Illinois · Private foundation
Sapiente 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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Sapiente Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 11 | $50k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $46k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $42k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $46k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $40k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $39k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush University Medical Center | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $29,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Immokalee Foundation Inc | $27,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Working in the Schools Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund | $13,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Camp Daggett | $6,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush University Medical Center | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $29,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Immokalee Foundation Inc | $27,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Working in the Schools Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund | $13,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Camp Daggett | $6,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Foster Children Forever Inc Dba Fostering Success Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Park Foundation | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sparking Literacy Inc | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Coletta of Wisconsin Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christ Child Society of Naples Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brainup Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($81k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sapiente 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.
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How this is measured
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About Sapiente Family Foundation
- How much does Sapiente Family Foundation give?
- Sapiente Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $50,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Sapiente Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (41%), Education (37%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are Sapiente Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Rush University Medical Center ($36k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($29k), The Immokalee Foundation Inc ($27k).
- Does Sapiente Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sapiente 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 Sapiente Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Sapiente Family Foundation based?
- Sapiente Family Foundation is based in IL.
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