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Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$746k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2024
12
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 21
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$12M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementHealthInternationalEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving23$746k35%
FY202312$497k33%
FY202214$395k36%
FY202119$856k37%
FY202020$669k35%
FY201921$531k24%
FY201819$380k32%
FY201721$362kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.1MReligion$851kInternational$706kYouth Development$435kRecreation & Sports$435kHealth$160kCommunity Improvement$150kHuman Services$105kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
NJ
CT
CA
VA
AZ
DC
AL
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Association for a More Just Society -Us$429,999712%
North Austin Community Center$380,0003100%
By The Hand Club For Kids$360,00071%
Kids First Chicago for Education$341,75074%
National Louis University$315,00070%
Exodus World Service$236,28066%
Sunshine Gospel Ministries$230,00064%
North Shore Country Day School$145,00040%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$130,00030%
Together Chicago Inc$125,00055%
Grace & Peace Fellowship$105,0002n/a
Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc$96,50070%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$83,33320%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$77,50070%
The Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Inc$75,00031%
National Christian Foundation Inc$60,0001n/a
The Varsity Collective Charitable Fund Inc$45,00021%
Ucan$40,00060%
Sierra Club Foundation$30,00040%
Aspire of Illinois$30,00030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$25,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$25,00020%
Salt and Light Coalition Nfp$25,00013%
Christian Life Ministries$25,0001n/a
Girlforward$20,0002n/a
Padi Aware Foundation$20,00021%
Catalyst Schools$20,00020%
Purple Project Inc$20,0001n/a
Year Up Inc$15,00020%
Agc Ltd$15,00030%
Jane Addams Senior Caucus$10,0001n/a
North Shore Exchange Nfp$10,00010%
Walworth County Food Pantry Inc$10,00011%
Gardeneers$10,00021%
Clean Lakes Alliance Inc$10,00011%
Porchlight Inc$10,00010%
100 Black Men of Madison Inc$10,00014%
Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy Inc$10,00014%
Fetch Wisconsin Rescue Inc$10,00014%
Wayforward Resources Inc$10,00010%
All Herding Breed Dog Rescue of Illinois$5,00013%
No Stomach for Cancer Inc$5,00012%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$5,00010%
Lyme Warrior Inc$5,00019%
Young Life$5,00010%
Appel Farm Arts and Music Center Inc$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($760k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAssociation for a More Just Society -Us: $429,999 over 7y, 12% of budgetNorth Austin Community Center: $380,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetBy The Hand Club For Kids: $360,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetKids First Chicago for Education: $341,750 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetNational Louis University: $315,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetExodus World Service: $236,280 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetSunshine Gospel Ministries: $230,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetNorth Shore Country Day School: $145,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $130,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTogether Chicago Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetBreakthrough Urban Ministries Inc: $96,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $83,333 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Coalition to End Homelessness: $77,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetThe Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Varsity Collective Charitable Fund Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUcan: $40,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAspire of Illinois: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSalt and Light Coalition Nfp: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPadi Aware Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCatalyst Schools: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYear Up Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAgc Ltd: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNorth Shore Exchange Nfp: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWalworth County Food Pantry Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGardeneers: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetClean Lakes Alliance Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPorchlight Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget100 Black Men of Madison Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFriends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetFetch Wisconsin Rescue Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetWayforward Resources Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAll Herding Breed Dog Rescue of Illinois: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNo Stomach for Cancer Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLyme Warrior Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetYoung Life: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAppel Farm Arts and Music Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL23.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · New Harbor Charitable Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · AbbVie Foundation · The MacKenzie Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation

How much does Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation give?
Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $745,833 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Religion (19%), International (16%).
Who are Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Association for a More Just Society -Us ($430k), North Austin Community Center ($380k), By The Hand Club For Kids ($360k).
Does Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Lloyd a Fry Foundation, Circle of Service Foundation.
Where is Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation based?
Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 65 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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