Illinois · Private foundation
John F Smiekel 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.
- $220k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $32,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations John F Smiekel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 10 | $195k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $195k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $184k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $231k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $208k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $225k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $192k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Relief | $223,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Avery County Humane Society Inc | $114,200 | 7 | 3% |
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $105,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Jeremy Elliott Scholarship Foundation | $93,400 | 7 | 50% |
| Appalachian Regional Healthcare System Inc | $89,400 | 5 | 1% |
| Revolution Workshop | $79,850 | 4 | 1% |
| Citizens Concerned for the Homeless Inc | $72,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Housing Forward | $60,550 | 3 | 0% |
| Mitchell County Animal Rescue Inc | $54,200 | 4 | 4% |
| Codeart Inc | $52,250 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John F Smiekel Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 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: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About John F Smiekel Foundation
- How much does John F Smiekel Foundation give?
- John F Smiekel Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $220,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does John F Smiekel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (16%), International (15%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are John F Smiekel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Direct Relief ($224k), Avery County Humane Society Inc ($114k), Chicago Jesuit Academy ($105k).
- Does John F Smiekel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John F Smiekel 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 Smiekel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is John F Smiekel Foundation based?
- John F Smiekel Foundation is based in IL.
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