Illinois · Private foundation
John G Symons Trust Charities Fund
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.
- $200k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations John G Symons Trust Charities Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 3 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $235k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $225k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $230k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $195k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $225k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $185k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $186k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland County Campus Foundation Ltd | $640,000 | 8 | 94% |
| The West Cook Young Men's Christian Associations Inc | $400,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $400,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Passages a Program for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault | $270,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Symons Recreation Complex Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 26% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), 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 G Symons Trust Charities Fund
- How much does John G Symons Trust Charities Fund give?
- John G Symons Trust Charities Fund reported 3 grants totaling $200,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John G Symons Trust Charities Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), Human Services (36%), Arts & Culture (22%).
- Who are John G Symons Trust Charities Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Richland County Campus Foundation Ltd ($640k), The West Cook Young Men's Christian Associations Inc ($400k), Field Museum of Natural History ($400k).
- Does John G Symons Trust Charities Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John G Symons Trust Charities Fund 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 G Symons Trust Charities Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is John G Symons Trust Charities Fund based?
- John G Symons Trust Charities Fund is based in IL.
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