· Private foundation
The FJK Private 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k16 grants · $75k
- $10k–50k20 grants · $320k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $405k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BY THE HAND CLUB FOR KIDS | $100,000 |
| MISERICORDIA HOME | $100,000 |
| WESTERN DUPAGE SPECIAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION FOUN | $85,000 |
| NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $69,000 |
| CLEARBROOK | $51,000 |
| THE HAP FOUNDATION INC | $40,000 |
| PARTNERS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES | $30,000 |
| CHILDRENS PERFORMING ARTS | $30,000 |
| MARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME | $25,000 |
| JEFFREY PRIDE FOUNDATION INC | $25,000 |
| PHILEMON HOUSE | $20,000 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN | $20,000 |
| YOUNG LIFE | $10,000 |
| BRIGHT PROMISE | $10,000 |
| CHRISTUS VICTOR LUTHERAN CHURCH | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
53 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MHMISERICORDIA HOME8× · 2017–2024 · $800k · revenue +76%
- BTBy The Hand Club For Kids8× · 2017–2024 · $800k · revenue +54%
- CCLEARBROOK8× · 2017–2024 · $622k · revenue +97%
Funded once
- TPTRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHone grant, 2023 · $20k
- MZMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +82%
- GBGREEN BERET ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2017 · $20k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Provide community-based residential housing to adults with autism and/or severe developmental disabilities. also provide developmental training and other supports to this same population.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
It is the mission of sinnissippi centers, inc. to provide quality, coordinated and responsive behavioral healthcare services to individuals, families and the communities we serve.
The mission of easter seals is to increase independence, maximize opportunities, minimize barriers, and enhance the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities, those with special needs and thier families through direct…
The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…
Infant welfare society of chicago (iws) (d/b/a iws family health) provides quality medical, dental and behavioral health services for the health, physical and mental development of children and their families in the chicagoland community.
The mission of advocate health care is to serve the health needs of individuals, families and communities through a wholistic philosophy rooted in our fundamental understanding of human beings as created in the image of god.
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
To provide residential and rehabilitation services to clients with mental illnesses
The aids foundation of chicago mobilizes communities to create equity and justice for people living with and vulnerable to hiv and related chronic disease.
Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.
Living Well Disability Services transforms the lives of people impacted by disabilities through the delivery of exceptional services.
How this is measured
62 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 62 of the 82 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MISERICORDIA HOME ↗
- Who funds By The Hand Club For Kids ↗
- Who funds CLEARBROOK ↗
- Who funds Northwest Community Hospital Foundation ↗
- Who funds The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) ↗
- Who funds WESTERN DUPAGE SRA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds MARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES ↗
- Who funds SBAC EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KENNETH YOUNG CENTER ↗
- Who funds JONAHRE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VETERANS FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PHILEMON HOUSE ↗
- Who funds Almost Home Kids ↗
- Who funds HOOVED ANIMAL RESCUE & PROTECTION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds EMMAUS CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL-ST LOUIS AKA SET FREE ↗
- Who funds BRIGHT PROMISE ↗
- Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PALATINE ST JOSEPHS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST CULTURAL COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds JEFFREY PRIDE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL FORCES SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
- Who funds ROSELLE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ECS Ministries ↗
- Who funds ELDERWERKS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ↗
- Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SUPPORT OUR TROOPS - AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds DUPAGE PADS INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
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: AbbVie Foundation · The Dupage Community Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Rotary Club of Palatine Foundation · John Marshall Family Foundation · Foglia Family Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Northwest Community Hospital · Baxter International Foundation · Synchrony Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The FJK Private Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The FJK Private Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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