Illinois · Private foundation
John E Groenings Charitable 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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $196k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations John E Groenings Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 5 | $5k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $4k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $4k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fostering Success Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tidewell Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Elgin Academy | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Keys Land & Sea Trust Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scholarship America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Forest Academy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($17k), 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About John E Groenings Charitable Foundation
- How much does John E Groenings Charitable Foundation give?
- John E Groenings Charitable Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $5,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John E Groenings Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Human Services (18%), Religion (18%).
- Who are John E Groenings Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($4k), Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc ($3k), Fostering Success Inc ($2k).
- Does John E Groenings Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John E Groenings Charitable 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 E Groenings Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is John E Groenings Charitable Foundation based?
- John E Groenings Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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