Illinois · Public charity
Maestro Cares Foundation
MAESTRO CARES FOUNDATION improves the quality of life of disadvantaged children and communities in latin america and the united states. We do so by providing housing, educational programming and the essential resources to support their growth and development. Through our efforts, we are strengthening communities and helping children…
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $400k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $16M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Maestro Cares Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $450k 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 | 2 | $400k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $650k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $250k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $101k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lower East Side Girls Club of New York Inc | $600,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Small Steps Nurturing Center | $500,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Together California Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Sos Children's Village in Chicago | $175,000 | 3 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 0% |
| We Are All Human Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Maestro Cares Foundation
- How much does Maestro Cares Foundation give?
- Maestro Cares Foundation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $400,000, out of $2,069,042 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Maestro Cares Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (36%), Education (30%), Human Services (26%).
- Who are Maestro Cares Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Lower East Side Girls Club of New York Inc ($600k), Small Steps Nurturing Center ($500k), Together California Inc ($250k).
- Does Maestro Cares Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Maestro Cares Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Maestro Cares Foundation based?
- Maestro Cares Foundation is based in IL.
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