Illinois · Private foundation
David a and Edith F Demar 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.
- $56k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations David a and Edith F Demar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $56k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $36k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $20k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $34k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $22k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $15k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $8k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $5k | 62% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $28,975 | 7 | 0% |
| Streetwise | $26,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Chicago Sinai Congregation | $17,925 | 6 | n/a |
| Jewish Community Centers of Chicago | $15,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $15,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $10,250 | 6 | 0% |
| The Clare Charitable Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $3,850 | 5 | 0% |
| Special Gifts Theatre Inc Co Elise Larsen | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Skyline Village Chicago Inc | $3,000 | 5 | n/a |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($62k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David a and Edith F Demar 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 · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About David a and Edith F Demar Foundation
- How much does David a and Edith F Demar Foundation give?
- David a and Edith F Demar Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $56,210 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does David a and Edith F Demar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (21%), Arts & Culture (18%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are David a and Edith F Demar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Museum of Contemporary Art ($29k), Streetwise ($26k), Chicago Sinai Congregation ($18k).
- Does David a and Edith F Demar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David a and Edith F Demar 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 David a and Edith F Demar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial.
- Where is David a and Edith F Demar Foundation based?
- David a and Edith F Demar Foundation is based in IL.
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