Does The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private 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 John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Helen V Brach Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.

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Illinois · Private foundation

The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 26
Grants FY2024: 34
Organizations funded FY2023: 9%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $30,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $200,000
Organizations funded a year: 27 to 35; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 7
Total assets, FY2024: $19M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 9% of the organizations The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $240k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	26	$1.4M	12%
FY2023	34	$1.2M	9%
FY2022	31	$1.2M	13%
FY2021	35	$1.2M	43%
FY2020	27	$1.1M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$2.1MEducation$1.5MPhilanthropy$960kHuman Services$953kFood & Nutrition$600kHousing & Shelter$435kPublic Safety & Disaster$165kHealth$120kOther$0

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
De Lasalle Institute	$450,000	5	n/a
Misericordia Foundation	$375,000	2	0%
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc	$325,000	5	0%
St Marys University of Minnesota	$300,000	3	0%
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$250,000	5	0%
Dominican University	$245,000	4	0%
Deborah's Place	$200,000	4	2%
Catholic Relief Services	$165,000	4	n/a
Foundation Communities Inc	$145,000	4	0%
Bethany House of Hospitality	$125,000	4	7%

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All grantees of The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
De Lasalle Institute	$450,000	5	n/a
Misericordia Foundation	$375,000	2	0%
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc	$325,000	5	0%
St Marys University of Minnesota	$300,000	3	0%
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$250,000	5	0%
Dominican University	$245,000	4	0%
Deborah's Place	$200,000	4	2%
Catholic Relief Services	$165,000	4	n/a
Foundation Communities Inc	$145,000	4	0%
Bethany House of Hospitality	$125,000	4	7%
Children's Assoc for Maximum Potential (	$105,000	4	1%
Adrian Dominican Sisters	$100,000	4	n/a
Bethlehem University Foundation Inc	$100,000	4	n/a
Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep	$85,000	4	n/a
The Great Springs Project Inc (Audit)	$70,000	3	1%
The Holdsworth Center	$70,000	3	0%
The Christian Brothers of the Midwest Inc	$55,000	5	n/a
Sparkforce	$50,000	5	2%
Estrella Educational Foundation	$50,000	1	1%
The Bridge for Youth	$40,000	4	0%
Rebuilding Together North Suburban Chicago	$30,000	3	2%
St Malachy School	$27,000	3	n/a
Food Connect Colorado	$25,000	1	n/a
Caring for Cambodia Inc	$25,000	1	2%
Caritas of Austin	$20,000	1	0%
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly	$20,000	4	0%
The Michigan Shores Club Foundation	$9,500	2	10%
Texas Parent-To-Parent	$5,000	1	n/a
Women's Ordination Conference	$5,000	2	1%
Little Sisters of the Poor Palatine St Josephs Home for the Elderly	$5,000	1	0%
Fred Jordan Missions	$5,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 21.

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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.

Helen V Brach FoundationIL15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Helen V Brach Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation

How much does The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation give?: The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $1,415,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 35 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Education (21%), Philanthropy (14%).
Who are The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: De Lasalle Institute ($450k), Misericordia Foundation ($375k), Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc ($325k).
Does The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private 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 John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Helen V Brach Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
Where is The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation based?: The John C and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private Foundation is based in IL.