Illinois · Private foundation
W Darrell Kilton Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,540
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $162,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 24
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations W Darrell Kilton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $266k 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 | 21 | $1.1M | 38% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $1.1M | 44% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $1.2M | 46% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.0M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $1.0M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $981k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $966k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield Unlimited Corporation | $2,600,000 | 7 | 100% |
| St Francis Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis | $930,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Next Network | $182,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hearts United Associaiton | $159,747 | 7 | 17% |
| Litchfield Community Youth Development Program | $49,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Elmwood Cemetery Association | $45,000 | 2 | 35% |
| Cross Over Ministries NFP | $28,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Litchfield Chamber of Commerce | $26,500 | 2 | 13% |
| Litchfield Community Partners | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church of Litchfield | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield Unlimited Corporation | $2,600,000 | 7 | 100% |
| St Francis Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis | $930,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Next Network | $182,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hearts United Associaiton | $159,747 | 7 | 17% |
| Litchfield Community Youth Development Program | $49,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Elmwood Cemetery Association | $45,000 | 2 | 35% |
| Cross Over Ministries NFP | $28,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Litchfield Chamber of Commerce | $26,500 | 2 | 13% |
| Litchfield Community Partners | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church of Litchfield | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montgomery County Cancer Association | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Montgomery County 4-H Foundation | $7,112 | 2 | 8% |
| Latter Rain Ministries & Missions Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Litchfield Museum & Route 66 Welcome Center | $4,879 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
W Darrell Kilton Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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.
Open a dossier: Elizabeth S Baker Trust Bank & Trust Company Trustee · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About W Darrell Kilton Foundation
- How much does W Darrell Kilton Foundation give?
- W Darrell Kilton Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $1,144,028 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 24 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does W Darrell Kilton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (46%), Health (17%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are W Darrell Kilton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Litchfield Unlimited Corporation ($2.6M), St Francis Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis ($930k), The Next Network ($182k).
- Does W Darrell Kilton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does W Darrell Kilton Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as W Darrell Kilton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Elizabeth S Baker Trust Bank & Trust Company Trustee, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is W Darrell Kilton Foundation based?
- W Darrell Kilton Foundation is based in IL.
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