· Private foundation
Clayton a Struve 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.
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $358k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Rheumatology Research Foundation | $50,000 |
| GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY | $50,000 |
| Camp Mishawaka | $50,000 |
| EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $36,000 |
| Zoo and Aquarium Video Archive | $35,000 |
| VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION | $35,000 |
| Salvation Army | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $25,000 |
| United Way of Metro Chicago | $25,000 |
| ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $25,000 |
| Misericordia | $25,000 |
| Nature Conservancy | $25,000 |
| National Ability Center | $20,000 |
| OWII Jack Russell Rescue | $12,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $152k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% 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 +30% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.
48 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 23 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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY9× · 2017–2025 · $330k · revenue +140%- RRRheumatology Research Foundation6× · 2019–2025 · $265k · revenue +46%
- TVTHE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $215k · revenue +150%
Funded once
- MMITone grant, 2019 · $50k
- ELEDUCATIONAL LABS INCone grant, 2018 · $25k
- ZAZoo and Aquarium Video Archiveone grant, 2023 · $15k
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
The mission of the racine zoological society is to foster an enlightening and affordable wildlife experience that improves the bond between people and nature. the society will provide for the recreation and education of the people, the…
Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o
Education and Research
The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
How this is measured
32 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. 32 of the 70 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 GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds Rheumatology Research Foundation ↗
- Who funds CAMP MISHAWAKA ↗
- Who funds THE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds Western Sports Foundation ↗
- Who funds EVANSTON ART CENTER ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC ↗
- Who funds ZOO & AQUARIUM VIDEO ARCHIVE ↗
- Who funds ONEGOAL ↗
- Who funds HEPHZIBAH CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds YELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BEARS CARE ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Inspiration Corporation ↗
- Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ROBERT CROWN CENTER ↗
- Who funds EVANSTON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 202 ED FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds IONA UNIVERSITY ↗
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 · Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Clayton a Struve Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clayton a Struve Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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