Illinois · Private foundation
John R Flanagan 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $525,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $31M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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 | 11 | $1.2M | 27% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $1.7M | 18% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.7M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $2.8M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $2.1M | 36% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $1.5M | 90% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $6,425,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $625,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $400,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy Corps | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Femme Bought Community Nfp | $121,000 | 4 | 97% |
| West Side Connector | $100,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Recreation & Fitness Resources Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 4% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $6,425,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $625,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $400,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy Corps | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Femme Bought Community Nfp | $121,000 | 4 | 97% |
| West Side Connector | $100,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Recreation & Fitness Resources Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 4% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Core Community Resources Inc | $60,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 28% |
| The Lakes Community Health Center Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Forum Inc | $38,850 | 1 | 1% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Legal Aid for New Entrepreneurs Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Beauty in Beauty Out Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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.
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How this is measured
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About John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation
- How much does John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation give?
- John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $1,225,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (58%), Philanthropy (12%), Food & Nutrition (6%).
- Who are John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northwestern University ($6.4M), Greater Chicago Food Depository ($625k), Metropolitan Family Services ($400k).
- Does John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John R Flanagan 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 R Flanagan Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation based?
- John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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