Illinois · Private foundation
The Growmark 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.
- $855k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 188
- Grants FY2024
- 177
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $108,650
- Organizations funded a year
- 150 to 177
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 29
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations The Growmark Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $369k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 176 | $847k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 177 | $2.4M | 57% |
| FY2022 | 152 | $845k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 151 | $749k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 150 | $817k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $267,650 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $216,380 | 3 | 0% |
| Iowa State University Foundation | $141,787 | 5 | 0% |
| Agriculture Future of America | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Illinois College | $82,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Trees Forever Inc | $80,050 | 4 | 1% |
| Agribusiness Association of Iowa | $80,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc | $66,500 | 2 | 9% |
| Iowa FFA Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Progressive Agriculture Foundation | $60,000 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 234 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 256 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Growmark Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 187 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Inc · Parker Kemp Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Snyder Family Foundation Nfp · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Reardon Family Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Chs Foundation · Jx Gives Back Family Foundation Inc · United Way of McLean County · Otto Baum Company Inc Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Growmark Foundation
- How much does The Growmark Foundation give?
- The Growmark Foundation reported 188 grants totaling $854,906 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 150 and 177 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Growmark Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Food & Nutrition (41%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are The Growmark Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Midwest Food Bank Nfp ($268k), University of Illinois Foundation ($216k), Iowa State University Foundation ($142k).
- Does The Growmark Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Growmark 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 Growmark Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Inc, Parker Kemp Foundation, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.
- Where is The Growmark Foundation based?
- The Growmark Foundation is based in IL.
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