Illinois · Private foundation
Howard L Gottlieb 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.
- $7k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,009
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,009
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Howard L Gottlieb Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 2 | $7k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $63k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $98k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $33k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $366k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $58k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Perlman Music Program Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Merit School of Music | $55,009 | 3 | 3% |
| Millennium Park Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum Inc | $36,000 | 1 | 17% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $34,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Sukkat Shalom | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Artsmart | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicago School of Violin Making Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Perlman Music Program Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Merit School of Music | $55,009 | 3 | 3% |
| Millennium Park Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum Inc | $36,000 | 1 | 17% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $34,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Sukkat Shalom | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Artsmart | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicago School of Violin Making Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Joffrey Ballet | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Opera Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Vernon Virtuosi Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Southern Methodist University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwest Young Artists | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Howard L Gottlieb 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 · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Howard L Gottlieb Foundation
- How much does Howard L Gottlieb Foundation give?
- Howard L Gottlieb Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $7,009 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Howard L Gottlieb Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (87%), Recreation & Sports (6%), Religion (2%).
- Who are Howard L Gottlieb Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Lyric Opera of Chicago ($200k), The Perlman Music Program Inc ($100k), Chicago Symphony Orchestra ($75k).
- Does Howard L Gottlieb Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Howard L Gottlieb 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 Howard L Gottlieb Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Howard L Gottlieb Foundation based?
- Howard L Gottlieb Foundation is based in IL.
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