Illinois · Private foundation
Paul a Funk 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.
- $223k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 44
- Grants FY2025
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 2%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 42 to 46
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 2% of the organizations Paul a Funk Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 43 | $216k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 42 | $222k | 2% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $224k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 46 | $235k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 45 | $217k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Community College Foundation | $150,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Sugar Grove Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 18% |
| The Baby Fold | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of McLean County | $50,000 | 5 | 2% |
| McLean County Historical Society | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Western Avenue Community Center | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Mid Central Community Action Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Music Connections Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Milestones Early Learning Center & Preschool | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Community College Foundation | $150,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Sugar Grove Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 18% |
| The Baby Fold | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of McLean County | $50,000 | 5 | 2% |
| McLean County Historical Society | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Western Avenue Community Center | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Mid Central Community Action Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Music Connections Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Milestones Early Learning Center & Preschool | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ministry and More Inc | $12,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Center for Hope Ministries Inc | $12,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Carle Cancer Institute Normal LLC | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| New Hope Missionary Baptist Church | $9,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Heyworth Ambulance Service Inc | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Rockford Council | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Town of Normal Children's Discovery Museum Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Tinervin Family Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Team Illinois | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($580k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul a Funk 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: Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Snyder Family Foundation Nfp · Parker Kemp Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Russell and Betty Shirk Foundation · Tornquist Family Foundation · United Way of McLean County · The Growmark Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good
How this is measured
About Paul a Funk Foundation
- How much does Paul a Funk Foundation give?
- Paul a Funk Foundation reported 44 grants totaling $222,860 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 46 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Paul a Funk Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (25%), Food & Nutrition (22%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Paul a Funk Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Heartland Community College Foundation ($150k), Sugar Grove Foundation ($100k), The Baby Fold ($50k).
- Does Paul a Funk Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 2% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul a Funk 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 Paul a Funk Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Inc, Commerce Bancshares Foundation, Snyder Family Foundation Nfp.
- Where is Paul a Funk Foundation based?
- Paul a Funk Foundation is based in IL.
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