Illinois · Public charity
Housewares Charity Foundation
To raise funds for designated charities & promote the philanthropic image of housewares industry.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $542,482
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,147,653
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $256k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Housewares Charity Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 4 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $1.9M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $1.9M | 40% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $154k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $375k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $1.1M | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $4,686,482 | 9 | 1% |
| Feeding America | $3,398,753 | 3 | 0% |
| The James Beard Foundation Inc | $595,250 | 8 | 1% |
| Share Our Strength | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Winning With Wyatt Incorporated | $150,000 | 2 | 38% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The V Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Housewares Charity Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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About Housewares Charity Foundation
- How much does Housewares Charity Foundation give?
- Housewares Charity Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $1,824,935 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Housewares Charity Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (50%), Food & Nutrition (46%), Public Safety & Disaster (3%).
- Who are Housewares Charity Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc ($4.7M), Feeding America ($3.4M), The James Beard Foundation Inc ($595k).
- Does Housewares Charity Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Housewares Charity Foundation based?
- Housewares Charity Foundation is based in IL.
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