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Private foundation (trust)EIN 367067862Est. 1994-07

JAMES AND CATHERINE DENNY FOUNDATION

CHICAGO, IL 60601

Total Assets

$5.2M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.4M

FY 2024

Grants Made

40

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$35K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$250K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$612K

Total Expenses

$1.4M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.4M

Distributable Amount

$269K

Min. Investment Return

$273K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

40 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $25K to maximum $250K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $2.5M in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

156 grants

Chicago Jesuit Academy
$2.1M
12 grants
Catholic Extension
$585K
7 grants
Catholic Theological Union
$307K
5 grants
DePaul College Prep
$255K
2 grants
catholic bishop of chicago
$205K
2 grants
Illinois Policy Institute
$125K
1 grant
Adler Planetarium
$100K
3 grants
Clearbrook
$100K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

156 grants

<$10K
89
grants
$10–50K
57
grants
$50–250K
8
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

8 states

Illinois
$4.9M
94% of total
District of Columbia
$126K
2% of total
Florida
$88K
2% of total
Massachusetts
$35K
1% of total
New York
$18K
0% of total
Maryland
$13K
0% of total
Minnesota
$10K
0% of total
Wisconsin
$500
0% of total

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