Illinois · Private foundation
Janis Morris Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $19k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $415k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations Janis Morris Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $19k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $38k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $50k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $52k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $40k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $50k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $56k | 28% |
| FY2017 | 37 | $49k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $67,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $38,565 | 5 | 0% |
| Grant Park Orchestral Association | $30,728 | 7 | 0% |
| The Joffrey Ballet | $16,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $15,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $10,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $10,300 | 8 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $7,150 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Centers of Chicago | $5,500 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Janis Morris 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: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Bayless Family Foundation · Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation · The Service Club of Chicago · Dr Scholl Foundation · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
About Janis Morris Foundation
- How much does Janis Morris Foundation give?
- Janis Morris Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $19,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Janis Morris Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (67%), Philanthropy (12%), Social Science (7%).
- Who are Janis Morris Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chicago Symphony Orchestra ($67k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($39k), Grant Park Orchestral Association ($31k).
- Does Janis Morris Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Janis Morris 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 Janis Morris Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Janis Morris Foundation based?
- Janis Morris Foundation is based in IL.
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