Illinois · Private foundation
Koenig Family 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.
- $42k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Koenig Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 10 | $32k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $50k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $31k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $71k | 48% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $52k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $46k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $41k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $39k | 79% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc | $26,500 | 5 | 0% |
| James a Brennan Memorial Humane Society Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Hope Chicago Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $17,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Allendale Association | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Keshet | $10,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Festival of Children Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Koenig Family 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: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Sam I Am Foundation · The Kadens Family Foundation · The Grainger Foundation Inc · Kovler Family Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation
How this is measured
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About Koenig Family Foundation
- How much does Koenig Family Foundation give?
- Koenig Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $42,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Koenig Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (17%), Education (14%), Health (14%).
- Who are Koenig Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($45k), Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc ($27k), James a Brennan Memorial Humane Society Inc ($25k).
- Does Koenig Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Koenig Family 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 Koenig Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Where is Koenig Family Foundation based?
- Koenig Family Foundation is based in IL.
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