Illinois · Private foundation
Gamson Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $69k
- Granted FY2023
- 5
- Grants FY2023
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Gamson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 5 | $69k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $206k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $310k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $327k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onegoal | $654,068 | 5 | 1% |
| Parks Foundation of Highland Park | $150,000 | 2 | 39% |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Razom Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amherst College Trustees | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pat Tillman Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Chicago Innovation Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope Chicago Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Chess Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onegoal | $654,068 | 5 | 1% |
| Parks Foundation of Highland Park | $150,000 | 2 | 39% |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Razom Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amherst College Trustees | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pat Tillman Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Chicago Innovation Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope Chicago Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Chess Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tilting Futures Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gamson Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Gamson Family Foundation
- How much does Gamson Family Foundation give?
- Gamson Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $69,097 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Gamson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (81%), Recreation & Sports (6%), Environment (4%).
- Who are Gamson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Onegoal ($654k), Parks Foundation of Highland Park ($150k), Earth Island Institute Inc ($100k).
- Does Gamson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gamson Family 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 Gamson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Gamson Family Foundation based?
- Gamson Family Foundation is based in IL.
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