Illinois · Private foundation
James Orlandini 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.
- $254k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 21
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations James Orlandini Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | $254k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $265k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $283k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $293k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $301k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $339k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $203k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran High School | $288,685 | 7 | n/a |
| Refuge Ranch Inc | $247,309 | 7 | 12% |
| Rochester Schools Educational Foundation - Rochester Admin Cntr | $152,500 | 4 | 85% |
| Illinois Sheriffs' Association | $141,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois | $131,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Concordia University Texas | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois Inc | $61,994 | 6 | 2% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $35,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Zion Lutheran Church | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Compass for Kids Inc | $23,976 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran High School | $288,685 | 7 | n/a |
| Refuge Ranch Inc | $247,309 | 7 | 12% |
| Rochester Schools Educational Foundation - Rochester Admin Cntr | $152,500 | 4 | 85% |
| Illinois Sheriffs' Association | $141,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois | $131,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Concordia University Texas | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois Inc | $61,994 | 6 | 2% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $35,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Zion Lutheran Church | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Compass for Kids Inc | $23,976 | 4 | 0% |
| Ann T Havey Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Central Illinois Foodbank Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Springfield Parks Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Illinois Conservation Foundation | $14,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Springfield Public Schools Foundation | $14,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Share the Spirit Foundation Inc | $8,793 | 2 | 4% |
| Prince of Peace Christian School | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Capital City Car Club | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($652k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James Orlandini Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Levi Ray & Shoup Foundation · Green Family Charitable Foundation · United Way of Central Illinois Inc · M G Nelson Family Foundation · Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About James Orlandini Foundation
- How much does James Orlandini Foundation give?
- James Orlandini Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $253,904 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does James Orlandini Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Youth Development (32%), Health (14%).
- Who are James Orlandini Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Lutheran High School ($289k), Refuge Ranch Inc ($247k), Rochester Schools Educational Foundation - Rochester Admin Cntr ($153k).
- Does James Orlandini Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James Orlandini 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 James Orlandini Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Levi Ray & Shoup Foundation, Green Family Charitable Foundation, United Way of Central Illinois Inc.
- Where is James Orlandini Foundation based?
- James Orlandini Foundation is based in IL.
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