Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula ($100k).
Does Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund 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 Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
Where is Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund based?
Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable Fund 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 65 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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