Illinois · Private foundation
Gff 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.
- $22k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,475
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,071
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Gff Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 6 | $22k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $32k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $40k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $42k | 10% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $39k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Thresholds | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $49,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Court Theatre Fund | $21,500 | 7 | n/a |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $10,071 | 1 | 0% |
| Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lake Shore Drive Synagogue | $4,920 | 2 | n/a |
| Remy Bumppo Theatre Company | $2,550 | 7 | 0% |
| Irish Music School of Chicago | $2,500 | 3 | 1% |
| A Little Bit of Heaven | $2,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Deborah's Place | $1,750 | 7 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Thresholds | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $49,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Court Theatre Fund | $21,500 | 7 | n/a |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $10,071 | 1 | 0% |
| Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lake Shore Drive Synagogue | $4,920 | 2 | n/a |
| Remy Bumppo Theatre Company | $2,550 | 7 | 0% |
| Irish Music School of Chicago | $2,500 | 3 | 1% |
| A Little Bit of Heaven | $2,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Deborah's Place | $1,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Sarah's Circle | $1,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $1,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Salem Baptist Church of Chicago | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Volunteers for Israel Inc | $750 | 1 | 1% |
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $700 | 7 | 0% |
| Collectors Club of Chicago | $685 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($117k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gff 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
About Gff Foundation
- How much does Gff Foundation give?
- Gff Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $21,696 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gff Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Health (23%), Philanthropy (16%).
- Who are Gff Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Thresholds ($70k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($49k), Court Theatre Fund ($22k).
- Does Gff Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gff 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 Gff Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Gff Foundation based?
- Gff Foundation is based in IL.
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