· Private foundation
Harczak 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $80k
- $250k+1 grant · $362k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DEPAUL UNIVERSITY | $362,000 |
| MARIST HIGH SCHOOL | $26,100 |
| CHICAGO CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER | $17,000 |
| GOODMAN THEATRE | $15,000 |
| BIGHORN CHARITIES | $12,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| STREETWISE | $5,000 |
| CODE YOUR DREAMS | $5,000 |
| DESERT X | $5,000 |
| CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY | $5,000 |
| BREAKTHROUGH | $3,000 |
| PALM SPRINGS JAZZ FESTIVAL | $2,000 |
| FIND FOOD BANK | $1,000 |
| BIG BROTHER BIG SISTERS | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DUDEPAUL UNIVERSITY7× · 2018–2025 · $636k · revenue +15%
- CTCHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC8× · 2018–2025 · $107k · revenue +16%
CHICAGO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER6× · 2018–2025 · $97k · revenue +77%
Funded once
- BFBPS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $25k
- DDEPAULone grant, 2019 · $18k
- MMARISTone grant, 2020 · $15k
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.
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.
Chicago opera theater expands the tradition of opera as a living art form by engaging lovers of music and storytelling through innovative experiences, predominantly of new and rarely performed works.
Lookingglass theatre company is a national leader in the creation and presentation of innovative, cutting-edge theatrical work. lookingglass interweaves movement, circus arts and narrative in original and captivating ways. guided by an…
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
The chicago high school for the arts (chiarts) develops the next generation of diverse, artistically promising scholar-artists through intensive pre-professional training in the arts, combined with a comprehensive college preparatory…
To create vivid, entertaining theatrical experiences that invigorate and engage people of all ages and identities by illuminating the complexity, ambiguity, and wonder of our world. shared humanity and unforgettable stories - now this is…
To enrich the lives of our community through dance education and performance while developing Chicago's native talent pool in a welcoming environment that celebrates multiculturalism & ethnic diversity.
The Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration, and civic engagement. Through dynamic exhibitions, tours, programs, digital resources, and special events, the Museum connects people to Chicago's history…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 71 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STREETWISE ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds CODE OUR DREAMS ↗
- Who funds GOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING ↗
- Who funds STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES 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.
Open a dossier: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Harczak Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harczak Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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