Illinois · Private foundation
The Sharon L King Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $42k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2024
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 36
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $559k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations The Sharon L King Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $360 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 31 | $41k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $39k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $36k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $35k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $36k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winnetka Congregational Church | $64,150 | 5 | n/a |
| Law Center for Better Housing | $33,244 | 5 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College | $17,700 | 5 | 0% |
| North Shore Senior Center | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Open Communities | $5,045 | 4 | 0% |
| Bright Futures Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Lighthouse | $2,475 | 5 | 0% |
| Indian Hill Club Scholarship Foundation | $1,750 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $1,524 | 5 | n/a |
| National Wildlife Federation | $1,233 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sharon L King Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · Sheila Reynolds Berner Foundation · Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund · Tinberg Foundation · John D and Alexandra Nichols Family Foundation · Berlin Family Fund · Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About The Sharon L King Foundation
- How much does The Sharon L King Foundation give?
- The Sharon L King Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $42,223 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 36 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Sharon L King Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Education (20%), Housing & Shelter (20%).
- Who are The Sharon L King Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Winnetka Congregational Church ($64k), Law Center for Better Housing ($33k), The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College ($18k).
- Does The Sharon L King Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sharon L King 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 Sharon L King Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Sheila Reynolds Berner Foundation, Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund.
- Where is The Sharon L King Foundation based?
- The Sharon L King Foundation is based in IL.
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