Illinois · Public charity
Parks Foundation of Oak Park
We are a community foundation organized to collaborate with oak park residents, community groups and partner organizations to support exceptional and extraordinary projects that enhance our parks and community life.
- $610k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $610,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $610,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $638k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Parks Foundation of Oak Park funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $610k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $36k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $2.5M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park District of Oak Park | $4,650,750 | 5 | n/a |
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About Parks Foundation of Oak Park
- How much does Parks Foundation of Oak Park give?
- Parks Foundation of Oak Park reported 1 grants totaling $610,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Parks Foundation of Oak Park fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (100%), Community Improvement (0%).
- Who are Parks Foundation of Oak Park's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Park District of Oak Park ($4.7M).
- Does Parks Foundation of Oak Park fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Parks Foundation of Oak Park based?
- Parks Foundation of Oak Park is based in IL.
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