Illinois · Private foundation
John and Betsy McLinden Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $40k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $24,081
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $347k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations John and Betsy McLinden Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 3 | $40k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $13k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $30k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $3k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $22k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $32k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $15k | 86% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $17k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $37,500 | 3 | 0% |
| People for the American Way | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bail Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rheumatology Research Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| March Fourth 2k | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Reading Power Inc | $2,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Kenilworth Union Church | $1,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Haven Youth and Family Services Inc | $1,550 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $37,500 | 3 | 0% |
| People for the American Way | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bail Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rheumatology Research Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| March Fourth 2k | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Reading Power Inc | $2,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Kenilworth Union Church | $1,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Haven Youth and Family Services Inc | $1,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Restoring the Path | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Volunteer Center | $1,100 | 3 | 1% |
| Steep Rock Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grahams Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $900 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Facing History & Ourselves Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| 1916 Redan Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Theatre Group Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($84k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John and Betsy McLinden Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About John and Betsy McLinden Foundation
- How much does John and Betsy McLinden Foundation give?
- John and Betsy McLinden Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $39,581 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does John and Betsy McLinden Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Animals (22%), Education (8%).
- Who are John and Betsy McLinden Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lincoln Park Zoological Society ($38k), People for the American Way ($10k), University of Chicago ($10k).
- Does John and Betsy McLinden Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John and Betsy McLinden 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 John and Betsy McLinden Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is John and Betsy McLinden Foundation based?
- John and Betsy McLinden Foundation is based in IL.
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