Illinois · Private foundation
The Joy Box 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.
- $49k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations The Joy Box Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 9 | $49k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $60k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $59k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $50k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $49k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $66k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $56k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $77k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock River Chaplains Association | $84,000 | 6 | 22% |
| Stateline Youth for Christ | $65,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Dare to Serve | $30,000 | 7 | 13% |
| Alaska Christian College | $20,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Restoration Ministriesinc | $12,500 | 7 | 4% |
| Rock River Valley Pantry | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rockford Rescue Mission Ministries | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Pregnancy Care Center of Rockford | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pioneers | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Links Players International Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock River Chaplains Association | $84,000 | 6 | 22% |
| Stateline Youth for Christ | $65,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Dare to Serve | $30,000 | 7 | 13% |
| Alaska Christian College | $20,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Restoration Ministriesinc | $12,500 | 7 | 4% |
| Rock River Valley Pantry | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rockford Rescue Mission Ministries | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Pregnancy Care Center of Rockford | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pioneers | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Links Players International Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $2,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Rock Valley College Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant Youth of Alaska-Ecc of Alaska | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| All-In Ministries | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Evangelical Covenant Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rock House Kids | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kaanapali Beach Ministry | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Lahaina Baptist Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($218k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Joy Box Foundation supplied at peak.
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: The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · Community Foundation of Northern IL · Ahlstrand Family Foundation · John T Wolf Charitable Trust II · Guy Reno Family Foundation · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · Northern Illinois Food Bank
How this is measured
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About The Joy Box Foundation
- How much does The Joy Box Foundation give?
- The Joy Box Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $49,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Joy Box Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Youth Development (23%), Education (15%).
- Who are The Joy Box Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Rock River Chaplains Association ($84k), Stateline Youth for Christ ($65k), Dare to Serve ($30k).
- Does The Joy Box Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Joy Box 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 Joy Box Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kjellstrom Family Foundation, Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation, Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Joy Box Foundation based?
- The Joy Box Foundation is based in IL.
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