Illinois · Private foundation
Patricia A Bresky 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.
- $11M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 17
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $71M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Patricia A Bresky Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.4M 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 | 15 | $11M | 7% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $6.8M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $1.7M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.1M | 46% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $515k | 90% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $1k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $1,600,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Care Dimensions Inc | $765,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Rewild | $425,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | $425,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $375,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $350,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Neighborhood Schools Inc | $185,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Park School Corporation | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $130,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Stonehouse Inc | $125,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $1,600,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Care Dimensions Inc | $765,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Rewild | $425,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | $425,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $375,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $350,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Neighborhood Schools Inc | $185,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Park School Corporation | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $130,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Stonehouse Inc | $125,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Voices & Faces Project | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($16M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Patricia A Bresky 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
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About Patricia A Bresky Family Foundation
- How much does Patricia A Bresky Family Foundation give?
- Patricia A Bresky Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $10,505,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 17 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Patricia A Bresky Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (69%), Health (14%), Environment (4%).
- Who are Patricia A Bresky Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation ($1.6M), Care Dimensions Inc ($765k), Rewild ($425k).
- Does Patricia A Bresky Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Patricia A Bresky 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 Patricia A Bresky Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Patricia A Bresky Family Foundation based?
- Patricia A Bresky Family Foundation is based in IL.
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