Illinois · Private foundation
Papanek Family 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.
- $73k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,589
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $8,973
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations Papanek Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 17 | $73k | 59% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $34k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $38k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $38k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $38k | 8% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $42k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Rescue Committee INC | $34,863 | 6 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $34,520 | 5 | 0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc | $30,928 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $17,054 | 6 | 0% |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $13,503 | 6 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $12,219 | 6 | 0% |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | $10,689 | 5 | 0% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $10,689 | 5 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $9,490 | 5 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $3,800 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Rescue Committee INC | $34,863 | 6 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $34,520 | 5 | 0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc | $30,928 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $17,054 | 6 | 0% |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $13,503 | 6 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $12,219 | 6 | 0% |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | $10,689 | 5 | 0% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $10,689 | 5 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $9,490 | 5 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $3,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc | $1,482 | 1 | 0% |
| United for A Fair Economy Inc | $1,404 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas Inc | $1,326 | 1 | 0% |
| Louis August Jonas Foundation Inc | $1,248 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($79k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Papanek 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.
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How this is measured
About Papanek Family Foundation
- How much does Papanek Family Foundation give?
- Papanek Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $72,638 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Papanek Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (49%), International (38%), Crime & Legal (7%).
- Who are Papanek Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: International Rescue Committee INC ($35k), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($35k), Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc ($31k).
- Does Papanek Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Papanek 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 Papanek Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Papanek Family Foundation based?
- Papanek Family Foundation is based in IL.
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