Illinois · Private foundation
Holzheimer Fund
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.
- $24k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $156k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Holzheimer Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 18 | $23k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $23k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $32k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $35k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $34k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $50k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $55k | 5% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $60k | 38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $95,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Newberry Library | $89,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $32,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $22,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Adler Planetarium | $15,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Menlo College | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| People's Community Clinic Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center | $4,500 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $95,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Newberry Library | $89,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $32,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $22,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Adler Planetarium | $15,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Menlo College | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| People's Community Clinic Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center | $4,500 | 9 | 0% |
| University of San Francisco | $4,500 | 9 | 0% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $900 | 9 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Clare Charitable Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Map Society | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| The Norman B Leventhal Map & Education Center Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $115 | 1 | 0% |
| Art Encounter | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($85k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Holzheimer Fund 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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Holzheimer Fund
- How much does Holzheimer Fund give?
- Holzheimer Fund reported 19 grants totaling $23,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Holzheimer Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Arts & Culture (20%), Animals (9%).
- Who are Holzheimer Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($96k), The Newberry Library ($89k), Shedd Aquarium Society ($33k).
- Does Holzheimer Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Holzheimer Fund 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 Holzheimer Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Holzheimer Fund based?
- Holzheimer Fund is based in IL.
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