Illinois · Private foundation
Gurtz 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.
- $620k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Gurtz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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 | 28 | $620k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $495k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $400k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $400k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $535k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $485k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $446k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $500k | 88% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Memorial Healthcare | $255,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rory David Deutsch Foundation | $225,000 | 8 | 66% |
| Feldman Family Foundation | $192,500 | 8 | 100% |
| Heartland Animal Shelter Nfp | $130,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc | $115,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Paws Chicago | $97,890 | 8 | 0% |
| The Anti-Cruelty Society | $72,110 | 7 | 0% |
| One Family Illinois | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saturday Place | $45,000 | 2 | 9% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Memorial Healthcare | $255,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rory David Deutsch Foundation | $225,000 | 8 | 66% |
| Feldman Family Foundation | $192,500 | 8 | 100% |
| Heartland Animal Shelter Nfp | $130,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc | $115,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Paws Chicago | $97,890 | 8 | 0% |
| The Anti-Cruelty Society | $72,110 | 7 | 0% |
| One Family Illinois | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saturday Place | $45,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Charlie Project Dog Rescue Limited | $45,000 | 3 | 12% |
| The Well Resource Center NFP | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Chicagoland Lab Rescue Inc | $28,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Northwest Community Hospital | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hfs Chicago Scholars | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Clayco Foundation | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Chicago Architecture Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hire360 | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Executive Construction Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Chest Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gurtz Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Gurtz Family Foundation
- How much does Gurtz Family Foundation give?
- Gurtz Family Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $620,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gurtz Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (33%), Philanthropy (18%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Gurtz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northwestern Memorial Healthcare ($255k), Rory David Deutsch Foundation ($225k), Feldman Family Foundation ($193k).
- Does Gurtz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gurtz 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 Gurtz Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Gurtz Family Foundation based?
- Gurtz Family Foundation is based in IL.
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