Illinois · Private foundation
George and Arlene Rusch Memorial 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.
- $89k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 24
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations George and Arlene Rusch Memorial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 18 | $89k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $76k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $84k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $60k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $62k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $72k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $73k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Lutheran School | $51,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Northshore Concert Band | $33,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Harmony Community Church | $30,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Operation Walk Chicago | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Phil's Friends Nfp | $17,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| First Presbyterian Church of River Forest Il | $13,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $9,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Onegoal | $3,100 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Lutheran School | $51,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Northshore Concert Band | $33,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Harmony Community Church | $30,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Operation Walk Chicago | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Phil's Friends Nfp | $17,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| First Presbyterian Church of River Forest Il | $13,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $9,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Onegoal | $3,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Johns College in Santa Fe | $2,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Navy Pier Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Misericordia Home | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Concordia University Chicago | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Gay Mens Chorus | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Soul City Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Bureau Nfp | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Center on Halsted | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Role Model Movement Inc (NFP) | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($299k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget George and Arlene Rusch Memorial 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.
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How this is measured
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About George and Arlene Rusch Memorial Foundation
- How much does George and Arlene Rusch Memorial Foundation give?
- George and Arlene Rusch Memorial Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $88,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 24 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does George and Arlene Rusch Memorial Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (28%), Education (19%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are George and Arlene Rusch Memorial Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Grace Lutheran School ($52k), Northshore Concert Band ($33k), Harmony Community Church ($30k).
- Does George and Arlene Rusch Memorial Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George and Arlene Rusch Memorial 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 George and Arlene Rusch Memorial Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is George and Arlene Rusch Memorial Foundation based?
- George and Arlene Rusch Memorial Foundation is based in IL.
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