Illinois · Private foundation
Pajeau Children's 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.
- $52k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,064
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,096
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $887k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Pajeau Children's Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 26 | $52k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $48k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $43k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $55k | 95% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $47k | 95% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $39k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Louis University | $12,080 | 4 | 0% |
| North Side Housing and Supportive Services | $11,677 | 4 | 0% |
| Ignite | $11,677 | 4 | 0% |
| Lawrence Hall | $10,966 | 4 | 0% |
| Casa Central Social Services Corporation | $10,966 | 4 | 0% |
| Marillac St Vincent Family Services Inc | $9,082 | 4 | 0% |
| The Harbour Inc | $9,082 | 4 | 0% |
| Illinois Science and Technology Institute | $9,082 | 4 | 0% |
| Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill | $9,082 | 4 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Area Ltd | $8,904 | 4 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Louis University | $12,080 | 4 | 0% |
| North Side Housing and Supportive Services | $11,677 | 4 | 0% |
| Ignite | $11,677 | 4 | 0% |
| Lawrence Hall | $10,966 | 4 | 0% |
| Casa Central Social Services Corporation | $10,966 | 4 | 0% |
| Marillac St Vincent Family Services Inc | $9,082 | 4 | 0% |
| The Harbour Inc | $9,082 | 4 | 0% |
| Illinois Science and Technology Institute | $9,082 | 4 | 0% |
| Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill | $9,082 | 4 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Area Ltd | $8,904 | 4 | 5% |
| Maryville Academy Foundation | $7,198 | 4 | 1% |
| Wings Program Inc | $7,198 | 4 | 0% |
| Hope Ignites Chicago | $6,884 | 3 | 0% |
| Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center | $5,568 | 3 | 0% |
| Oak Leyden Developmental Services Inc | $5,506 | 2 | 0% |
| Esperanza Community Services | $5,188 | 3 | 0% |
| Reins of Life Inc | $5,068 | 3 | 0% |
| Haven Youth and Family Services Inc | $4,618 | 2 | 0% |
| Bernie's Book Bank | $3,468 | 2 | 0% |
| Glenwood Academy | $3,468 | 2 | 0% |
| San Miguel Febres Cordero School Inc | $2,580 | 1 | 0% |
| Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago Inc | $1,548 | 1 | 0% |
| Infant Welfare Society of Chicago | $1,548 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($121k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pajeau Children's 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Dr Scholl Foundation · Greater Chicago Food Depository · AbbVie Foundation · Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust · Circle of Service Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Frankel Julius N Foundation · Goldenberg Max Tw M G Foundation · Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
How this is measured
About Pajeau Children's Foundation
- How much does Pajeau Children's Foundation give?
- Pajeau Children's Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $51,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Pajeau Children's Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (21%), Education (19%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Pajeau Children's Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: National Louis University ($12k), North Side Housing and Supportive Services ($12k), Ignite ($12k).
- Does Pajeau Children's Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pajeau Children's 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 Pajeau Children's Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities, Dr Scholl Foundation.
- Where is Pajeau Children's Foundation based?
- Pajeau Children's Foundation is based in IL.
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