Illinois · Private foundation
Malinski Family 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.
- $305k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Malinski Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $199k 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 | 19 | $305k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $324k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $350k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $300k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $250k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paws Chicago | $250,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Aquanut Water Shows Inc | $160,000 | 2 | 71% |
| Twin Lakes Vol Fire Dept and Rescue Squad | $140,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Blue Cap Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 56% |
| Chicago Zoological Society | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Mission of Our Lady of Mercy | $30,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Benedictine Sisters of Chicago | $27,500 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($273k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Malinski Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Baxter International Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Trustmark Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Malinski Family Foundation
- How much does Malinski Family Foundation give?
- Malinski Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $305,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Malinski Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (32%), Health (13%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Malinski Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Paws Chicago ($250k), Greater Chicago Food Depository ($175k), Aquanut Water Shows Inc ($160k).
- Does Malinski Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Malinski 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 Malinski Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baxter International Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, Trustmark Foundation.
- Where is Malinski Family Foundation based?
- Malinski Family Foundation is based in IL.
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