· Private foundation
Charles and Frances Kempler 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION | $7,750 |
| ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | $5,535 |
| ANN & ROBERT LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPIT | $5,000 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN | $4,000 |
| IDF | $2,500 |
| NAMI | $2,000 |
| THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS | $1,000 |
| NW UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | $1,000 |
| ACLU OF ILLINOIS | $500 |
| ILLINOIS COALTION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS | $500 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | $500 |
| OPERATION WALK CHICAGO | $500 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS | $350 |
| LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIIETY | $250 |
| NEW VOCATIONS RACEHORSE ADOPTION PR | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% 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
Backed again, and grew
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO9× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +13%
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN8× · 2018–2025 · $18k · revenue +94%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC9× · 2017–2025 · $6k · revenue +98%
Funded once
Northwestern Universitygraduatedone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +41%- FTFace the Future Foundationone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue -69%
University of Chicagograduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +56%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.
Our mission is to expand scientific knowledge and improve public health by designing and conducting world-class clinical trials and epidemiologic research.
To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.
To engage in scientific research and educational activities throughout the world on behalf of and in conjunction with the university of chicago.
SRAlab is dedicated to providing the best patient outcomes through the highest-quality clinical care, translational research, scientific discovery and education.
As a leading academic healthcare organization, our mission is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.(see schedule o for continuation)(continued)-we deliver exceptional healthcare enhanced by research and education-we…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…
Please see schedule o
How this is measured
31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 57 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO COALITION FOR FAMILY BUILDING ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS ↗
- Who funds Operation Walk Chicago ↗
- Who funds SOARING EAGLE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
- Who funds Face the Future Foundation ↗
- Who funds University of Chicago ↗
- Who funds THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds Rush University Medical Center ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS ↗
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Charles and Frances Kempler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles and Frances Kempler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Child Rescue Coalition Inc: 20% of income from government
- Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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