Illinois · Private foundation
Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable 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.
- $310k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $471k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $212k 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 | 8 | $310k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $212k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $88k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $60k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $70k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $61k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $37k | 75% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marist High School | $200,000 | 6 | n/a |
| President and Fellows of Middlebury College | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thessalonica Agricultural & Industrial Institute (The American Farm School) | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cedar Lake Enchancement Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Nib Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New York Yankees Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Butler National Scholarship Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Savannah College of Art and DesignInc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marist High School | $200,000 | 6 | n/a |
| President and Fellows of Middlebury College | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thessalonica Agricultural & Industrial Institute (The American Farm School) | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cedar Lake Enchancement Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Nib Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New York Yankees Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Butler National Scholarship Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Savannah College of Art and DesignInc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| USTA Northern | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Florida Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kenwood Isles Tennis Association Inc | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Save Ponte Vedra Beach Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($581k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable Foundation
- How much does Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable Foundation give?
- Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $309,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (57%), Education (35%), Recreation & Sports (3%).
- Who are Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Marist High School ($200k), President and Fellows of Middlebury College ($50k), Thessalonica Agricultural & Industrial Institute (The American Farm School) ($15k).
- Does Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable 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 Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable Foundation based?
- Michael and Suzanne Carusillo Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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