Illinois · Private foundation
John T Cherry Foundation Inc
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.
- $149k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $37,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $76,098
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4k
- 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 T Cherry Foundation Inc 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; $3k 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 | $149k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $113k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $15k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $64k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Illinoi | $139,500 | 3 | 43% |
| Victory Chiristian Center of Southern Illinois Inc | $76,098 | 1 | n/a |
| Survivor Empowerment Center Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mission Quest | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Marion Medical Mission | $2,975 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Illinoi | $139,500 | 3 | 43% |
| Victory Chiristian Center of Southern Illinois Inc | $76,098 | 1 | n/a |
| Survivor Empowerment Center Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mission Quest | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Marion Medical Mission | $2,975 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Living Real Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Trinity Christian School | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship of Illinois Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Spero Family Services | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Senior Adult Services | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($118k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John T Cherry Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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 T Cherry Foundation Inc
- How much does John T Cherry Foundation Inc give?
- John T Cherry Foundation Inc reported 3 grants totaling $148,598 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does John T Cherry Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (37%), Religion (32%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are John T Cherry Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Illinoi ($140k), Victory Chiristian Center of Southern Illinois Inc ($76k), Survivor Empowerment Center Inc ($6k).
- Does John T Cherry Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John T Cherry Foundation Inc 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 T Cherry Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is John T Cherry Foundation Inc based?
- John T Cherry Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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