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Southern Illinois University Foundation
The mission of the SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION is to provide alumni and other friends a means to invest in the future of others by providing private support for the academic, research and public service mission of southern illinois university and the population it serves.
- $16M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $9.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $45,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,589,571
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $318M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Southern Illinois University Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 5 | $9.8M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $9.5M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $9.9M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $8.4M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $7.1M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $6.6M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $5.4M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $5.4M | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $65,696,411 | 9 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University Alumni Association | $962,997 | 9 | 29% |
| Memorial Health System | $90,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memorial Health Championship | $45,250 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Carbondale | $34,178 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lincoln Academy of Illinois | $19,774 | 2 | 2% |
| Edgar Fellows | $15,295 | 2 | 2% |
| Land of Lincoln Economic Development Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Illinois College | $5,384 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $65,696,411 | 9 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University Alumni Association | $962,997 | 9 | 29% |
| Memorial Health System | $90,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memorial Health Championship | $45,250 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Carbondale | $34,178 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lincoln Academy of Illinois | $19,774 | 2 | 2% |
| Edgar Fellows | $15,295 | 2 | 2% |
| Land of Lincoln Economic Development Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Illinois College | $5,384 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Illinois Community Foundation | $5,072 | 1 | n/a |
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About Southern Illinois University Foundation
- How much does Southern Illinois University Foundation give?
- Southern Illinois University Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $9,779,652, out of $15,840,778 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Southern Illinois University Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Recreation & Sports (0%), Public Benefit (0%).
- Who are Southern Illinois University Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Southern Illinois University- Carbondale ($66M), Southern Illinois University Alumni Association ($963k), Memorial Health System ($90k).
- Does Southern Illinois University Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Southern Illinois University Foundation based?
- Southern Illinois University Foundation is based in IL.
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