Illinois · Private foundation
Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin
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.
- $11k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $525
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $98k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 3 | $11k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $15k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $3k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $5k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $12k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brotherhood for the Fallen | $12,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The H Foundation | $9,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Abc-Pilsen | $5,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Alas Nfp | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Girlforward | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago | $1,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brighton Center | $525 | 1 | 0% |
| Berna Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Union League Boys and Girls Clubs | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brotherhood for the Fallen | $12,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The H Foundation | $9,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Abc-Pilsen | $5,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Alas Nfp | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Girlforward | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago | $1,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brighton Center | $525 | 1 | 0% |
| Berna Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Union League Boys and Girls Clubs | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pillars Community Health | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| United Cerebral Palsy Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($44k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin 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.
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How this is measured
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About Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin
- How much does Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin give?
- Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin reported 3 grants totaling $10,725 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (50%), Crime & Legal (15%), Health (14%).
- Who are Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Brotherhood for the Fallen ($12k), The H Foundation ($9k), Abc-Pilsen ($5k).
- Does Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin 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 Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin based?
- Heart of Chicago Association Robert Martin is based in IL.
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