Illinois · Private foundation
The King Family 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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,507,823
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,507,823
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 41
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $879k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations The King Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 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 | 1 | $2.0M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $570k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 41 | $668k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denison University | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mounds Park Academy | $255,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Urban Gateways | $255,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Academy for Urban School Leadership | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bulamu International | $75,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Freedom Golf Association | $60,000 | 2 | 14% |
| University of Chicago | $28,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wellness House | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Array Education Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 39 grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($180k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The King Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · James and Catherine Denny Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation · The Canning Foundation · Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group
How this is measured
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About The King Family Foundation
- How much does The King Family Foundation give?
- The King Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $2,000,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 41 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does The King Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (79%), Arts & Culture (9%), International (2%).
- Who are The King Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Denison University ($2.0M), Mounds Park Academy ($255k), Urban Gateways ($255k).
- Does The King Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The King Family 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 King Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, James and Catherine Denny Foundation, Lloyd a Fry Foundation.
- Where is The King Family Foundation based?
- The King Family Foundation is based in IL.
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