Illinois · Private foundation
Garrett 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.
- $723k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $513,775
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 42
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations Garrett Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 29 | $720k | 34% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $233k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $359k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $349k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $317k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $299k | 37% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $280k | n/a |
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Forest College | $668,775 | 7 | 0% |
| Mothers Trust Foundation | $115,650 | 7 | 3% |
| Shady Hill School | $111,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cambridge Montessori School Inc | $87,700 | 3 | 1% |
| The John Thomas Dye School | $82,259 | 3 | 0% |
| Erie Family Health Foundation Inc | $66,250 | 5 | 22% |
| Reform for Illinois | $65,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Genesys Works | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Thresholds | $49,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Rape Foundation | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 71 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($814k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Garrett Family 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: John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · Butler Family Foundation · Clarks Fork Foundation · The Grainger Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Hedberg Foundation Inc · The Buchanan Family Foundation · Francis Beidler III & Prudence R Beidler Foundation · Little Orchard Foundation · Schultz Family Private Foundation · Red Bird Hollow Foundation · Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Garrett Family Foundation
- How much does Garrett Family Foundation give?
- Garrett Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $723,138 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Garrett Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (35%), Public Benefit (15%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Garrett Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Lake Forest College ($669k), Mothers Trust Foundation ($116k), Shady Hill School ($111k).
- Does Garrett Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Garrett 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 Garrett Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy, Butler Family Foundation, Clarks Fork Foundation.
- Where is Garrett Family Foundation based?
- Garrett Family Foundation is based in IL.
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