Illinois · Private foundation
The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust
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.
- $147k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2024
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 41
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 16
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 31 | $147k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $149k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $149k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 39 | $149k | 3% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Kidney Fund Inc | $87,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Greenpeace Fund Inc | $52,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Rainforest Alliance Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| First Book | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $28,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Paws With A Cause | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust 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
Compare The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust with peer funders
About The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust
- How much does The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust give?
- The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust reported 31 grants totaling $146,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 41 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (29%), Environment (27%), Health (14%).
- Who are The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: American Kidney Fund Inc ($87k), Greenpeace Fund Inc ($52k), The Wild Animal Sanctuary ($50k).
- Does The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust 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 Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust based?
- The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust is based in IL.
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