Wisconsin · Private foundation
Comer Science & Education Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $842k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $69M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Comer Science & Education Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.4M 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 | 9 | $842k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $5.4M | 36% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $3.9M | 54% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $753k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $3.3M | 18% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $3.5M | 47% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $1.6M | 42% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Comer Youth Center Inc | $13,035,000 | 7 | 52% |
| Network For Young Adult Success | $2,265,000 | 6 | 65% |
| Noble Network of Charter Schools | $366,739 | 3 | 0% |
| Embrace and Shift Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 45% |
| University of Maine System Inc | $147,879 | 1 | n/a |
| Berkeley Geochronology Center | $102,468 | 2 | 2% |
| Habitat for Humanity Chicago | $86,400 | 3 | 2% |
| Northwestern University | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Central High School Foundation | $37,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Teens Take on Climate Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 17% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Comer Science & Education Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
Compare Comer Science & Education Foundation with peer funders
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About Comer Science & Education Foundation
- How much does Comer Science & Education Foundation give?
- Comer Science & Education Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $841,546 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Comer Science & Education Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (60%), Science & Tech (12%), Employment (10%).
- Who are Comer Science & Education Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Gary Comer Youth Center Inc ($13M), Network For Young Adult Success ($2.3M), Noble Network of Charter Schools ($367k).
- Does Comer Science & Education Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Comer Science & Education 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 Comer Science & Education Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Robert R McCormick Foundation, Motorola Solutions Foundation.
- Where is Comer Science & Education Foundation based?
- Comer Science & Education Foundation is based in WI.
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