Illinois · Private foundation
Aldridge Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $42M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations Aldridge Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $152k 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 | 31 | $2.0M | 32% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $1.0M | 39% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $891k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $657k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $713k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $738k | 59% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $321k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $245k | 55% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakthrough T1d | $782,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Greenhouse Scholars | $366,500 | 9 | 3% |
| Bridges to Prosperity Inc | $205,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Waukegan To College NFP | $185,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Miami University Foundation | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Providence St Mel School | $128,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Howard Young Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Lambs Farm Inc | $65,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Tuskegee Airmen Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aldridge Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Chicago Community Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · Dr Scholl Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Aldridge Gives Foundation · Lavin Family Foundation · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · Carol Bernick Family Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
About Aldridge Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Aldridge Family Foundation Inc give?
- Aldridge Family Foundation Inc reported 31 grants totaling $1,954,384 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Aldridge Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (51%), Education (20%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are Aldridge Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Breakthrough T1d ($782k), Greenhouse Scholars ($367k), Bridges to Prosperity Inc ($205k).
- Does Aldridge Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Aldridge Family Foundation Inc 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 Aldridge Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Baird Foundation Inc, Dr Scholl Foundation.
- Where is Aldridge Family Foundation Inc based?
- Aldridge Family Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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