Illinois · Private foundation
The John R Houlsby Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $153k
- Granted FY2021
- 15
- Grants FY2021
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $19,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 48
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 13% of the organizations The John R Houlsby Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 15 | $153k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $665k | 24% |
| FY2017 | 48 | $717k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nourishing Hope | $57,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sarah's Circle | $55,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Casa Lake County Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Glenwood Academy | $49,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Music of the Baroque | $49,000 | 3 | 1% |
| St Leonard's Ministries | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Almost Home Kids | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| SkyArt NFP | $45,000 | 3 | 4% |
| New Moms Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 49 grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($158k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The John R Houlsby 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Helen V Brach Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Dr Scholl Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Patrick and Anna M Cudahy Fund
How this is measured
About The John R Houlsby Foundation
- How much does The John R Houlsby Foundation give?
- The John R Houlsby Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $153,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 48 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The John R Houlsby Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Health (14%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
- Who are The John R Houlsby Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Nourishing Hope ($57k), Sarah's Circle ($55k), Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc ($50k).
- Does The John R Houlsby Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John R Houlsby Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The John R Houlsby Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, Circle of Service Foundation.
- Where is The John R Houlsby Foundation based?
- The John R Houlsby Foundation is based in IL.
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