Illinois · Private foundation
D and R Fund
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2021
- 4
- Grants FY2021
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 41
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations D and R Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 4 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $1.7M | 22% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $1.5M | 21% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $1.5M | 11% |
| FY2017 | 41 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Museum of Natural History | $800,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $750,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago | $600,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Newberry Library | $500,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $350,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $250,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Erie Family Health Center Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Chicago High School for the Arts | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget D and R Fund supplied at peak.
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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 · D and R Charitable Fund · Dr Scholl Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Gorter Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About D and R Fund
- How much does D and R Fund give?
- D and R Fund reported 4 grants totaling $1,050,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does D and R Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Health (28%), Education (24%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are D and R Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Field Museum of Natural History ($800k), Teach for America Inc ($750k), Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago ($600k).
- Does D and R Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does D and R Fund 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 D and R Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, D and R Charitable Fund, Dr Scholl Foundation.
- Where is D and R Fund based?
- D and R Fund is based in IL.
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