Illinois · Private foundation
The Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan
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.
- $149k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 62
- Grants FY2025
- 57
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 58
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations The Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 61 | $148k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 57 | $146k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 58 | $151k | 34% |
| FY2022 | 49 | $91k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $113k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 52 | $152k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $181k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $187k | 62% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mother McAuley High School | $285,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association | $199,163 | 8 | 2% |
| Advocate Charitable Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa | $30,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $27,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Raue Center for the Arts | $26,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Society of the Little Flower | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mount Carmel High School | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Side by Side Charter School Inc | $12,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Lindengrove Foundation Inc | $10,250 | 5 | 3% |
Show all 85 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 86 recipients with no EIN on record ($512k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan 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: Grace and Li Yu Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Anastasia & KR Jenkins Foundation · The McGrew-Philipp Family Foundation · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · Ebs Foundation · Farrell Family Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · AbbVie Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan
- How much does The Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan give?
- The Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan reported 62 grants totaling $149,010 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 58 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Arts & Culture (20%), Health (17%).
- Who are The Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mother McAuley High School ($285k), Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association ($199k), Advocate Charitable Foundation ($55k).
- Does The Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan 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 Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grace and Li Yu Family Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Anastasia & KR Jenkins Foundation.
- Where is The Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan based?
- The Francis J and Patricia a Houlihan is based in IL.
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