Illinois · Private foundation
Eisen Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $256k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $444k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Eisen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 7 | $256k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $26k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $235k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $221k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $235k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $285k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $212k | 83% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $495,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $456,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $116,667 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dare2tri Paratriathlon Club | $95,000 | 8 | 3% |
| The Joffrey Ballet | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance Chicago Inc D/B/A Giordano Dance Chicago | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gpf Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $495,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $456,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $116,667 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dare2tri Paratriathlon Club | $95,000 | 8 | 3% |
| The Joffrey Ballet | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance Chicago Inc D/B/A Giordano Dance Chicago | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gpf Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($433k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Eisen Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Eisen Family Foundation
- How much does Eisen Family Foundation give?
- Eisen Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $256,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Eisen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (56%), Philanthropy (29%), Health (9%).
- Who are Eisen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($495k), Museum of Contemporary Art ($456k), Lyric Opera of Chicago ($117k).
- Does Eisen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Eisen Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is Eisen Family Foundation based?
- Eisen Family Foundation is based in IL.
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