· Private foundation
Landgraf Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $208k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $204k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CAMPERSHIPS | $102,175 |
| CAMPERSHIPS | $50,911 |
| GIRL SCOUTS | $50,633 |
| CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | $25,751 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,645 |
| NIU FOUNDATION | $25,486 |
| NEIC | $20,641 |
| CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | $20,324 |
| FIELD MUSEUM | $15,816 |
| ST JOSEPH CHURCH | $12,008 |
| CLEARBROOK | $10,582 |
| ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO | $10,551 |
| MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION | $10,495 |
| CENTRAL METHODIST | $10,235 |
| UIUC | $10,233 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $231k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Chicago Zoological Society5× · 2020–2024 · $119k · revenue +80%- NINORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $115k · revenue +484%
- FMFEED MY HUNGRY CHILDREN4× · 2021–2024 · $56k · revenue +323%
Funded once
- LULOYLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - FBO THE PARKINSON SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCESone grant, 2022 · $25k
- RCRED CROSSone grant, 2021 · $25k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $23k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
We value excellence and innovation in clinical and basic research, coordinated and comprehensive patient care, ongoing physician education, and evidence-based child advocacy. our goal is to provide leadership in endeavors that promote the…
We are dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for the northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a leader in: -pediatric health care delivery…
The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.
Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.
Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service
Provide pediatric and subspecialty surgical, research, and educational services.
Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Chicago Zoological Society ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FEED MY HUNGRY CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds CLEARBROOK ↗
- Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds HINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds ORPHANS OF THE STORM ↗
- Who funds Cystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds READING POWER INC ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC ↗
- Who funds Kids In Danger ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO ↗
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Landgraf Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Landgraf Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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