Illinois · Private foundation
Franklin Square 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.
- $990k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Franklin Square Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k 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 | 15 | $990k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $223k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $210k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $205k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $240k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $262k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $239k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $240k | 81% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evanston Township High School District 202 Ed Foundation | $515,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Young Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks | $145,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Books and Breakfast | $140,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation | $120,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Holy Family Ministries | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Student Loan Fund Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Northlight Theatre Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Princeton Theological Seminary | $42,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cool Learning Experience | $40,000 | 4 | 6% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Franklin Square Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Evanston Community Foundation · Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation · Northwestern University · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Franklin Square Foundation
- How much does Franklin Square Foundation give?
- Franklin Square Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $990,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Franklin Square Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (21%), Human Services (20%), Civil Rights (12%).
- Who are Franklin Square Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Evanston Township High School District 202 Ed Foundation ($515k), Young Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc ($150k), Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks ($145k).
- Does Franklin Square Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Franklin Square 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 Franklin Square Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Evanston Community Foundation, Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation.
- Where is Franklin Square Foundation based?
- Franklin Square Foundation is based in IL.
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