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The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$449k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2025
32
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$285,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 32
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$5.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalEmploymentHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving28$449k18%
FY202432$595k25%
FY202317$496k35%
FY202224$70k38%
FY202120$469k25%
FY202021$431k57%
FY201917$385k24%
FY201814$380k93%
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.8MHealth$1.2MReligion$324kEducation$89kRecreation & Sports$48kYouth Development$48kArts & Culture$46kInternational$44kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Maccabi USA Inc$31,00070%
City Year Inc$30,00070%
By The Hand Club For Kids$28,50060%
Armenian Relief Mission$28,50054%
Mud Girls Studios a NJ non profit Corporation$28,00053%
Chicago Jesuit Academy$25,0003n/a
Pickles Group Inc$22,00041%
Hope Ignites Chicago$17,50020%
Lou Malnati - Cancer Research Fund$16,000210%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$15,00030%
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All grantees of The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Maccabi USA Inc$31,00070%
City Year Inc$30,00070%
By The Hand Club For Kids$28,50060%
Armenian Relief Mission$28,50054%
Mud Girls Studios a NJ non profit Corporation$28,00053%
Chicago Jesuit Academy$25,0003n/a
Pickles Group Inc$22,00041%
Hope Ignites Chicago$17,50020%
Lou Malnati - Cancer Research Fund$16,000210%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$15,00030%
International Samaritan$15,00020%
The Joseph Peter Bartzis Foundation$11,55054%
Willow Creek Community Church Inc$10,0004n/a
Rory David Deutsch Foundation$10,00022%
Lawndale Community Church$8,5008n/a
Rise$8,00072%
Chicago Hope Academy$7,00030%
Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship$7,00030%
Entrust$6,50050%
Encountering the Logos Ministry$6,2001n/a
Helphopelive Inc$5,50020%
Minds Matter of Chicago Inc$5,50012%
Soul City Incorporated$5,0001n/a
Fields of Dreams Chicago$5,0001n/a
Parenteach Institute$5,00020%
Misericordia Home$4,50020%
Chicago Mahogany Foundation$2,50011%
Parents as Teachers National Center Inc$2,50010%
Mdrc$2,50010%
Lake Forest College$2,00030%
Young Life$2,00020%
Elyssas Mission NFP$1,50010%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$1,00010%
CBA Media and Civic Education Inc$1,00012%
Friends of the Folds of Honor Foundation$8752n/a
Lawrence Hall$70020%
Special Children's Charities$50010%
American Liver Foundation$45020%
Impact France Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMaccabi USA Inc: $31,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCity Year Inc: $30,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBy The Hand Club For Kids: $28,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetArmenian Relief Mission: $28,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetMud Girls Studios a NJ non profit Corporation: $28,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetPickles Group Inc: $22,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHope Ignites Chicago: $17,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLou Malnati - Cancer Research Fund: $16,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Samaritan: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Joseph Peter Bartzis Foundation: $11,550 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetRory David Deutsch Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetRise: $8,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetChicago Hope Academy: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPresbyterian Frontier Fellowship: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEntrust: $6,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHelphopelive Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMinds Matter of Chicago Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetParenteach Institute: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMisericordia Home: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Mahogany Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetParents as Teachers National Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMdrc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest College: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Life: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElyssas Mission NFP: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCBA Media and Civic Education Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLawrence Hall: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Children's Charities: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetImpact France Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

AbbVie FoundationIL16.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Marc and Jeanne Malnati Family Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc give?
The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc reported 29 grants totaling $449,043 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (48%), Health (32%), Religion (9%).
Who are The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Maccabi USA Inc ($31k), City Year Inc ($30k), By The Hand Club For Kids ($29k).
Does The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc 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 Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Marc and Jeanne Malnati Family Fdn Inc.
Where is The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc based?
The Rick and Tina Malnati Charitable Foundation Inc is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 69 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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