Illinois · Private foundation
Julian Family 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.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $935,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 45
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Julian Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 34 | $2.3M | 3% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $3.0M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $1.8M | 12% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $3.0M | 10% |
| FY2021 | 45 | $916k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $2.0M | 37% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $1.5M | 35% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $1.6M | 44% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $8,997,973 | 9 | 2% |
| Merit School of Music | $1,931,713 | 9 | 14% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $1,300,532 | 9 | 1% |
| Music Institute of Chicago | $282,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Cedille Chicago Nfp | $195,381 | 4 | 10% |
| Third Coast Percussion Nfp | $180,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Elmhurst University | $111,324 | 3 | 0% |
| The Morton Arboretum | $98,459 | 8 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chicago Zoological Society | $67,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Julian Family 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 · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Zell Family Foundation · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation · The Negaunee Foundation · Prince Foundation · The Irving Harris Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Louise K Smith Foundation · John R Halligan Charitable Fund
How this is measured
About Julian Family Foundation
- How much does Julian Family Foundation give?
- Julian Family Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $2,295,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Julian Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (95%), Education (1%), Environment (1%).
- Who are Julian Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Symphony Orchestra ($9.0M), Merit School of Music ($1.9M), Lyric Opera of Chicago ($1.3M).
- Does Julian Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Julian Family 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 Julian Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Zell Family Foundation.
- Where is Julian Family Foundation based?
- Julian Family Foundation is based in IL.
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