Illinois · Private foundation
The Providence Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $280k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 22
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations The Providence Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 30 | $275k | 73% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $264k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $250k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phokos NFP | $150,000 | 3 | 50% |
| Pawprint Ministries NFP | $46,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Sullivan Community Education Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 35% |
| Veterans of Log Base Seitz | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Skeleton Crew Adventures | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Wss Sportsbackers Club Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm Way Sanctuary Inc | $11,858 | 2 | 6% |
| Fit-2-Serve Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Sullivan Athletic Boosters | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phokos NFP | $150,000 | 3 | 50% |
| Pawprint Ministries NFP | $46,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Sullivan Community Education Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 35% |
| Veterans of Log Base Seitz | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Skeleton Crew Adventures | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Wss Sportsbackers Club Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm Way Sanctuary Inc | $11,858 | 2 | 6% |
| Fit-2-Serve Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Sullivan Athletic Boosters | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arthur Legacy of Love Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Trinity Lutheran School | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Arthur Christian School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope of East Central Illinois Nfp | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medical Missions Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope for Hearts Farm Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Illinois Raptor Center | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Little Theatre - on the Square Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moultrie-Douglas County Fair Association | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Standing Stone Community Center Nfp | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bradys K9 Fund | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Spikes K9 Fund | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($403k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Providence Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Providence Foundation
- How much does The Providence Foundation give?
- The Providence Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $280,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 22 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does The Providence Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (40%), Education (16%), Animals (10%).
- Who are The Providence Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Phokos NFP ($150k), Pawprint Ministries NFP ($46k), Sullivan Community Education Foundation ($30k).
- Does The Providence Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Providence Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Providence Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Network for Good, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Providence Foundation based?
- The Providence Foundation is based in IL.
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