Wisconsin · Private foundation
William E McElroy Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $194k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,125
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $48,900
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations William E McElroy Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 13 | $194k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $182k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $168k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $192k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $227k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $154k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $158k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois University Alumni Association | $161,553 | 7 | 2% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $83,829 | 4 | n/a |
| Bradley University | $43,875 | 8 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $25,125 | 4 | 0% |
| St Louis University | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nova Southeastern University Inc | $21,625 | 4 | 0% |
| Marian University | $20,125 | 3 | 0% |
| Illinois College | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Florida State University | $12,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Coe College | $10,025 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois University Alumni Association | $161,553 | 7 | 2% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $83,829 | 4 | n/a |
| Bradley University | $43,875 | 8 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $25,125 | 4 | 0% |
| St Louis University | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nova Southeastern University Inc | $21,625 | 4 | 0% |
| Marian University | $20,125 | 3 | 0% |
| Illinois College | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Florida State University | $12,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Coe College | $10,025 | 2 | 0% |
| Benedictine College | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Portland | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rush University Medical Center | $8,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Sam Houston State University | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Maryville University - St Louis | $3,750 | 2 | 0% |
| University of St Thomas | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hardin-Simmons University | $2,700 | 1 | 0% |
| North Central College | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| North Central University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Olivet Nazarene University | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Augustana College | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($914k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William E McElroy Charitable 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.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare William E McElroy Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About William E McElroy Charitable Foundation
- How much does William E McElroy Charitable Foundation give?
- William E McElroy Charitable Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $194,354 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does William E McElroy Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (91%), Health (8%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
- Who are William E McElroy Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Southern Illinois University Alumni Association ($162k), The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ($84k), Bradley University ($44k).
- Does William E McElroy Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William E McElroy Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William E McElroy Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is William E McElroy Charitable Foundation based?
- William E McElroy Charitable Foundation is based in WI.
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