Illinois · Public charity
University of Illinois Foundation
The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is an independent and separate nonprofit entity from the University of Illinois. Our mission is to encourage and administer private gifts and serve the UI System by working closely with alumni, faculty, corporations, foundations, and development staff to create fundraising programs and…
- $312M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $833,128
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $306,529,358
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations University of Illinois 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; $45k 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 | 3 | $308M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $268M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $262M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $229M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $245M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $206M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $201M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $203M | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $2,105,262,732 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Illinois Alumni Association | $5,277,233 | 5 | 38% |
| Orthopterists' Society | $1,078,000 | 5 | 73% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $106,313 | 1 | 0% |
| Southernmost Illinois Delta Empowerment Zone Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Parkland College Foundation | $45,316 | 1 | 2% |
| Carle Development Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington State University Foundation | $21,083 | 1 | 0% |
| Cunningham Childrens Home of Urbana Il | $5,220 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
University of Illinois Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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.
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How this is measured
About University of Illinois Foundation
- How much does University of Illinois Foundation give?
- University of Illinois Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $312,306,069 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does University of Illinois Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Science & Tech (0%), Community Improvement (0%).
- Who are University of Illinois Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ($2.1B), University of Illinois Alumni Association ($5.3M), Orthopterists' Society ($1.1M).
- Does University of Illinois Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as University of Illinois Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is University of Illinois Foundation based?
- University of Illinois Foundation is based in IL.
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