Illinois · Public charity
Hellenic Foundation
The Hellenic Foundation's mission is to fund the development and support of programs and projects benefiting Greek American and Orthodox Christian Organizations in the Chicagoland Area.
- $454k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $400k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,934
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $64,153
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Hellenic Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k 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 | 23 | $400k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $514k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $263k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $499k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $110k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $359k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $341k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $304k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Iakovos Retreat Center Inc | $413,545 | 6 | n/a |
| Orthodox Vocation and Ministry Foundation | $322,043 | 4 | 80% |
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis Ofchicago | $265,098 | 3 | n/a |
| Greek Met - Lighthouse | $233,281 | 3 | n/a |
| National Hellenic Museum | $165,255 | 7 | 2% |
| Greek American Rehabilitation and Care Centre | $130,994 | 5 | 0% |
| Panhellenic Scholarship Foundation | $130,803 | 8 | 4% |
| Crossroad Institute Inc | $117,301 | 1 | 2% |
| St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church | $100,842 | 4 | n/a |
| Annunciation - Kankakee | $78,145 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Iakovos Retreat Center Inc | $413,545 | 6 | n/a |
| Orthodox Vocation and Ministry Foundation | $322,043 | 4 | 80% |
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis Ofchicago | $265,098 | 3 | n/a |
| Greek Met - Lighthouse | $233,281 | 3 | n/a |
| National Hellenic Museum | $165,255 | 7 | 2% |
| Greek American Rehabilitation and Care Centre | $130,994 | 5 | 0% |
| Panhellenic Scholarship Foundation | $130,803 | 8 | 4% |
| Crossroad Institute Inc | $117,301 | 1 | 2% |
| St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church | $100,842 | 4 | n/a |
| Annunciation - Kankakee | $78,145 | 4 | n/a |
| Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center Inc | $67,700 | 3 | 36% |
| Hellenic American Academy Foundation | $61,211 | 3 | 1% |
| 13th District Order of Ahepa Scholarship Foundation Inc Co John P Vranas | $53,500 | 5 | 28% |
| Order of Ahepa Ahepa Foundation Inc | $48,075 | 2 | 1% |
| St Peter & Paul Orthodox | $40,083 | 4 | n/a |
| Hellenic College Inc | $38,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Orthodox Christian Laity | $37,000 | 1 | 29% |
| Hellenic Legal Assistance Services co Hellenic Foundation | $35,500 | 3 | 77% |
| Hellenic Link-Midwest | $34,209 | 5 | n/a |
| Heartland Housing Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Orthodox Church in America | $28,726 | 1 | n/a |
| Thomas Anthony Pappas Charitable Foundation Inc | $25,500 | 2 | 34% |
| Thessalonica Agricultural & Industrial Institute (The American Farm School) | $25,269 | 3 | 0% |
| Nika House | $25,146 | 3 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Church the Assumption of Chicago and Western | $22,918 | 3 | n/a |
| Annunciation Cathedral | $21,782 | 3 | n/a |
| Plato Academy Incorporated | $21,564 | 2 | 2% |
| Holy Taxiarhai & St Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church | $20,934 | 2 | n/a |
| Treatment Alternatives for Stronger Communities | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Hellenic Invitational Basketball Tournament Inc | $19,705 | 2 | 93% |
| Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George | $18,230 | 2 | n/a |
| Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Church of Elgin | $14,840 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of St Irene | $14,192 | 1 | n/a |
| Random Acts of Flowers | $13,940 | 2 | 0% |
| Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine Psycholagy and Religion I | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Greektown Educational Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orthodox Christian Fellowship | $11,100 | 1 | 1% |
| The National Hellenic Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Garcc | $9,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Organization Inc | $8,640 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Tikhons Theological Seminary | $8,567 | 1 | n/a |
| Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of Am | $8,161 | 1 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Church of St Demetrios of Lake County Illinois | $7,043 | 1 | n/a |
| Vladimirovo School Charities | $6,574 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Hellenic Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The John C Kulis Charitable Foundation · Buhler Kapsalis Family Foundation · Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas · The Renaissance Fund NFP · Gianaras Foundation · Greek American Restaurant Association · The John P Calamos Foundation · Orthodox Vision Foundation · Greater Horizons · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hellenic Foundation
- How much does Hellenic Foundation give?
- Hellenic Foundation reported 29 itemized grants totaling $400,396, out of $453,828 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Hellenic Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (38%), Recreation & Sports (19%), Education (15%).
- Who are Hellenic Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Iakovos Retreat Center Inc ($414k), Orthodox Vocation and Ministry Foundation ($322k), Greek Orthodox Metropolis Ofchicago ($265k).
- Does Hellenic Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hellenic Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The John C Kulis Charitable Foundation, Buhler Kapsalis Family Foundation, Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas.
- Where is Hellenic Foundation based?
- Hellenic Foundation is based in IL.
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