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Matriarch 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.

$76k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
4
Grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 9
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$779k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Matriarch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsReligionArts & CultureScience & TechOther
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 arriving4$76k75%
FY20231$20k0%
FY20221$10k0%
FY20212$23k0%
FY20206$42k50%
FY20197$58k29%
FY20186$52k50%
FY20179$56kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$114kReligion$112kHuman Services$32kYouth Development$25kCivil Rights$20kArts & Culture$16kAnimals$6kEnvironment$5kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Heart Association Inc$112,00060%
Lake County Sponsors$80,000329%
Grace United Methodist Church$32,1382n/a
Geneva Foundation$24,10443%
Kids Above All Illinois$20,00020%
Lake County United Inc$20,0001n/a
Utah Film Center$10,00010%
The Salvation Army$7,0003n/a
Lake Forest Garden Club$5,000111%
Window to the World Communications Inc$4,00020%
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All grantees of Matriarch Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Heart Association Inc$112,00060%
Lake County Sponsors$80,000329%
Grace United Methodist Church$32,1382n/a
Geneva Foundation$24,10443%
Kids Above All Illinois$20,00020%
Lake County United Inc$20,0001n/a
Utah Film Center$10,00010%
The Salvation Army$7,0003n/a
Lake Forest Garden Club$5,000111%
Window to the World Communications Inc$4,00020%
Csab Inc$2,00011%
Paws Chicago$2,00010%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$2,00010%
Paws Inc$2,00011%
Tri Community and Youth Agency Inc$50010%

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($14k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Matriarch Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $112,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLake County Sponsors: $80,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetGeneva Foundation: $24,104 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetKids Above All Illinois: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUtah Film Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLake Forest Garden Club: $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWindow to the World Communications Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCsab Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPaws Chicago: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTri Community and Youth Agency Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 12.

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About Matriarch Foundation

How much does Matriarch Foundation give?
Matriarch Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $75,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Matriarch Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (34%), Religion (33%), Human Services (10%).
Who are Matriarch Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Heart Association Inc ($112k), Lake County Sponsors ($80k), Grace United Methodist Church ($32k).
Does Matriarch Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Matriarch 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.
Where is Matriarch Foundation based?
Matriarch Foundation is based in NY.

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 20 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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