Illinois · Private foundation
Varney 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.
- $2k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23k
- 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 Varney Family 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 | 5 | $2k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $2k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $4k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois Foundation | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Knox Presbyterian Church | $2,789 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $2,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Loaves & Fishes Community Services | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Unchained at Last Inc | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $600 | 6 | 0% |
| Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Naperville Singers | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois Foundation | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Knox Presbyterian Church | $2,789 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $2,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Loaves & Fishes Community Services | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Unchained at Last Inc | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $600 | 6 | 0% |
| Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Naperville Singers | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| On Site for Seniors Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Youth Symphony of Dupage Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Grameen Foundation USA | $400 | 4 | 0% |
| Fonkoze USA Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Varney 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Varney Family Foundation
- How much does Varney Family Foundation give?
- Varney Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $1,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Varney Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Religion (19%), International (12%).
- Who are Varney Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University of Illinois Foundation ($3k), Knox Presbyterian Church ($3k), Kansas State University Foundation ($2k).
- Does Varney Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Varney 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 Varney Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Varney Family Foundation based?
- Varney Family Foundation is based in IL.
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