Illinois · Private foundation
The Damien Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $83k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,365
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,729
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Damien Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $83k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $84k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $94k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $82k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $80k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $80k | 4% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $82k | 34% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $69k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Police Blue Hat Foundation | $163,471 | 8 | 16% |
| Community Needs of Chillicothe Illinois Inc | $62,871 | 8 | 9% |
| Friendship Place | $23,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Guadalupe Clinic Inc | $14,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Greater Peoria Honor Flight | $13,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Standing Up to Pots Inc | $12,397 | 4 | 5% |
| A R K Humane Society Ltd | $11,467 | 7 | 1% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $10,897 | 3 | 0% |
| Heart of Illinois Harvest | $8,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Rockford Council | $6,020 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Police Blue Hat Foundation | $163,471 | 8 | 16% |
| Community Needs of Chillicothe Illinois Inc | $62,871 | 8 | 9% |
| Friendship Place | $23,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Guadalupe Clinic Inc | $14,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Greater Peoria Honor Flight | $13,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Standing Up to Pots Inc | $12,397 | 4 | 5% |
| A R K Humane Society Ltd | $11,467 | 7 | 1% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $10,897 | 3 | 0% |
| Heart of Illinois Harvest | $8,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Rockford Council | $6,020 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Diocese of Peoria | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Room to Read | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Shakespeare Theatre | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| For Love of Children | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Peoria Humane Society | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dream Center of Peoria Nfp | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dysautonomia International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joy of Motion Dance Center Inc | $561 | 1 | n/a |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($302k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Damien 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: American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Damien Foundation
- How much does The Damien Foundation give?
- The Damien Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $82,916 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Damien Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Crime & Legal (25%), Religion (12%).
- Who are The Damien Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Denver Police Blue Hat Foundation ($163k), Community Needs of Chillicothe Illinois Inc ($63k), Friendship Place ($24k).
- Does The Damien Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Damien 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 Damien Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Damien Foundation based?
- The Damien Foundation is based in IL.
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