· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $86k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Plymouth Place | $80,000 |
| St Francis Xavier Catholic Parish | $32,500 |
| Sts Peter & Paul School | $32,000 |
| Benet Academy | $11,300 |
| Ohio State University Gymnastics Program | $10,000 |
| Nicholas D Sergi Foundation | $7,500 |
| Fluffs & Scruffs A Dog Rescue | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Drive Fore the Future Foundation | $4,000 |
| Ohio State University Track & Field Program | $2,500 |
| St John of the Cross Parish | $1,050 |
| Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance | $1,000 |
| Mercyhurst University | $750 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | $700 |
| St Francis Xavier Parish Music Ministry | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $130k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NDNicholas D Sergi Foundation4× · 2022–2025 · $12k · revenue +52%
- MUMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY8× · 2017–2025 · $10k · revenue +2%
- PCPILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH6× · 2019–2024 · $6k · revenue +21%
Funded once
- SFSt Francis Xavier Schoolone grant, 2024 · $20k
- TVTHE VOICES & FACES PROJECTone grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%
- SPSts Peter and Paul Catholic Parishone grant, 2022 · $17k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Chicago canine rescue foundation finds permanent homes for homeless dogs in our community with a specific emphasis on assisting the most vulnerable animals, who without our help, would have no other options. while in our care, they are…
The mission of misericordia home is to support children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who choose our community by providing the highest quality residential, training, and employment services. we provide the…
The Mission of The Villas at Mercy Creek is to Celebrate Life and Serve with Joy.
The mission of franciscan communities inc. ("franciscan communities") is to celebrate life and serve with joy. (continued on schedule o).
Setting a new standard of employment for people who have disabilities and chronic medical conditions.
We strive to make aging easier through the development of a network of services for older persons designed to optimize the quality of their lives.
To improve the quality of life for families challenged by alzheimer's disease or another dementia, through services tailored to meet individual needs.
St. anne home is a ministry of the felician sisters of north america dedicated to the continued healing mission of jesus christ by providing a continuum of care and supportive services to adults, their families, and their caregivers. st.…
MISSION - TO celebrate life and serve with joy. Vision - to provide access to Catholic high schools and offer programs for higher education and career readiness for young women from the Chicago area.
The primary purpose of the chicago home for incurables, ("the home"), is to provide financial support to the university of chicago for the operation of patient care facilities and funding of research of incurable diseases at the university…
To address and meet the needs of aged persons, including housing, healthcare, and financial security.
To perpetuate a village community to provide progressive life assistance to adults with developmental disabilities so that they can maximize their abilities and maintain their independence in the least restrictive environment.
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 55 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds PLYMOUTH PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds THE VOICES & FACES PROJECT ↗
- Who funds FLUFFS & SCRUFFS A DOG RESCUE ↗
- Who funds Nicholas D Sergi Foundation ↗
- Who funds MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH ↗
- Who funds YORKSHIRE TERRIER NATIONAL RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds GIVE ME A CHANCE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOX VALLEY OLDER ADULT SERVICES ↗
- Who funds La Grange Country Club Foundation ↗
- Who funds Vocel Viewing our Children as Emerging Leaders ↗
- Who funds THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE FOUNDATI DBA THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Grimes Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grimes Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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