Wisconsin · Private foundation
Grand 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.
- $198k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 48
- Grants FY2024
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,030
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $52,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 60
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $263k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations Grand Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 | 48 | $198k | 52% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $150k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $181k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 59 | $212k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $110k | 82% |
| FY2019 | 60 | $67k | 93% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | $140,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Waukegan To College NFP | $107,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Carmel Catholic High School | $65,050 | 4 | n/a |
| St Joseph Catholic Academy | $53,250 | 6 | n/a |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $36,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Waukegan Park District | $21,298 | 2 | n/a |
| Lake County Sponsors | $20,400 | 1 | 12% |
| Saturday Place | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Zach Johnson Foundation | $15,166 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Health Network Foundation Inc | $14,228 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 118 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 97 recipients with no EIN on record ($150k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Grand 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: Green Bay Packers Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Lake County Community Foundation · Trustmark Foundation · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · Baxter International Foundation · Kunes Family Foundation · Julian Grace Foundation · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Give N Kind · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Grand Foundation
- How much does Grand Foundation give?
- Grand Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $198,005 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 60 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Grand Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (44%), Human Services (11%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
- Who are Grand Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: University of Chicago ($140k), Waukegan To College NFP ($107k), Carmel Catholic High School ($65k).
- Does Grand Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Grand 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 Grand Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Bay Packers Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, The Lake County Community Foundation.
- Where is Grand Foundation based?
- Grand Foundation is based in WI.
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