Illinois · Private foundation
Pfk 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.
- $215k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 28
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Pfk Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 8 | $215k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $169k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $230k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $200k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $275k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $455k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $435,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Paws Chicago | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Paws Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Morning Star Mission Ministries Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels | $60,000 | 4 | 23% |
| St Michaels Catholic Church | $60,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($174k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pfk 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: AbbVie Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Pfk Family Foundation
- How much does Pfk Family Foundation give?
- Pfk Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $215,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Pfk Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (50%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Pfk Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Shedd Aquarium Society ($435k), Paws Chicago ($200k), Paws Inc ($100k).
- Does Pfk Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pfk 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 Pfk Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Pfk Family Foundation based?
- Pfk Family Foundation is based in IL.
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