Illinois · Private foundation
Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2022
- 84
- Grants FY2022
- 54
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 54 to 94
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 5
- Total assets, FY2022
- $211k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 22% of the organizations Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $134k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 54 | $1.1M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 62 | $538k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 81 | $1.4M | 38% |
| FY2019 | 87 | $901k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 76 | $1.3M | 24% |
| FY2017 | 94 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
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, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $731,450 | 6 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $698,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $590,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Grant Park Orchestral Association | $246,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Chicago Theatre Group Inc | $211,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Joffrey Ballet | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | $145,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Opera Theater | $143,900 | 6 | 1% |
| Court Theatre Fund | $135,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $108,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 76 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 104 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elizabeth F Cheney 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: Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Prince Foundation · The Irving Harris Foundation · Walder Foundation · John R Halligan Charitable Fund · Alphawood Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois
How this is measured
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About Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation
- How much does Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation give?
- Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation reported 84 grants totaling $1,085,500 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 54 and 94 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (88%), Public Benefit (2%), Education (2%).
- Who are Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Chicago Symphony Orchestra ($731k), Lyric Opera of Chicago ($699k), The Art Institute of Chicago ($590k).
- Does Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation based?
- Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation is based in IL.
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