Illinois · Private foundation
Dan J Epstein 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.
- $877k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $196,399
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 28
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations Dan J Epstein Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $144k 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 | 22 | $877k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $819k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $726k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $433k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $561k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $669k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juilliard School | $802,499 | 6 | 0% |
| New World Symphony Inc | $570,040 | 6 | 3% |
| Forward Momentum Chicago | $297,110 | 5 | 9% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $224,227 | 6 | 0% |
| Asociacion Latina de Asistencia y Prevencion del Cancer de Mama | $194,435 | 6 | 20% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $184,518 | 6 | 0% |
| Hyde Park Art Center | $177,500 | 5 | 2% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $155,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jazz Institute of Chicago | $85,710 | 4 | 6% |
| The Joffrey Ballet | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($862k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dan J Epstein Family Foundation 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 · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Prince Foundation · Reva and David Logan Foundation · Fulk Family Foundation Inc · Walder Foundation
How this is measured
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About Dan J Epstein Family Foundation
- How much does Dan J Epstein Family Foundation give?
- Dan J Epstein Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $877,409 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 28 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Dan J Epstein Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (49%), Education (27%), Health (8%).
- Who are Dan J Epstein Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Juilliard School ($802k), New World Symphony Inc ($570k), Forward Momentum Chicago ($297k).
- Does Dan J Epstein Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dan J Epstein 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 Dan J Epstein Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Lloyd a Fry Foundation, Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc.
- Where is Dan J Epstein Family Foundation based?
- Dan J Epstein Family Foundation is based in IL.
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