Illinois · Private foundation
Glerum Family 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.
- $413k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $158,483
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Glerum Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $557k 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 | 20 | $413k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $642k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $342k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $391k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $316k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $729k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $379k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $426k | 31% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denison University | $837,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry | $430,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Civic Consulting Alliance | $200,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Glessner House Museum | $151,500 | 7 | 10% |
| The Chicago Club Preservation Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Antiquarian Society | $69,292 | 9 | 2% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 626 Landmark Foundation | $38,500 | 7 | 6% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Glerum 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Sullivan Family Foundation Foundation · Carbonari Family Foundation · Sweet Peas Foundation · The Cruz Family Foundation Inc · Linda & Barry Allen Foundation · Edwardson Family Foundation · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About Glerum Family Foundation
- How much does Glerum Family Foundation give?
- Glerum Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $413,133 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Glerum Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Arts & Culture (20%), Health (18%).
- Who are Glerum Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Denison University ($838k), Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry ($430k), Civic Consulting Alliance ($200k).
- Does Glerum Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Glerum 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 Glerum Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Sullivan Family Foundation Foundation, Carbonari Family Foundation.
- Where is Glerum Family Foundation based?
- Glerum Family Foundation is based in IL.
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