Illinois · Private foundation
Orell Farley Foundation %Melisa Griffith Trust Officer Psb
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $32k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,113
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $728k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Orell Farley Foundation %Melisa Griffith Trust Officer Psb funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 6 | $32k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $31k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $32k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $39k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $30k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $24k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper County Youth Soccer | $14,904 | 3 | n/a |
| Jasper County Boys and Girls Park | $7,400 | 4 | 4% |
| Limitless Fund | $4,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Embarras River Basin Agency Inc | $2,965 | 1 | 0% |
| Jasper County Ceo | $2,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Jasper County Farm Bureau Foundation | $1,833 | 1 | n/a |
| Embarras River Tourism Council Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jasper County Agricultural Assoc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sainte Marie Foundation | $976 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper County Youth Soccer | $14,904 | 3 | n/a |
| Jasper County Boys and Girls Park | $7,400 | 4 | 4% |
| Limitless Fund | $4,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Embarras River Basin Agency Inc | $2,965 | 1 | 0% |
| Jasper County Ceo | $2,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Jasper County Farm Bureau Foundation | $1,833 | 1 | n/a |
| Embarras River Tourism Council Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jasper County Agricultural Assoc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sainte Marie Foundation | $976 | 1 | 2% |
| Jasper County Farm Bureau | $637 | 1 | 0% |
| Saved by Grace Animal Rescue | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($159k), 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Maxine E Spitler Foundation % Rita M Kocher · Mary Heath Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Orell Farley Foundation %Melisa Griffith Trust Officer Psb
- How much does Orell Farley Foundation %Melisa Griffith Trust Officer Psb give?
- Orell Farley Foundation %Melisa Griffith Trust Officer Psb reported 6 grants totaling $32,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Orell Farley Foundation %Melisa Griffith Trust Officer Psb fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (32%), Arts & Culture (22%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are Orell Farley Foundation %Melisa Griffith Trust Officer Psb's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Jasper County Youth Soccer ($15k), Jasper County Boys and Girls Park ($7k), Limitless Fund ($5k).
- Does Orell Farley Foundation %Melisa Griffith Trust Officer Psb fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Orell Farley Foundation %Melisa Griffith Trust Officer Psb accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Orell Farley Foundation %Melisa Griffith Trust Officer Psb?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maxine E Spitler Foundation % Rita M Kocher, Mary Heath Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Orell Farley Foundation %Melisa Griffith Trust Officer Psb based?
- Orell Farley Foundation %Melisa Griffith Trust Officer Psb is based in IL.
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