Illinois · Private foundation
Heizer 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.
- $88k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,323
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Heizer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k 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 | 6 | $85k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $85k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $100k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $94k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $76k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $44k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $66k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $61k | 21% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $82,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ragdale Foundation | $23,400 | 9 | 1% |
| Geneva Foundation | $22,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Aspen Valley Skisnowboard Club Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Open Lands Association | $19,105 | 8 | 0% |
| National Disaster Search Dog Foundation | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sjogren's Foundation Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Brearley School | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Country School Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $82,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ragdale Foundation | $23,400 | 9 | 1% |
| Geneva Foundation | $22,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Aspen Valley Skisnowboard Club Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Open Lands Association | $19,105 | 8 | 0% |
| National Disaster Search Dog Foundation | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sjogren's Foundation Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Brearley School | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Country School Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Parks Foundation | $2,750 | 2 | 0% |
| The Kita Centerinc | $2,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foothills Caring Corps Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Albuquerque Kennel Kompadres Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Elawa Farm Foundation | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Waukegan To College NFP | $550 | 2 | n/a |
| Lake Forest Police Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($460k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Heizer 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: The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Heizer Foundation
- How much does Heizer Foundation give?
- Heizer Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $87,823 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Heizer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (34%), Health (17%), Religion (17%).
- Who are Heizer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Blood Cancer United Inc ($82k), Ragdale Foundation ($23k), Geneva Foundation ($23k).
- Does Heizer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Heizer 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 Heizer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Heizer Foundation based?
- Heizer Foundation is based in IL.
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