Illinois · Public charity
Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation
Exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and literary purposes, including, but not limited to, providing scholarships, grants, or other aid to needy students of irish heritage who are u.s. Citizens residing in the chicago metro area and promoting cultural awareness.
- $283k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 43
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $269k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 39
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $352k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 42 | $269k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $257k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $244k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $216k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $222k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $236k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Lasalle Institute | $72,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Notre Dame College Prep | $42,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Patrick High School | $42,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Fenwick High School | $41,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Rita of Cascia High School Corporation | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Josephinum Academy | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Woodlands Academy | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Joliet Catholic Academy | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Regina Dominican High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Willows Academy | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Lasalle Institute | $72,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Notre Dame College Prep | $42,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Patrick High School | $42,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Fenwick High School | $41,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Rita of Cascia High School Corporation | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Josephinum Academy | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Woodlands Academy | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Joliet Catholic Academy | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Regina Dominican High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Willows Academy | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Ignatius College of Chicago | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Carmel Catholic High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Tepeyac High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Mount Carmel High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Northridge Preparatory School Inc | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Loyola Academy | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Resurrection College Prep High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Leo High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Marian Catholic | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Brother Rice High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Mother McAuley High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Trinity High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Nazareth Academy | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Holy Trinity High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Laurence High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Marist High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Depaul College Prep | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Saint Viator High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Montini Catholic School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Francis de Sales High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Benet Academy | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Providence Catholic High School | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Young Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago Charities | $27,500 | 3 | 16% |
| Ic Catholic Prep | $18,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Depaul University | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bishop McNamara Catholic School | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chesterton Academy of the Holy Fami | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Francis High School | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Joseph High School | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Misericordia Home | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guerin College Preparatory High School | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Danny Did Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
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: LINK Unlimited Scholars · Hfs Chicago Scholars · The Chicago Community Trust · The Cuneo Foundation · Big Shoulders Fund · WP & HB White Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Fred J Brunner Foundation · The Canning Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation
How this is measured
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About Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation
- How much does Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation give?
- Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation reported 43 itemized grants totaling $268,500, out of $283,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 39 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (97%), Arts & Culture (1%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: De Lasalle Institute ($72k), Notre Dame College Prep ($42k), St Patrick High School ($42k).
- Does Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include LINK Unlimited Scholars, Hfs Chicago Scholars, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation based?
- Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation is based in IL.
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