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The Drell-Nack Philanthropic 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.

$35k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
67%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
26 to 35
FY2022 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$726k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 67% of the organizations The Drell-Nack Philanthropic Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24
HealthAnimalsEnvironmentInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving30$35k40%
FY202427$27k67%
FY202335$32k60%
FY202226$37kn/a
84% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

International$28kAnimals$13kHealth$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kArts & Culture$8kEnvironment$6kCivil Rights$2kReligion$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
WY
IN
OH
NJ
CA
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VA
MD
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NC
DC
TX
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 50 grantees
All grantees of The Drell-Nack Philanthropic Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$12,00020%
Gpf Foundation$11,40044%
World Central Kitchen Inc$9,00020%
Honestreportingcom Inc$8,61440%
Conservation Nw$8,05230%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$6,20040%
Mercy Ships International$6,00030%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$4,06020%
Partners for Pediatric Vision$4,00020%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$3,00020%
Ukraine Defense Support$3,00020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2,50020%
Physicians Committee for Responsible Med$2,50020%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$2,50020%
Direct Action Everywhere$2,11420%
National Parks Conservation Association$2,00010%
Beth Jacob Congregation$2,0002n/a
National Park Foundation$1,50020%
Paws Chicago$1,50020%
Heartland Animal Shelter Nfp$1,50020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,07520%
Food for Climate League$1,00010%
Beth Jacob Congregation$1,0001n/a
American Friends of Magen David Adom$1,00010%
Farmlink Project$1,00010%
Paws of War Inc$1,00010%
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$1,00010%
Friends of Petraits$1,0001n/a
Apopo US Inc$1,00010%
The Louis D Brandeis Center Inc$1,00010%
Compassion & Choices$1,00010%
Friends of DxE$7001n/a
Charity Navigator$60040%
Bat Conservation International$53810%
American Bird Conservancy$5001n/a
Predator Defense$50010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$45010%
One Tail at a Time Nfp$40030%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$40010%
Chicago Horticultural Society$36810%
Window to the World Communications Inc$21020%
American Heart Association Inc$20020%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$14510%
Nutritionfactsorg Inc$12520%
In Defense of Animals$10310%
Medical Debt Resolution Inc$10010%
Internet Archive$10010%
Michelles Love$10010%
CaringBridge$10010%
Stop Soldier Suicide Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Drell-Nack Philanthropic Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGpf Foundation: $11,400 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHonestreportingcom Inc: $8,614 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetConservation Nw: $8,052 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Legal Defense Fund Inc: $6,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc: $4,060 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPartners for Pediatric Vision: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUkraine Defense Support: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Action Everywhere: $2,114 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPaws Chicago: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHeartland Animal Shelter Nfp: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,075 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFood for Climate League: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFarmlink Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws of War Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetApopo US Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Louis D Brandeis Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBat Conservation International: $538 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPredator Defense: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne Tail at a Time Nfp: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $368 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWindow to the World Communications Inc: $210 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $145 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNutritionfactsorg Inc: $125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIn Defense of Animals: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Debt Resolution Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternet Archive: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMichelles Love: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStop Soldier Suicide Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA12.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Drell-Nack Philanthropic Foundation Inc

How much does The Drell-Nack Philanthropic Foundation Inc give?
The Drell-Nack Philanthropic Foundation Inc reported 30 grants totaling $35,270 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 35 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
What does The Drell-Nack Philanthropic Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (30%), Animals (14%), Health (13%).
Who are The Drell-Nack Philanthropic Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Globalgiving Foundation Inc ($12k), Gpf Foundation ($11k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($9k).
Does The Drell-Nack Philanthropic Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Drell-Nack Philanthropic 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 Drell-Nack Philanthropic Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Jewish Communal Fund, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Where is The Drell-Nack Philanthropic Foundation Inc based?
The Drell-Nack Philanthropic Foundation Inc is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 77 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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