Illinois · Public charity
Skender Foundation
The mission of SKENDER FOUNDATION is to empower and inspire mindful individuals and groups to achieve lifelong successes in education and wellness and to perpetuate the legacy of giving through gifts, time and talent to those in need.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2021
- 6
- Grants FY2021
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $1,150,385
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 51
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 50% of the organizations Skender Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 6 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $171k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 47 | $486k | 49% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $520k | 28% |
| FY2017 | 51 | $576k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
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 FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Prentice | $126,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Misericordia Home | $122,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $97,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cbre Foundation Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Bridge Teen Center Nfp | $55,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Esperanza Health Centers | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Depaul University | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Vocel Viewing our Children as Emerging Leaders | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $49,240 | 3 | 0% |
| Box It Foundation | $48,000 | 3 | 9% |
Show all 85 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Skender Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 74 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Circle of Service Foundation · Executive Construction Foundation · Leopardo Charitable Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Witz Family Foundation · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Turner Construction Company Foundation
How this is measured
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About Skender Foundation
- How much does Skender Foundation give?
- Skender Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $1,230,385 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 51 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Skender Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (45%), Health (21%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Skender Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Friends of Prentice ($126k), Misericordia Home ($122k), American Heart Association Inc ($98k).
- Does Skender Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Skender Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, Circle of Service Foundation.
- Where is Skender Foundation based?
- Skender Foundation is based in IL.
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