Illinois · Private foundation
Paluch Family 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.
- $205k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $35,375
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Paluch Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $205k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $165k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $187k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $253k | 82% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $185k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $110k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $110k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $101k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary of the Lake Seminary | $260,375 | 8 | n/a |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $52,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $37,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Franciscan Outreach | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Expanding Lives | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary of the Lake Seminary | $260,375 | 8 | n/a |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $52,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $37,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Franciscan Outreach | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Expanding Lives | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Madonna Mission | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Morning Star Mission Ministries Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Community Outreach | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Essential Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Rockford Council | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Well of Mercy Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Margarets Village | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Just of Dupage | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Catholic Bishop of Chicago | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lumen Christi Institute | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Bonaventure Oratory | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pads to Hope Dba-Journeys the Road Home | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Night Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Laboure Society Inc | $3,375 | 2 | 0% |
| National Association of Pastoral Musicians | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Benedictine Sisters of Chicago | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson Our Faith Our Hope Our Futu | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Volunteer Network | $761 | 2 | 0% |
| Brothers of the Sacred Heart | $441 | 1 | n/a |
| The Catholic University of America | $438 | 1 | 0% |
| Vocation Ministry | $426 | 1 | 1% |
| Sisters of St Francis Third Order Reg Cong of Our Lady of Lourdes | $348 | 1 | n/a |
| A Nuns Life Ministry | $276 | 1 | 0% |
| National Association of Diaconate Directors | $263 | 1 | n/a |
| Sisters of the Living Word | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Sisters of Mercy | $180 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($565k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paluch Family 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: Helen V Brach Foundation · WP & HB White Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Sheila Reynolds Berner Foundation · John Marshall Family Foundation · The a Montgomery Ward Foundation · All Chicago Making Homelessness History · Dr Scholl Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Greater Chicago Food Depository
How this is measured
About Paluch Family Foundation
- How much does Paluch Family Foundation give?
- Paluch Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $205,375 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Paluch Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Human Services (11%), Health (11%).
- Who are Paluch Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Mary of the Lake Seminary ($260k), Big Shoulders Fund ($52k), Catholic Charities Inc ($37k).
- Does Paluch Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paluch Family 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 Paluch Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Helen V Brach Foundation, WP & HB White Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Paluch Family Foundation based?
- Paluch Family Foundation is based in IL.
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