Illinois · Private foundation
The Wicklander Family 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.
- $70k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $58k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2024
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations The Wicklander Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 15 | $58k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $58k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $51k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $74k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $67k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $67k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $77k | 52% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $59k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Shoulders Fund | $27,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $26,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Uniting Voices | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| After School Matters Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Union League Boys and Girls Clubs | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Leadershop | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| El Valor Corporation | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Shoulders Fund | $27,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $26,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Uniting Voices | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| After School Matters Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Union League Boys and Girls Clubs | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Leadershop | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| El Valor Corporation | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Fisher House - Illinois Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Depaul University | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sharing Connections Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elim Christian Services | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Patrick High School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fenwick High School | $1,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Salute Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Imerman Angels | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Night Ministry | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspire of Illinois | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| AIDS Foundation of Chicago | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brain Research Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Thomas the Apostle Parish & School | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($311k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wicklander Family 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 Service Club of Chicago · Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Edmond and Alice Opler Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The Wicklander Family Foundation
- How much does The Wicklander Family Foundation give?
- The Wicklander Family Foundation reported 15 itemized grants totaling $57,500, out of $70,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Wicklander Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (19%), Education (16%), Health (14%).
- Who are The Wicklander Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Big Shoulders Fund ($28k), Chicago Jesuit Academy ($26k), Uniting Voices ($25k).
- Does The Wicklander Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wicklander 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 Wicklander Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Service Club of Chicago, Baird Foundation Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Wicklander Family Foundation based?
- The Wicklander Family Foundation is based in IL.
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