Illinois · Private foundation
Cretors Family 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.
- $490k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2024
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations Cretors Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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 | 29 | $440k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $288k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $556k | 37% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $249k | 65% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $228k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $284k | 91% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $10k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $423,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $82,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fenix Family Health Center | $40,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc | $29,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Family Focus Legacy | $25,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 58 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($674k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cretors Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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 · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · AbbVie Foundation · The Grainger Foundation Inc · Walder Foundation · Chicago Foundation for Women · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
About Cretors Family Foundation
- How much does Cretors Family Foundation give?
- Cretors Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $490,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Cretors Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (23%), Environment (22%), Education (13%).
- Who are Cretors Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chicago Horticultural Society ($423k), Lawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School ($110k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($95k).
- Does Cretors Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cretors 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 Cretors Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial.
- Where is Cretors Family Foundation based?
- Cretors Family Foundation is based in IL.
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