Illinois · Private foundation
Royal Charitable 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.
- $170k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $43,499
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Royal Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $170k | 89% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $130k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $3k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Valor Corporation | $43,499 | 1 | 0% |
| South Chicago Parents & Friends Inc | $25,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Hegewisch Business Association | $25,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Together Chicago Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Rescue Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Claretian Associates Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Fit Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeast Side of Chicago Food Pantry | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Nazareth Parish | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Ovarian Cancer Coalition Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Valor Corporation | $43,499 | 1 | 0% |
| South Chicago Parents & Friends Inc | $25,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Hegewisch Business Association | $25,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Together Chicago Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Rescue Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Claretian Associates Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Fit Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeast Side of Chicago Food Pantry | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Nazareth Parish | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Ovarian Cancer Coalition Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Niles Township Food Pantry Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Francis de Sales High School | $250 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($82k), not named here.
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: Greater Chicago Food Depository · The Chicago Community Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Royal Charitable Foundation
- How much does Royal Charitable Foundation give?
- Royal Charitable Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $169,999 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Royal Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (25%), Health (23%), Community Improvement (17%).
- Who are Royal Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: El Valor Corporation ($43k), South Chicago Parents & Friends Inc ($25k), Hegewisch Business Association ($25k).
- Does Royal Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Royal Charitable 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 Royal Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Chicago Food Depository, The Chicago Community Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Royal Charitable Foundation based?
- Royal Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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