Illinois · Private foundation
Rik and Peg Master 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.
- $17k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $259
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $129k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations Rik and Peg Master Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 13 | $17k | 46% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $6k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $5k | 88% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $3,808 | 3 | 0% |
| St Marys Church | $2,682 | 3 | n/a |
| Native Hope Inc | $1,040 | 1 | 0% |
| Aia Foundation | $706 | 3 | 0% |
| Aia Illinois Foundation | $612 | 3 | 4% |
| Aia Chicago Foundation | $518 | 2 | 1% |
| McHenry County Historical Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Indian Country Media | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mary Catholic Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Congress of American Indians Fund | $222 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $3,808 | 3 | 0% |
| St Marys Church | $2,682 | 3 | n/a |
| Native Hope Inc | $1,040 | 1 | 0% |
| Aia Foundation | $706 | 3 | 0% |
| Aia Illinois Foundation | $612 | 3 | 4% |
| Aia Chicago Foundation | $518 | 2 | 1% |
| McHenry County Historical Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Indian Country Media | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mary Catholic Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Congress of American Indians Fund | $222 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Native Futures | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Transitional Living Services Inc | $41 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rik and Peg Master 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
About Rik and Peg Master Foundation
- How much does Rik and Peg Master Foundation give?
- Rik and Peg Master Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $16,891 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Rik and Peg Master Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Arts & Culture (18%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Rik and Peg Master Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Window to the World Communications Inc ($4k), St Marys Church ($3k), Native Hope Inc ($1k).
- Does Rik and Peg Master Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rik and Peg Master 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 Rik and Peg Master Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Rik and Peg Master Foundation based?
- Rik and Peg Master Foundation is based in IL.
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