Illinois · Private foundation
Chott 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.
- $116k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $305k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Chott Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $114k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $35k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $29k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $31k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $36k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $50k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $26k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $27k | 26% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenwick High School | $27,500 | 8 | n/a |
| St Cletus Church | $20,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Trinity High School | $15,495 | 6 | n/a |
| Domestic Violence Outreach | $13,490 | 8 | 0% |
| Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer | $12,100 | 6 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $11,570 | 9 | n/a |
| Misericordia Home | $10,150 | 8 | 0% |
| La Grange Country Club Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $8,100 | 8 | n/a |
| Sisterhouse | $7,100 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenwick High School | $27,500 | 8 | n/a |
| St Cletus Church | $20,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Trinity High School | $15,495 | 6 | n/a |
| Domestic Violence Outreach | $13,490 | 8 | 0% |
| Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer | $12,100 | 6 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $11,570 | 9 | n/a |
| Misericordia Home | $10,150 | 8 | 0% |
| La Grange Country Club Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $8,100 | 8 | n/a |
| Sisterhouse | $7,100 | 2 | 1% |
| Mission of Our Lady of Mercy | $6,040 | 7 | n/a |
| Saint John of the Cross Teacher Recognition Trust | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Misericordia Foundation | $5,600 | 1 | 0% |
| St Joseph High School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $3,600 | 7 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $3,600 | 9 | n/a |
| Congregation of St Joseph | $1,900 | 7 | n/a |
| Univ of Notre Dame Club of Chicago | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $1,300 | 5 | 0% |
| The Cara Program | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Illinois | $800 | 5 | 0% |
| American Institute for Cancer Research | $700 | 5 | 0% |
| McDermott Center | $550 | 2 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| St Mary of the Lake Seminary | $300 | 2 | n/a |
| Benet Academy | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Hinsdale Hospital Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Action and Contemplation | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Associated Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Tuskegee Airmen Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Society of the Sacred Heart United States Canada Province Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($217k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chott 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: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation · WP & HB White Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Chott Family Foundation
- How much does Chott Family Foundation give?
- Chott Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $116,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Chott Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (46%), Religion (24%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Chott Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fenwick High School ($28k), St Cletus Church ($20k), Trinity High School ($15k).
- Does Chott Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chott 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 Chott Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Irish Fellowship Educational & Cultural Foundation.
- Where is Chott Family Foundation based?
- Chott Family Foundation is based in IL.
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