· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k2 grants · $73k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $76k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VICTORY DREAM CENTER | $76,098 |
| BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHERN IL | $37,500 |
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $35,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SESURVIVOR EMPOWERMENT CENTER INC4× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +14%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC4× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +39%
Mercy Ships International4× · 2020–2023 · $5k · revenue +126%
Funded once
- SFSIU FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $50k
- VHVIENNA HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2022 · $5k
- LRLIVING REAL INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +37%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
St. mary's hospital for children ("smh"), the flagship of st. mary's healthcare system for children, is committed to improving the health and quality of life for children and young adults with special healthcare needs. a nationally…
We, saint joseph regional medical center (sjrmc) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.sjrmc is a member of trinity health.
Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service
To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.
The hospital is a catholic health care organization sponsored by the sisters of st. casimir. by our commitment to witness to the healing mission of jesus, we contribute to healthy communities and promote quality health care to all with…
We, saint joseph's health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. honoring the heritage and advancing the ministry of the sisters of…
We, saint joseph regional medical center, inc. and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.saint joseph regional medical center-plymouth campus…
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
How this is measured
19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOI ↗
- Who funds SURVIVOR EMPOWERMENT CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds MISSION QUEST ↗
- Who funds MARION MEDICAL MISSION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds LIVING REAL INC ↗
- Who funds Trinity Christian School ↗
- Who funds CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds SPERO FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds SENIOR ADULT SERVICES ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John T Cherry Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John T Cherry Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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