Illinois · Private foundation
Craig J Umans 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.
- $216k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $145,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Craig J Umans Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 3 | $216k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $95k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $79k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $114k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $82k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $70k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $52k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $45k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writers Theatre Inc | $390,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $357,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Helphopelive Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vidya Girls Education Foundation | $4,500 | 2 | 100% |
| The V Foundation | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mdrc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Time Is Now to Help Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writers Theatre Inc | $390,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $357,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Helphopelive Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vidya Girls Education Foundation | $4,500 | 2 | 100% |
| The V Foundation | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mdrc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Time Is Now to Help Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| BiG Great Lakes | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Craig J Umans 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
About Craig J Umans Family Foundation
- How much does Craig J Umans Family Foundation give?
- Craig J Umans Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $216,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Craig J Umans Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (95%), Health (2%), Food & Nutrition (2%).
- Who are Craig J Umans Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Writers Theatre Inc ($391k), Ravinia Festival Association ($357k), Helphopelive Inc ($5k).
- Does Craig J Umans Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Craig J Umans 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.
- Where is Craig J Umans Family Foundation based?
- Craig J Umans Family Foundation is based in IL.
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