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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 FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$158k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.3MArts & Culture$783kHealth$695kScience & Tech$490kPhilanthropy$170kPublic Benefit$150kHuman Services$66kReligion$39kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $218k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DENISON UNIVERSITY CAMPAIGN$158,483
DENISON ANNUAL FUND$60,000
GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE$30,000
RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION$30,000
GLESSNER HOUSE$30,000
CIVIC COUNSELING ALIANCE$25,000
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$25,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$10,000
UNDUE MEDICAL DEBT$5,000
626 LANDMARK FOUNDATION$5,000
BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FOUNDATION$5,000
GICIA$5,000
THE NETWORK ADCOCATING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE$5,000
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$5,000
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DREAM FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $5k → 13%JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%THE NETWORK ADCOCATING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
CA
VA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 29 repeat orgs$488k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
20

Total granted

$3.4M
$481k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+18%

Still filing today

66%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DU
    DENISON UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $838k · revenue +39%
  • KC
    Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
    7× · 2017–2023 · $430k · revenue +23%
  • CC
    CIVIC CONSULTING ALLIANCE
    8× · 2017–2025 · $200k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • RB
    RAVINIA BUILDING PROJECT
    one grant, 2024 · $200k
  • TC
    THE CHICAGO CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -95%
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF MERCY PARISH LIFE CENTER FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc

The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…

Health
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
5
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
6
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
7
American College of Gastroenterology

Our mission is to enhance the ability of our members to provide world class care to patients with digestive disorders and advance the profession through excellence and innovation based upon the pillars of patient care, education,…

Health
8
Harvard Club of Washington Dc

To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.

Education
9
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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10
Chicago Maritime Museum

Operation of a nautical history museum.

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11
Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

The broad mission of the ASCSA has remained constant over its distinguished history: teaching research archaeological exploration publication and dissemination of research. Founded in 1881 the ASCSA provides graduate students and scholars…

Arts & Culture
12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Civic Consulting Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Johann Fust Library Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 52 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF NURSING: $415,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF NURSINGDENISON UNIVERSITY CAMPAIGN: $358,483 · OtherDENISON UNIVERSITY CAMPAIGNNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $225,000 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONRAVINIA BUILDING PROJECT: $200,000 · OtherRAVINIA BUILDING PROJECTDENISON ANNUAL FUND: $120,000 · OtherDENISON ANNUAL FUNDRAVINIA: $104,000 · OtherRAVINIAGRIFFIN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $60,000 · Other+20 more: $245,500 · Other+20 moreDENISON UNIVERSITY: $837,500 · EducationDENISON UNIVERSITYCIVIC CONSULTING ALLIANCE: $200,000 · EducationCIVIC CONSULTING ALLIANCE+6 more: $85,400 · Education+6 moreKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $430,000 · Arts & CultureKenneth C Griffin Museum…GLESSNER HOUSE MUSEUM: $151,500 · Arts & CultureGLESSNER HOUSE MUSEUMTHE CHICAGO CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHICAGO CLUB PRESERV…THE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY: $69,292 · Arts & CultureTHE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETYRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $55,000 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIA…626 LANDMARK FOUNDATION: $38,500 · Arts & CultureAmerican Heart Association Inc: $30,000 · HealthBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC INC: $10,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $10,000 · HealthTOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 · HealthSPROUT THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATION CE: $5,000 · HealthMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE NETWORK ADVOCATING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $5,000 · Human ServicesGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $30,000 · Food & NutritionCASA CHIRILAGUA: $25,000 · Religion
Other$1,727,983Education$1,122,900Arts & Culture$844,292Health$60,000Human Services$35,000Food & Nutrition$30,000Religion$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $837,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $430,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCIVIC CONSULTING ALLIANCE: $200,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetGLESSNER HOUSE MUSEUM: $151,500 over 7y, 10% of budgetTHE CHICAGO CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTHE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY: $69,292 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget626 LANDMARK FOUNDATION: $38,500 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCASA CHIRILAGUA: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetWellesley College: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Guidance: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIndian Hill Club Scholarship Foundation: $11,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOHANN FUST LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBOCA GRANDE WOMAN'S CLUB INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NETWORK ADVOCATING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPROUT THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATION CE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Island School Foundation Inc: $1,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKENILWORTH GARDEN CLUB: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DENISON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry ↗
  • Who funds CIVIC CONSULTING ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds GLESSNER HOUSE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds 626 LANDMARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds CASA CHIRILAGUA ↗
  • Who funds Wellesley College ↗
  • Who funds BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC ↗
  • Who funds Youth Guidance ↗
  • Who funds The Boca Grande Preschool Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds Indian Hill Club Scholarship Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOHANN FUST LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA GRANDE WOMAN'S CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds DALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds TOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC ↗

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.

The Chicago Community…Sullivan Family Found…Carbonari Family Foun…Sweet Peas FoundationThe Cruz Family Found…Linda & Barry Allen F…Edwardson Family Foun…Gulf Coast Community …National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…
The Chicago Community TrustIL14.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Glerum Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Glerum Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home