Illinois · Private foundation
Laser 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.
- $82k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $36,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $200
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Laser Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% 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 | 5 | $82k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $105k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $105k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $51k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $53k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $86k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $128k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $140k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erikson Institute | $261,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $180,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $87,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Anshe Emet Synagogue | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Youth & Opportunity United Inc | $31,950 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $21,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Action Network | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $18,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Cares Inc | $16,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Christopher Reeve Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erikson Institute | $261,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $180,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $87,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Anshe Emet Synagogue | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Youth & Opportunity United Inc | $31,950 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $21,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Action Network | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $18,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Cares Inc | $16,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Christopher Reeve Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Knowtice Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Helphopelive Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Reeves Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Naropa University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Prison Dharma Network Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of American Finance | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Spirit Rock Meditation Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Casa Lake County Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Laser 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 · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Laser Family Foundation
- How much does Laser Family Foundation give?
- Laser Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $81,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Laser Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Philanthropy (21%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Laser Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Erikson Institute ($261k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($180k), The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($88k).
- Does Laser Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Laser 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 Laser Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Laser Family Foundation based?
- Laser Family Foundation is based in IL.
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