Illinois · Private foundation
Benjamin J Rosenthal 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.
- $298k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 61
- Grants FY2025
- 56
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 47 to 58
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 17
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Benjamin J Rosenthal Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 | 61 | $298k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 56 | $230k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 55 | $212k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 58 | $258k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 47 | $119k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 48 | $127k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $85,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $53,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Principia Corporation | $41,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $38,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Merit School of Music | $38,000 | 6 | 0% |
| People and Carnivores Inc | $35,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Pacific Garden Mission | $30,700 | 6 | n/a |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 73 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($297k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Benjamin J Rosenthal 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 · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Baxter International Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Allstate Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Impactassetsinc
How this is measured
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About Benjamin J Rosenthal Foundation
- How much does Benjamin J Rosenthal Foundation give?
- Benjamin J Rosenthal Foundation reported 61 grants totaling $298,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 58 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Benjamin J Rosenthal Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Food & Nutrition (10%), Animals (10%).
- Who are Benjamin J Rosenthal Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Greater Chicago Food Depository ($86k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($53k), The Art Institute of Chicago ($45k).
- Does Benjamin J Rosenthal Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Benjamin J Rosenthal 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 Benjamin J Rosenthal Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Lloyd a Fry Foundation, AbbVie Foundation.
- Where is Benjamin J Rosenthal Foundation based?
- Benjamin J Rosenthal Foundation is based in IL.
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