Illinois · Public charity
The Delta Institute
Delta institute is a nonprofit that collaborates with communities to solve complex environmental challenges across the midwest.
- $975k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $913k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $305,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Delta Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $367k 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 | 12 | $913k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $593k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $297k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $265k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $511k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $854k | 82% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $183k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Hobart | $372,003 | 5 | n/a |
| Regiment Securities LLC | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| 389nm LLC | $292,615 | 4 | n/a |
| Gei Consultants Inc | $255,253 | 4 | n/a |
| Muskegon County Road Commission | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $147,171 | 5 | n/a |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $135,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Muskegon Conservation District | $124,830 | 4 | n/a |
| Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development | $116,914 | 5 | 0% |
| Allegan Conservation District | $115,663 | 6 | n/a |
Show all 65 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Hobart | $372,003 | 5 | n/a |
| Regiment Securities LLC | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| 389nm LLC | $292,615 | 4 | n/a |
| Gei Consultants Inc | $255,253 | 4 | n/a |
| Muskegon County Road Commission | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $147,171 | 5 | n/a |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $135,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Muskegon Conservation District | $124,830 | 4 | n/a |
| Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development | $116,914 | 5 | 0% |
| Allegan Conservation District | $115,663 | 6 | n/a |
| Soil Health Institute | $114,936 | 3 | 1% |
| BIG NFP DBA Blacks in Green | $107,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Compeer Financial Flca | $95,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Transition Planning | $71,440 | 1 | n/a |
| Croatan Institute | $68,173 | 4 | 21% |
| Graef-Usa Inc | $67,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Neighborhood Technology | $66,400 | 1 | 1% |
| Davey Resource Group | $65,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Encourage Capital LLC | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Natural Land Institute | $51,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Environmental Consulting & Technology Inc | $51,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hammond Farms | $50,997 | 2 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $49,953 | 3 | n/a |
| Cardno Inc | $48,772 | 3 | n/a |
| Atomic Object | $40,568 | 1 | n/a |
| Spence Farm Foundation | $39,990 | 3 | 86% |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | $32,955 | 3 | 1% |
| Capstone Realty Resources | $31,150 | 2 | n/a |
| Muskegon River Watershed Assembly | $30,449 | 2 | 5% |
| West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission | $29,857 | 4 | n/a |
| Illinois Environmental Council Education | $27,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Montague Tree Farms | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brenner Brothers and Sons | $22,262 | 2 | n/a |
| Plovgh | $20,113 | 2 | n/a |
| Schichtel's Nursery Inc | $19,349 | 1 | n/a |
| Building Material Re-Use Association | $18,990 | 1 | 16% |
| Lift Economy | $18,188 | 3 | n/a |
| Kankakee Nursery Co | $16,788 | 1 | n/a |
| Leidenschaft Farm | $16,050 | 1 | n/a |
| The Power Bureau LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois International Port District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oceana Conservation District | $14,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Fresh Coast Capital Llcdba Greenprint Partners | $14,251 | 2 | n/a |
| Michigan Association of Conservation Districts | $14,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Zumwalt Acres LLC | $13,629 | 1 | n/a |
| American Society of Adaptation Professionals | $11,543 | 1 | n/a |
| Bickford Farms | $10,675 | 2 | n/a |
| A Visual Spark | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Philanthropy Partnership | $10,070 | 2 | 0% |
| Eproperty Innovations LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Openlands | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sandy View Farm LLC | $9,704 | 3 | n/a |
| Nourishn | $7,874 | 2 | n/a |
| Primrose Valley Farm | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Current Innovation NFP | $6,727 | 1 | 0% |
| Geosyntec Consultants | $6,229 | 2 | n/a |
| Ag Innovations Network | $5,750 | 1 | 1% |
| It's Gary's Time Inc | $5,541 | 1 | n/a |
| Berens Brothers Farms LLC | $5,438 | 3 | n/a |
| Forefront | $5,325 | 3 | n/a |
| Emsl Analytical Inc | $5,280 | 1 | n/a |
| Nehemiah Group dba Chicago Eco House | $5,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Great Lakes Yard | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boxing Worm Creative Company | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Delta Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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.
Open a dossier: Windward Fund · Builders Vision Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · The McKnight Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Patagoniaorg · United States Energy Foundation · Grand Victoria Foundation · The Lumpkin Family Foundation · The Energy Foundation · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · The Chicago Community Trust
How this is measured
About The Delta Institute
- How much does The Delta Institute give?
- The Delta Institute reported 12 itemized grants totaling $913,214, out of $974,974 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Delta Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (28%), Community Improvement (22%), Housing & Shelter (18%).
- Who are The Delta Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Hobart ($372k), Regiment Securities LLC ($300k), 389nm LLC ($293k).
- Does The Delta Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Delta Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Windward Fund, Builders Vision Foundation, Walton Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Delta Institute based?
- The Delta Institute is based in IL.
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