Illinois · Private foundation
Mr B Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $49k
- Granted FY2021
- 39
- Grants FY2021
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of Mr B Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Rsf Social Finance Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Mr B Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 23 organizations, $49k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 35
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 8
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 57% of the organizations Mr B Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 35 | $47k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $37k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Park Community Council | $21,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Boxing Out Negativity Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Working Bikes | $5,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Council on Urban Affairs | $5,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic | $2,650 | 3 | 0% |
| Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Lawndale Employment Network | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($33k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mr B Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Forefront · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
About Mr B Foundation
- How much does Mr B Foundation give?
- Mr B Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $49,413 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 35 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does Mr B Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Social Science (87%), Community Improvement (5%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are Mr B Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Garfield Park Community Council ($21k), Boxing Out Negativity Inc ($15k), Working Bikes ($6k).
- Does Mr B Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mr B 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 Mr B Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc.
- Where is Mr B Foundation based?
- Mr B Foundation is based in IL.
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