Illinois · Private foundation
Gianaras 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.
- $138k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 34%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations Gianaras Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $138k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 26 | $138k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $301k | 34% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $280k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $106k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $161k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $210k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $266k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $69k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Hellenic Museum | $503,200 | 6 | 8% |
| Little City Foundation | $216,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Bay Cliff Health Camp | $112,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Hellenic College Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hellenic Bar Association | $36,400 | 8 | 60% |
| Hippocratic Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $30,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Order of St Andrew the Apostle Inc | $28,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Keep Swimming Foundation Inc | $15,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund Incorporated | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Iakovos Retreat Center Inc | $10,950 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Hellenic Museum | $503,200 | 6 | 8% |
| Little City Foundation | $216,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Bay Cliff Health Camp | $112,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Hellenic College Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hellenic Bar Association | $36,400 | 8 | 60% |
| Hippocratic Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $30,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Order of St Andrew the Apostle Inc | $28,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Keep Swimming Foundation Inc | $15,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund Incorporated | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Iakovos Retreat Center Inc | $10,950 | 4 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ascension of Our Lord Greek Orthodox Church | $8,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Church of St Nectarios | $6,100 | 5 | n/a |
| Crystal Falls Contemporary Center | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greek American Rehabilitation and Care Centre | $5,450 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Wolves Charities | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Williston State College Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orphans of the Storm | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwoods Airlifeline Ltd | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Zoological Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Panhellenic Scholarship Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($396k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gianaras Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Buhler Kapsalis Family Foundation · The John C Kulis Charitable Foundation · Hellenic Foundation · Greek American Restaurant Association · Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas · The Renaissance Fund NFP · The John P Calamos Foundation · Metropoulos Family Foundation · Joannides Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Greater Horizons
How this is measured
About Gianaras Foundation
- How much does Gianaras Foundation give?
- Gianaras Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $138,350 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gianaras Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Health (25%), Religion (19%).
- Who are Gianaras Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Hellenic Museum ($503k), Little City Foundation ($217k), Bay Cliff Health Camp ($113k).
- Does Gianaras Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gianaras 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 Gianaras Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Buhler Kapsalis Family Foundation, The John C Kulis Charitable Foundation, Hellenic Foundation.
- Where is Gianaras Foundation based?
- Gianaras Foundation is based in IL.
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