Illinois · Private foundation
Sharon Denning Charitable Trust
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.
- $23k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $479k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations Sharon Denning Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 13 | $23k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $19k | 58% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $23k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $18k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $16k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $16k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $18k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest | $54,350 | 8 | 2% |
| Zeldas Kitchen Witches | $4,688 | 5 | 2% |
| Inspiritus Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The After 26 Project Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio Aerospace Institute | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Chicago | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tender Loving Care Animal Shelter | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Facial Pain Research Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Exchange | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest | $54,350 | 8 | 2% |
| Zeldas Kitchen Witches | $4,688 | 5 | 2% |
| Inspiritus Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The After 26 Project Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio Aerospace Institute | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Chicago | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tender Loving Care Animal Shelter | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Facial Pain Research Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Exchange | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Water Wise Gulf South | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Oglala Lakota Childrens Justice Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| First Familes Now | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Van Buren Youth Camp Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wetlands Initiative | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fair Fight Action Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dupage Senior Citizens Council | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Companions Journeying Together Inc | $52 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sharon Denning Charitable Trust 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: Alliant Credit Union Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sharon Denning Charitable Trust
- How much does Sharon Denning Charitable Trust give?
- Sharon Denning Charitable Trust reported 13 grants totaling $23,352 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sharon Denning Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (41%), Human Services (12%), Education (10%).
- Who are Sharon Denning Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest ($54k), Zeldas Kitchen Witches ($5k), Inspiritus Inc ($4k).
- Does Sharon Denning Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sharon Denning Charitable Trust 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 Sharon Denning Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Credit Union Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is Sharon Denning Charitable Trust based?
- Sharon Denning Charitable Trust is based in IL.
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