Illinois · Private foundation
Chez Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $234k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $104,170
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.1M
- 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 Chez Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $234k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $380k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $740k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $337k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $111k | 89% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $73k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montage Health Foundation | $884,186 | 4 | 2% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $460,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nickys Gardens of Hope Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 36% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $66,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Honor Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Skills for Chicago | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank for Monterey County | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Intonation Music Workshop | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| 2x4s for Hope | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montage Health Foundation | $884,186 | 4 | 2% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $460,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nickys Gardens of Hope Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 36% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $66,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Honor Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Skills for Chicago | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank for Monterey County | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Intonation Music Workshop | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| 2x4s for Hope | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lawndale Christian Health Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Veteran Career Journey | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nami Cook County North Suburban | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Dentistry 4 Vets | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($329k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Chez Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Chez Family Foundation
- How much does Chez Family Foundation give?
- Chez Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $234,170 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Chez Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (52%), Philanthropy (23%), Science & Tech (10%).
- Who are Chez Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Montage Health Foundation ($884k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($460k), Nickys Gardens of Hope Inc ($70k).
- Does Chez Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chez Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chez Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Chez Family Foundation based?
- Chez Family Foundation is based in IL.
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