Illinois · Private foundation
Perks 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.
- $150k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $136,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- 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, 57% of the organizations Perks Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 | 5 | $147k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $145k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $192k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $145k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $115k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $155k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford Park District Foundation | $366,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Transform Rockford | $100,000 | 4 | 24% |
| Rockford University | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Rock River Valley | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Geneva Lake Conservancy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Farmlink Project | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo Syndicate | $8,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Yerkes Future Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Carrie Lynn Children's Center | $6,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Cottonwood Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($281k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Perks 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: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Perks Family Foundation
- How much does Perks Family Foundation give?
- Perks Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $150,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Perks Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (33%), Recreation & Sports (17%), Community Improvement (9%).
- Who are Perks Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rockford Park District Foundation ($366k), Transform Rockford ($100k), Rockford University ($85k).
- Does Perks Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Perks 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 Perks Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Enterprise Holdings Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Perks Family Foundation based?
- Perks Family Foundation is based in IL.
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