Illinois · Private foundation
Stephen S and Anne E K Matter 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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $155k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Stephen S and Anne E K Matter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | $14k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $9k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $7k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $8k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $7k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $6k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLean County Arts Center | $12,450 | 8 | 1% |
| Town of Normal Children's Discovery Museum Foundation | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| McLean County Historical Society | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Illinois State University Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Home Sweet Home Ministries Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lifelong Access | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Child Protection Network | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stephen S and Anne E K Matter 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: Parker Kemp Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Inc · The Growmark Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Snyder Family Foundation Nfp · Russell and Betty Shirk Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Stephen S and Anne E K Matter Foundation with peer funders
About Stephen S and Anne E K Matter Foundation
- How much does Stephen S and Anne E K Matter Foundation give?
- Stephen S and Anne E K Matter Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $14,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Stephen S and Anne E K Matter Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Youth Development (21%), Education (8%).
- Who are Stephen S and Anne E K Matter Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: McLean County Arts Center ($12k), Town of Normal Children's Discovery Museum Foundation ($12k), Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal ($8k).
- Does Stephen S and Anne E K Matter Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stephen S and Anne E K Matter 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 Stephen S and Anne E K Matter Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Parker Kemp Foundation, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Stephen S and Anne E K Matter Foundation based?
- Stephen S and Anne E K Matter Foundation is based in IL.
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