Illinois · Private foundation
The Underwood 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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $446k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Underwood Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 | 14 | $35k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $33k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $40k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $51k | 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashotah House | $16,850 | 6 | n/a |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $15,830 | 6 | 0% |
| Outreach Community Ministries | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Anglican Council | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| China Outreach Ministriesinc | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| MAP International Inc | $11,270 | 6 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $6,760 | 4 | 0% |
| Covenant Players | $5,380 | 3 | 1% |
| International Justice Mission | $4,190 | 6 | 0% |
| Episcopal Community Services | $2,380 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashotah House | $16,850 | 6 | n/a |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $15,830 | 6 | 0% |
| Outreach Community Ministries | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Anglican Council | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| China Outreach Ministriesinc | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| MAP International Inc | $11,270 | 6 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $6,760 | 4 | 0% |
| Covenant Players | $5,380 | 3 | 1% |
| International Justice Mission | $4,190 | 6 | 0% |
| Episcopal Community Services | $2,380 | 3 | 0% |
| Medical Ambassadors International | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Restoration Ministries Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Teams International Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($111k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Underwood 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.
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How this is measured
About The Underwood Foundation
- How much does The Underwood Foundation give?
- The Underwood Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $34,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Underwood Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (33%), International (18%), Crime & Legal (11%).
- Who are The Underwood Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Nashotah House ($17k), Food for the Poor Inc ($16k), Outreach Community Ministries ($15k).
- Does The Underwood Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Underwood 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 Underwood Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Underwood Foundation based?
- The Underwood Foundation is based in IL.
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