· Private foundation
Ed and Mary Schreck 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ERIKA'S LIGHTHOUSE | $40,000 |
| MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA | $40,000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND | $30,000 |
| NATIONAL MS SOCIETY | $30,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $20,000 |
| UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| UNICEF USA | $20,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF METRO CHICAGO | $20,000 |
| OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL | $15,000 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $15,000 |
| MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION | $15,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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
Backed again, and grew
- MHMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC6× · 2020–2025 · $220k · revenue +50%
- ELErikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression6× · 2020–2025 · $165k · revenue +420%
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED6× · 2020–2025 · $150k · revenue +121%
Funded once
- TATHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGOgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +32%
- ACAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYone grant, 2020 · $15k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…
The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is an independent and separate nonprofit entity from the University of Illinois. Our mission is to encourage and administer private gifts and serve the UI System by working closely with…
See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…
Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…
Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.
To engage in scientific research and educational activities throughout the world on behalf of and in conjunction with the university of chicago.
The unicef usa impact fund for children exists to develop and implement financial solutions to ensure every child is healthy, educated, protected, and respected. we believe truly scalable, long-term impact will only be accomplished when we…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 14 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ed and Mary Schreck Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ed and Mary Schreck Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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