Wisconsin · Private foundation
Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $434k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 44
- Grants FY2024
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 40
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 44 | $434k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $176k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $272k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $145k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $323k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $121k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $255k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 34 | $215k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americares Foundation Inc | $220,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Institute for Ethnomedicine Inc Dba Brain Chemistry Labs | $195,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $121,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $100,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $76,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Cable Natural History Museum Inc | $52,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Katie Flowers Endowment Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Rainforest Trust | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Williams College | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $31,900 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($830k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: The Chicago Community Trust · James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr · Johnson Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
Compare Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc
- How much does Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc give?
- Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc reported 44 grants totaling $433,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (31%), Environment (25%), Education (12%).
- Who are Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Americares Foundation Inc ($220k), The Institute for Ethnomedicine Inc Dba Brain Chemistry Labs ($195k), Chicago Horticultural Society ($121k).
- Does Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Josephine P & John J Louis 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 Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr, Johnson Family Foundation.
- Where is Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc based?
- Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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