Illinois · Private foundation
Sherman & Kara Wright 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.
- $3k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,750
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $49k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations Sherman & Kara Wright Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $10k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $7k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $23k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $12k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $23k | 90% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onegoal | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| 826chi Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Francis W Parker School | $10,075 | 4 | 0% |
| Near North Montessori School | $6,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bright Star Community Outreach Corp | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp for All Kids | $1,062 | 1 | 0% |
| Perspectives Charter Schools | $1,039 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc | $1,026 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Run | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onegoal | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| 826chi Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Francis W Parker School | $10,075 | 4 | 0% |
| Near North Montessori School | $6,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bright Star Community Outreach Corp | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp for All Kids | $1,062 | 1 | 0% |
| Perspectives Charter Schools | $1,039 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc | $1,026 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Run | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Columbia College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago United for Equity | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evan Joseph Gerstein Foundation | $518 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Juncture Foundation | $512 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| By The Hand Club For Kids | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Women Employed | $256 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Chicago Authors | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($14k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sherman & Kara Wright 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.
Open a dossier: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Allstate Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Joyce Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Sherman & Kara Wright Foundation
- How much does Sherman & Kara Wright Foundation give?
- Sherman & Kara Wright Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $2,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Sherman & Kara Wright Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (76%), Health (9%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are Sherman & Kara Wright Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Onegoal ($25k), 826chi Inc ($11k), Francis W Parker School ($10k).
- Does Sherman & Kara Wright Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sherman & Kara Wright 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 Sherman & Kara Wright Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, The Allstate Foundation.
- Where is Sherman & Kara Wright Foundation based?
- Sherman & Kara Wright Foundation is based in IL.
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