Illinois · Private foundation
Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $213k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2026
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 6
- Total assets, FY2026
- $924k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 29% of the organizations Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 6 | $211k | 33% |
| FY2025 | 7 | $335k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $350k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $225k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $186k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $154k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $67k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $43k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $325,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $145,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The 22Q Family Foundation Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forestdale Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oneamerica | $5,110 | 1 | 0% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $325,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $145,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The 22Q Family Foundation Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forestdale Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oneamerica | $5,110 | 1 | 0% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly Inc | $1,550 | 3 | 0% |
| Kevin Dowling Scholarship Fund | $1,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Chicago Tribune Charities | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cantigny Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati 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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati with peer funders
About Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati
- How much does Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati give?
- Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati reported 7 grants totaling $213,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Science & Tech (33%), Environment (25%), Education (13%).
- Who are Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($325k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($145k), The 22Q Family Foundation Inc ($55k).
- Does Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati 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 Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati based?
- Ripples a Not-For-Profit Corporati is based in IL.
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