Missouri · Private foundation
The Black-Cheslik Family 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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations The Black-Cheslik Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 14 | $1.8M | 43% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $334k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $1.3M | 40% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $604k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $92k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Lukes Foundation | $1,655,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Law Foundation of the University of Missouri - Kansas City | $1,088,050 | 5 | 34% |
| The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs | $73,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Commonspirit Health Foundation | $55,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Seattle Preparatory School | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rainier Prep | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wellsky Foundation | $21,000 | 3 | 2% |
| First Hand Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| La Liga Pequena Inc | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sewa International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Lukes Foundation | $1,655,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Law Foundation of the University of Missouri - Kansas City | $1,088,050 | 5 | 34% |
| The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs | $73,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Commonspirit Health Foundation | $55,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Seattle Preparatory School | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rainier Prep | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wellsky Foundation | $21,000 | 3 | 2% |
| First Hand Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| La Liga Pequena Inc | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sewa International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Helena Hospital Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rainier Scholars | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Old St Michaels | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colon Cancer Coalition Inc | $1,111 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Action and Contemplation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| L3 Love-Literacy-Life Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls on the Run of St Louis | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| iCan Shine Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Black-Cheslik Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Black-Cheslik Family Foundation
- How much does The Black-Cheslik Family Foundation give?
- The Black-Cheslik Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $1,902,850 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Black-Cheslik Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (40%), Education (27%), Crime & Legal (25%).
- Who are The Black-Cheslik Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Saint Lukes Foundation ($1.7M), The Law Foundation of the University of Missouri - Kansas City ($1.1M), The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs ($73k).
- Does The Black-Cheslik Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Black-Cheslik Family 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 The Black-Cheslik Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Black-Cheslik Family Foundation based?
- The Black-Cheslik Family Foundation is based in MO.
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