Illinois · Private foundation
The Makray Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2026
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $166,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 20
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 8
- Total assets, FY2026
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 21% of the organizations The Makray Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $167k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 24 | $1.1M | 17% |
| FY2025 | 19 | $1.0M | 21% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $907k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $1.4M | 39% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $375k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $392k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $388k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $128k | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biblical Counseling Center | $1,116,000 | 10 | 37% |
| Point Reyes Bird Observatory | $690,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Orchard Church | $525,000 | 4 | n/a |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $505,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Hutchcraft Ministries Inc | $350,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Culture City Church Inc | $200,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Global Training Network Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Maui Homeward Bound Inc | $125,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Climate Center | $105,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Wildcare | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Makray Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Makray Family Foundation
- How much does The Makray Family Foundation give?
- The Makray Family Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $1,157,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Makray Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Animals (19%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are The Makray Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Biblical Counseling Center ($1.1M), Point Reyes Bird Observatory ($690k), Orchard Church ($525k).
- Does The Makray Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Makray 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 Makray Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, American Endowment Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
- Where is The Makray Family Foundation based?
- The Makray Family Foundation is based in IL.
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