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Lkq Community Foundation

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.

$3.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2024
45
Organizations funded FY2023
67%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,055,210
Organizations funded a year
3 to 45
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$14M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Lkq Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyEnvironmentPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving44$3.2M48%
FY202345$3.3M67%
FY202231$2.3M87%
FY202114$864k86%
FY20203$51kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.3MInternational$1.8MHealth$1.2MPhilanthropy$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.0MEmployment$949kHuman Services$806kEnvironment$493kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 73 grantees
All grantees of Lkq Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Scholarship Administration$1,063,286252%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$900,00040%
United Service Organizations Inc$499,80040%
American Cancer Society Inc$498,36030%
I Car Education Foundation$477,21431%
Children's Miracle Network$317,70230%
Feeding America$306,96020%
International Rescue Committee INC$200,00020%
No Greater Sacrifice Foundation$200,00025%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$177,33320%
Ase Education Foundation$163,80617%
One Tree Planted Inc$156,68320%
Global Charitable Fund$155,54850%
Tennessee Environmental Council$150,00037%
Friends of Mill Ridge Park$125,000517%
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$120,0002n/a
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$104,02320%
Americares Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Breakthrough$100,00021%
Folds of Honor Foundation$88,40210%
World Central Kitchen Inc$81,64820%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$79,46910%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$77,46420%
United States Fund for Unicef$76,18220%
Nova Ukraine$68,48910%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$64,18210%
Folds of Honor - Tennessee Chapter$58,40014%
The Posse Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America$50,00010%
Mental Health America Inc$50,00010%
Techforce Foundation$50,00011%
Independence Foundation Inc$50,00015%
CHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs$50,00027%
Special Olympics Inc$50,00010%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$30,00020%
The Malala Fund$25,00010%
Hispanic Scholarship Fund$25,00010%
National Alliance On Mental Illness$25,000113%
Council of Korean Americans Inc$25,00012%
Thurgood Marshall College Fund$25,00010%
NAMI National$25,00010%
Victims First Inc$25,00010%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$20,0001n/a
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$20,00020%
The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Inc$20,00010%
911 Day$19,50020%
Institute for Educational Advancement$15,00020%
Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator Inc$14,48010%
Ellen Macarthur Foundation USA Inc$12,04012%
Civic Design Center$12,00011%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc$10,00010%
Automotive Mentoring Group Inc$10,00013%
Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill$10,00020%
Heart of Florida United Way Inc$10,00010%
Dr Clarence York Foundation$10,00011%
Duck River Watershed Society Inc$7,5002n/a
Russian-Ukranian Evangelical Baptist Church$5,0001n/a
University of the Aftermarket Foundation$5,00010%
Thrive Scholars$5,00010%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Lighthouse Baptist Church$5,0001n/a
Christmas 4 Kids Inc$5,0001n/a
Tourette Association of America Inc$5,00010%
California Automotive Wholesalers Memorial Fund$5,0001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$5,00010%
Southeast Community Ventures$5,00015%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$5,00010%
Harwich Conservation Trust$2,50010%
National Child Safety Council$1,80010%
Ohio Northern University$1,00010%
Church of the Nazarene Inc$1,0001n/a
Alive Hospice Inc$1,00010%
Small World Yoga Inc$50010%

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Lkq Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenter for Scholarship Administration: $1,063,286 over 2y, 52% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $900,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $499,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $498,360 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetI Car Education Foundation: $477,214 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetChildren's Miracle Network: $317,702 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding America: $306,960 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNo Greater Sacrifice Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $177,333 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAse Education Foundation: $163,806 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetOne Tree Planted Inc: $156,683 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGlobal Charitable Fund: $155,548 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTennessee Environmental Council: $150,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetFriends of Mill Ridge Park: $125,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $104,023 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $88,402 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $81,648 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $79,469 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $77,464 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $76,182 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNova Ukraine: $68,489 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation: $64,182 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFolds of Honor - Tennessee Chapter: $58,400 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetThe Posse Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMental Health America Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTechforce Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetIndependence Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetCHANGING AND SAVING LIVES FOUNDATION INC % HJERPE & TENNISON CPAs: $50,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Campaign Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Malala Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHispanic Scholarship Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Alliance On Mental Illness: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCouncil of Korean Americans Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVictims First Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWestern Reserve Land Conservancy: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget911 Day: $19,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInstitute for Educational Advancement: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEmergent Forest Finance Accelerator Inc: $14,480 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEllen Macarthur Foundation USA Inc: $12,040 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCivic Design Center: $12,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 65.

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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.

Hca Healthcare FoundationTN16.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Frist Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · The Allstate Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Lkq Community Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Lkq Community Foundation

How much does Lkq Community Foundation give?
Lkq Community Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $3,892,969 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 45 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Lkq Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), International (15%), Health (10%).
Who are Lkq Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Center for Scholarship Administration ($1.1M), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($900k), United Service Organizations Inc ($500k).
Does Lkq Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lkq Community 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 Lkq Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hca Healthcare Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, The Frist Foundation.
Where is Lkq Community Foundation based?
Lkq Community Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 99 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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