Illinois · Private foundation
The Caleel Foundation Inc
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.
- $191k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 33
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations The Caleel Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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 | 11 | $191k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $185k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $120k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $132k | 70% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $188k | 62% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $30k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $47k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marist High School | $64,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $42,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Valley Inc | $39,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Icon Ministries Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $22,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Assistance League of Chicagoland West | $18,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fenwick High School | $16,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Western Golf Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Welfare League of Mont Co | $8,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($560k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Caleel Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Caleel Foundation Inc
- How much does The Caleel Foundation Inc give?
- The Caleel Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $191,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 33 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Caleel Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Health (22%), Religion (17%).
- Who are The Caleel Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Marist High School ($65k), Field Museum of Natural History ($42k), Boys and Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Valley Inc ($39k).
- Does The Caleel Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Caleel Foundation Inc 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 Caleel Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nisource Charitable Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation.
- Where is The Caleel Foundation Inc based?
- The Caleel Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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