Illinois · Private foundation
LAJCK 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.
- $307k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,850
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations LAJCK Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 | 34 | $307k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $317k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $233k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $333k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $261k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $262k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $181k | 59% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $101k | 92% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Viator High School | $304,374 | 8 | n/a |
| Lawrence Community Shelter Inc | $142,000 | 9 | 2% |
| St Benedicts Abbey | $121,750 | 7 | n/a |
| Center for Healthcare Innovation | $64,500 | 7 | 7% |
| Pads to Hope Dba-Journeys the Road Home | $58,000 | 8 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $30,500 | 7 | 0% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Joseph Catholic Church | $20,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Pulse Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hfs Chicago Scholars | $19,040 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget LAJCK 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Reva and David Logan Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About LAJCK Foundation
- How much does LAJCK Foundation give?
- LAJCK Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $306,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does LAJCK Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Religion (22%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are LAJCK Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Saint Viator High School ($304k), Lawrence Community Shelter Inc ($142k), St Benedicts Abbey ($122k).
- Does LAJCK Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does LAJCK 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 LAJCK Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Arthur J Gallagher Foundation, Reva and David Logan Foundation.
- Where is LAJCK Foundation based?
- LAJCK Foundation is based in IL.
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