Illinois · Private foundation
Gary and Nancy Penisten Family Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $371k
- Granted FY2019
- 10
- Grants FY2019
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $64,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 0% of the organizations Gary and Nancy Penisten Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 10 | $371k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $31k | 18% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| People's Resource Center | $77,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry | $52,243 | 3 | 0% |
| Mutual Ground Inc | $46,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Loaves & Fishes Community Services | $44,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $44,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Wellness House | $42,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House | $39,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Wayside Cross Ministries | $25,425 | 2 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| People's Resource Center | $77,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry | $52,243 | 3 | 0% |
| Mutual Ground Inc | $46,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Loaves & Fishes Community Services | $44,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $44,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Wellness House | $42,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House | $39,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Wayside Cross Ministries | $25,425 | 2 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Step Out USA Inc | $1,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Rush Copley Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Northcentral Illinois Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shell Museum and Educational Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Concordia College | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gary and Nancy Penisten 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: Fox Valley United Way · Dunham Fund · The Bersted Foundation · Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Gary and Nancy Penisten Family Foundation with peer funders
About Gary and Nancy Penisten Family Foundation
- How much does Gary and Nancy Penisten Family Foundation give?
- Gary and Nancy Penisten Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $370,668 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Gary and Nancy Penisten Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (41%), Human Services (29%), Health (10%).
- Who are Gary and Nancy Penisten Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: People's Resource Center ($77k), Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry ($52k), Mutual Ground Inc ($47k).
- Does Gary and Nancy Penisten Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gary and Nancy Penisten 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 Gary and Nancy Penisten Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fox Valley United Way, Dunham Fund, The Bersted Foundation.
- Where is Gary and Nancy Penisten Family Foundation based?
- Gary and Nancy Penisten Family Foundation is based in IL.
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