Illinois · Private foundation
Karen R & John T Crotty 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.
- $108k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 44
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations Karen R & John T Crotty Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 | 24 | $108k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $100k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $65k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $162k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $173k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $85k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 38 | $134k | 37% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St James Lutheran Church | $114,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Matthias Academy Corporation | $104,140 | 5 | 3% |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Bluff Open Lands Association | $45,500 | 9 | 6% |
| The Salvation Army | $44,000 | 7 | n/a |
| PADS Lake County Inc | $41,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Foundation for Tomorrow Inc | $40,300 | 4 | 2% |
| Water First International | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Indian College Fund | $38,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($257k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Karen R & John T Crotty Foundation 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: Schultz Family Private Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Edwards Family Cjlj Foundation · Lumw Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Baxter International Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Karen R & John T Crotty Foundation
- How much does Karen R & John T Crotty Foundation give?
- Karen R & John T Crotty Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $108,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Karen R & John T Crotty Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Religion (16%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
- Who are Karen R & John T Crotty Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St James Lutheran Church ($114k), Matthias Academy Corporation ($104k), Metropolitan Family Services ($70k).
- Does Karen R & John T Crotty Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Karen R & John T Crotty 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 Karen R & John T Crotty Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Schultz Family Private Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Karen R & John T Crotty Foundation based?
- Karen R & John T Crotty Foundation is based in IL.
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