Illinois · Private foundation
Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas
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.
- $128k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $907k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k 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 | 16 | $128k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $104k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $47k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $18k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $17k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $37k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Hellenic Museum | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc | $20,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Orthodox Christian Mission Center Inc | $13,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Greek American Health Services Foundation | $11,750 | 3 | 1% |
| Hellenic College Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Church the Assumption of Chicago and Western | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis Ofchicago | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hellenic Bar Association | $3,000 | 3 | 18% |
| St Iakovos Retreat Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Hellenic Museum | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc | $20,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Orthodox Christian Mission Center Inc | $13,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Greek American Health Services Foundation | $11,750 | 3 | 1% |
| Hellenic College Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Church the Assumption of Chicago and Western | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis Ofchicago | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hellenic Bar Association | $3,000 | 3 | 18% |
| St Iakovos Retreat Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($276k), not named here.
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 John C Kulis Charitable Foundation · Hellenic Foundation · The Louis and Eleni Nicozisis Family Foundation Inc · The Renaissance Fund NFP · Gianaras Foundation · Buhler Kapsalis Family Foundation · Joannides Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas
- How much does Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas give?
- Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas reported 16 grants totaling $127,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (67%), Education (10%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: National Hellenic Museum ($35k), Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc ($21k), Orthodox Christian Mission Center Inc ($13k).
- Does Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas 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 Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The John C Kulis Charitable Foundation, Hellenic Foundation, The Louis and Eleni Nicozisis Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas based?
- Vranas Family Foundation Co John P Vranas is based in IL.
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