Illinois · Private foundation
S5 Foundation Inc
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.
- $4.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of S5 Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to American Endowment Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,454,290
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Human Care Services Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heartland Alliance International Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Network For Young Adult Success | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mental Health Liberation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($441k), 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About S5 Foundation Inc
- How much does S5 Foundation Inc give?
- S5 Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $4,520,790 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
- What does S5 Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (65%), Human Services (0%), International (0%).
- Who are S5 Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Heartland Human Care Services Inc ($25k), Heartland Alliance International Inc ($15k), Network For Young Adult Success ($10k).
- Does S5 Foundation Inc 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 S5 Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is S5 Foundation Inc based?
- S5 Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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