Illinois · Private foundation
The Jonathan Madding 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.
- $181k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $745k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Jonathan Madding Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 21 | $181k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $172k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $157k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $156k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $131k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $70k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $101k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $81k | 44% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearts Touching Heartsfoundationinc | $180,450 | 5 | 21% |
| Holy Family Catholic School | $83,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tree Town Cooperative Nursery | $13,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Franciscan Mission Outreach | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rosary High School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Gerard Campus | $9,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Buttons & Bows Nursery School Inc % Jami Sharko | $5,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Millikin University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearts Touching Heartsfoundationinc | $180,450 | 5 | 21% |
| Holy Family Catholic School | $83,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tree Town Cooperative Nursery | $13,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Franciscan Mission Outreach | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rosary High School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Gerard Campus | $9,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Buttons & Bows Nursery School Inc % Jami Sharko | $5,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Millikin University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Macon Resources Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Easter Seals Dupage & the Fox Valley Region | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Patricks School | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Missions Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Our Lady of the River Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Macon County Fair Assn Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Methodist Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Waterleaf Women's Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Somc Development Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Central Illinois | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Victory Junction Gang Camp Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tabernacle Baptist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($783k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jonathan Madding 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: Andreas Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Jonathan Madding Foundation
- How much does The Jonathan Madding Foundation give?
- The Jonathan Madding Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $180,838 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Jonathan Madding Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (41%), Education (30%), Philanthropy (16%).
- Who are The Jonathan Madding Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hearts Touching Heartsfoundationinc ($180k), Holy Family Catholic School ($83k), Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church ($15k).
- Does The Jonathan Madding Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jonathan Madding 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 Jonathan Madding Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Andreas Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Jonathan Madding Foundation based?
- The Jonathan Madding Foundation is based in IL.
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