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John F and Joan P Mullins 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.

$67k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
10%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 22
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$1.5M
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 John F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving23$67k17%
FY202421$58k10%
FY202321$60k10%
FY202222$64k14%
FY202120$57k15%
FY202019$57k32%
FY201918$53k28%
FY201819$52k26%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$147kEducation$116kHuman Services$89kPublic Safety & Disaster$49kRecreation & Sports$49kFood & Nutrition$33kReligion$10kPublic Benefit$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
WY
CA
UT
CO
TN
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 37 grantees
All grantees of John F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chicago Blackhawk Alumni Association$42,50094%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$31,50090%
Loyola University of Chicago$26,75080%
Magic Foundation$26,50090%
People's Resource Center$24,10060%
Pillars Community Health$22,00080%
Loyola University Medical Center$21,00070%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$21,00060%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Nw Indiana$19,00060%
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation$17,50070%
Hundred Club of Dupage County$13,50057%
Misericordia Home$13,50060%
Easter Seals Dupage & the Fox Valley Region$12,50040%
Just Live Inc$8,75045%
Advocate Charitable Foundation$8,50030%
Patriot Education Fund$8,50032%
Notre Dame Parish$7,5004n/a
Chicago Jesuit Academy$6,0002n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$6,00030%
Special Operators Transition Foundation Inc$5,00040%
Children's Heart Foundation$4,50030%
Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation$3,00020%
American Hearing Impaired Hockey Assn Inc$3,00020%
Big Shoulders Fund$3,00020%
Paws With A Cause$3,00020%
Bridge Communities Inc$2,00010%
Chicago District Golf Association Foundation$2,00010%
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc$2,00020%
Broadview Service Center Inc$2,0001n/a
Giant Steps Illinois Inc$1,50010%
Chicago District Golf Association$1,00010%
Colonial Flag Foundation$1,00010%
Woodstock Food Pantry$1,0001n/a
Rocky Mountain Aid Foundation$1,00011%
Alain Locke Charter School$50010%
The Foundation of the Legacy Guild$50010%
Achieving My Best Life$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($140k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChicago Blackhawk Alumni Association: $42,500 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $31,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLoyola University of Chicago: $26,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMagic Foundation: $26,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetPeople's Resource Center: $24,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPillars Community Health: $22,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLoyola University Medical Center: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Nw Indiana: $19,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Police Memorial Foundation: $17,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHundred Club of Dupage County: $13,500 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetMisericordia Home: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEaster Seals Dupage & the Fox Valley Region: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJust Live Inc: $8,750 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetAdvocate Charitable Foundation: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPatriot Education Fund: $8,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Operators Transition Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Heart Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTesticular Cancer Awareness Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Hearing Impaired Hockey Assn Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBridge Communities Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago District Golf Association Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTheodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGiant Steps Illinois Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago District Golf Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Flag Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRocky Mountain Aid Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAlain Locke Charter School: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation of the Legacy Guild: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAchieving My Best Life: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

Baird Foundation IncWI13.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · Motorola Solutions Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About John F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation

How much does John F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation give?
John F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $67,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does John F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (29%), Education (23%), Human Services (17%).
Who are John F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Blackhawk Alumni Association ($43k), Northern Illinois Food Bank ($32k), Loyola University of Chicago ($27k).
Does John F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John F and Joan P Mullins 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 F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baird Foundation Inc, Motorola Solutions Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
Where is John F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation based?
John F and Joan P Mullins Charitable Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 51 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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