Illinois · Private foundation
Armstrong Family Foundation
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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $539k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Armstrong Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 11 | $35k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $26k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $23k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $22k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $20k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $14k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $7k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $9k | 20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Ministry | $34,000 | 6 | 0% |
| MAAFA Redemption Project | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Altus Academy | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Medical Debt Resolution Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $6,000 | 6 | n/a |
| A Just Harvest | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| A Precious Child Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Ministry | $34,000 | 6 | 0% |
| MAAFA Redemption Project | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Altus Academy | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Medical Debt Resolution Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $6,000 | 6 | n/a |
| A Just Harvest | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Mens Christian Association Of Northern Utah | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| A Precious Child Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Glen View Club Scholarship Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Foundation of Utah | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Angel Heart | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Chicago Pipe Band | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelburne Museum Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Writers Theatre Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Armstrong Family 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Armstrong Family Foundation
- How much does Armstrong Family Foundation give?
- Armstrong Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $35,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Armstrong Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Religion (17%), Community Improvement (11%).
- Who are Armstrong Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Night Ministry ($34k), MAAFA Redemption Project ($17k), Altus Academy ($10k).
- Does Armstrong Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Armstrong Family Foundation 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 Armstrong Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Armstrong Family Foundation based?
- Armstrong Family Foundation is based in IL.
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