Illinois · Private foundation
Lachman 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.
- $27k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $715
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $424k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Lachman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $27k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $29k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $44k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $25k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $199k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $19k | 48% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravinia Festival Association | $96,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $95,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $44,890 | 7 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Shalom | $33,385 | 7 | n/a |
| Rett Syndrome Research Trust Inc | $4,950 | 4 | 0% |
| The Jewish Pocet | $4,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Helping Hands Network Inc | $2,286 | 4 | 0% |
| Cancer Wellness Center | $2,060 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clearbrook | $1,925 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lachman Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Circle of Service Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Bill Bass Foundation · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gendell Family Foundation · Hochberg Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Baird Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Lachman Foundation
- How much does Lachman Foundation give?
- Lachman Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $26,603 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Lachman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Environment (26%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Lachman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Ravinia Festival Association ($97k), Chicago Horticultural Society ($95k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($45k).
- Does Lachman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lachman 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 Lachman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Circle of Service Foundation, AbbVie Foundation.
- Where is Lachman Foundation based?
- Lachman Foundation is based in IL.
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