Illinois · Private foundation
Seven Sisters 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.
- $47k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $647k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Seven Sisters Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 6 | $47k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $52k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $36k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $30k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $43k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safe Families for Children Alliance | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Salem Children's Home Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Immigration Coalition Corporation | $20,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Lifesong for Orphans Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Helping Hands Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Exodus Cry Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| A Door of Hope Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Circles of Care | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safe Families for Children Alliance | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Salem Children's Home Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Immigration Coalition Corporation | $20,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Lifesong for Orphans Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Helping Hands Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Exodus Cry Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| A Door of Hope Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Circles of Care | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids Central Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Seven Sisters Foundation Inc 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 Seven Sisters Foundation Inc
- How much does Seven Sisters Foundation Inc give?
- Seven Sisters Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $46,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Seven Sisters Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (28%), Youth Development (17%), International (17%).
- Who are Seven Sisters Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Safe Families for Children Alliance ($40k), Salem Children's Home Inc ($36k), Equal Justice Initiative ($25k).
- Does Seven Sisters Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Seven Sisters 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 Seven Sisters Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Seven Sisters Foundation Inc based?
- Seven Sisters Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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