· Private foundation
Edward S Sprague Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $93k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ALPHONSUS ACADEMY & CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $13,042 |
| FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH | $10,000 |
| ASSOCIATION HOUSE | $10,000 |
| SIERRA CLUB | $10,000 |
| BERNIES BOOK BANK | $10,000 |
| DEBORAH'S PLACE | $10,000 |
| MIDTOWN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $10,000 |
| BOUNCE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| NOURSHING HOPE | $5,000 |
| DEPAUL COLLEGE PREP | $1,200 |
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 (FY17–25, $128k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% 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.
22 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AHASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO6× · 2017–2025 · $68k · revenue +84%
- DPDEBORAH'S PLACE6× · 2017–2025 · $65k · revenue +130%
- LHLYDIA HOME ASSOCIATION5× · 2017–2023 · $60k · revenue +353%
Funded once
- RAROBERT A REAUMOND FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +159%
- THTHE HADELY SCHOOL FOR THE BLINDone grant, 2023 · $10k
- EDENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSEone grant, 2023 · $5k
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.
The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…
Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.
Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o
SRAlab is dedicated to providing the best patient outcomes through the highest-quality clinical care, translational research, scientific discovery and education.
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.
(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
Aahi is a nonprofit biotech research institute, bringing together the best experts, technologies, and platforms to create accessible, high-quality products and solutions for harnessing the immune system to alleviate disease.
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 37 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 Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds DEBORAH'S PLACE ↗
- Who funds LYDIA HOME ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF BURLEY ↗
- Who funds THE LAMBS FARM INC ↗
- Who funds HADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds EMBARC INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds BOUNCE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds BERNIE'S BOOK BANK ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ROBERT A REAUMOND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc ↗
- Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
- Who funds CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
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 · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Edward S Sprague Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward S Sprague Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
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