Illinois · Private foundation
Grimes Family Foundation
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.
- $196k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations Grimes Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $74k 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 | 20 | $196k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $187k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $167k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $183k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $79k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $56k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $45k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $42k | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benet Academy | $304,230 | 9 | n/a |
| Plymouth Place Inc | $105,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Francis Xavier Parish | $28,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Voices & Faces Project | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fluffs & Scruffs a Dog Rescue | $16,550 | 4 | n/a |
| Nicholas D Sergi Foundation | $12,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Mercyhurst University | $9,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Pillars Community Health | $5,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Yorkshire Terrier National Rescue Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Give Me a Chance Foundation | $3,250 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benet Academy | $304,230 | 9 | n/a |
| Plymouth Place Inc | $105,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Francis Xavier Parish | $28,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Voices & Faces Project | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fluffs & Scruffs a Dog Rescue | $16,550 | 4 | n/a |
| Nicholas D Sergi Foundation | $12,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Mercyhurst University | $9,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Pillars Community Health | $5,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Yorkshire Terrier National Rescue Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Give Me a Chance Foundation | $3,250 | 3 | 1% |
| Fox Valley Older Adult Services | $1,680 | 2 | 0% |
| La Grange Country Club Foundation | $1,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Vocel Viewing our Children as Emerging Leaders | $1,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aging Care Connections | $960 | 3 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Chicago | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Beds Plus Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Martha's Village and Kitchen Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Anna's Celebration of Life Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($479k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Grimes 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: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Community Memorial Foundation · Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging) · Baird Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Grimes Family Foundation
- How much does Grimes Family Foundation give?
- Grimes Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $196,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Grimes Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (52%), Religion (21%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Grimes Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Benet Academy ($304k), Plymouth Place Inc ($105k), St Francis Xavier Parish ($29k).
- Does Grimes Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Grimes 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 Grimes Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, Community Memorial Foundation.
- Where is Grimes Family Foundation based?
- Grimes Family Foundation is based in IL.
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