· Private foundation
Crab Tree Farm 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 $10k1 grant · $1k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MILLENNIUM PARK FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| STICKLEY MUSEUM AT CRAFTSMAN FARMS | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–18, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +41% since the first grant, against -45% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE STICKLEY MUSEUM AT CRAFTSMAN FARMS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $124k · revenue +41%
- TATHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO4× · 2017–2020 · $92k · revenue +45%
- GCGorton Community Center2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue +158%
Funded once
- TITHORNWILLOW INSTITUTE LTDone grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue -46%
- CECharles E Diehl Societyone grant, 2020 · $5k
- YUYale University Press Londonone grant, 2019 · $3k
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 illinois state museum society, established in 1952, is a charitable organization recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. it plays a crucial role in supporting the illinois state museum by providing financial resources and advocating for…
The driehaus museum engages and inspires the global community through exploration and ongoing conversations in art, architecture, and design of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. its permanent collection and temporary…
Preservation, conservation and restoration of a historical chicago landmark property.
Paine art center & gardens, inc. is a historic estate that serves as a multifaceted museum for learning and inspiration. the core purposes of the organization are to sustain the care of the historic architecture, collections, and gardens;…
Founded in 1965, the glenview history center's mission is to preserve the cultural heritage of glenview by preserving the historic 1864 farmhouse as a museum and operating the history library with its impressive collection of historical…
The arts club of chicago was formed as a means to encourage, foster, and develop higher standards of arts craftsmanship, and to maintain the city of chicago facility for the housing of galleries and exhibitions open to the public and free…
Tudor place historic house & garden preserves the stories of six generations of descendants of martha washington and the enslaved and free people who lived and worked at this georgetown landmark for nearly two centuries. by examining their…
The Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration, and civic engagement. Through dynamic exhibitions, tours, programs, digital resources, and special events, the Museum connects people to Chicago's history…
A national membership organization in the united states dedicated to the preservation of cultural material, the american institute for conservation of historic and artistic works plays a crucial role in establishing and upholding…
The foundation operates as a museum of internationally recognized architecture of louis sullivan and frank lloyd wright. a portion of the museum houses the international headquarters for the society of architectural historians (nfp).
The Design Museum of Chicago strives to inspire, educate and innovate through design. As a resource for the Chicago design community and beyond, the museum facilitates an open dialogue about contemporary and historical design through…
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 19 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 Illinois Executive Mansion Association ↗
- Who funds THE STICKLEY MUSEUM AT CRAFTSMAN FARMS INC ↗
- Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds MILLENNIUM PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Gorton Community Center ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES ↗
- Who funds Rhodes College ↗
- Who funds THORNWILLOW INSTITUTE LTD ↗
- Who funds LAKE FOREST FOUNDATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION ↗
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 · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Crab Tree Farm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Crab Tree Farm Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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