Illinois · Private foundation
The Footprints Foundation
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.
- $203k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $91,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Footprints Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | $203k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $118k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $169k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $131k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $168k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $61k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $62k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $58k | 75% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Techforce Foundation | $518,400 | 6 | 3% |
| McPherson College | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Swan Songs Musical Last Wishes | $45,868 | 8 | 1% |
| Loaves & Fishes Community Services | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $35,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Doit From the Heart | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rpm Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Health Alliance for Austin Musicians | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Illinois University Alumni Association | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fund for Myeloma Education and Research Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($197k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Footprints 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: St David's Foundation · Better Business Bureau · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Footprints Foundation
- How much does The Footprints Foundation give?
- The Footprints Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $202,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Footprints Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (52%), Education (14%), Health (14%).
- Who are The Footprints Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Techforce Foundation ($518k), McPherson College ($70k), Swan Songs Musical Last Wishes ($46k).
- Does The Footprints Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Footprints 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 Footprints Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St David's Foundation, Better Business Bureau, Austin Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Footprints Foundation based?
- The Footprints Foundation is based in IL.
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