Illinois · Private foundation
Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $242k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 45
- Grants FY2024
- 51
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 55
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 45 | $242k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 51 | $238k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $291k | 49% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $142k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $128k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans of Foreign Wars | $59,200 | 5 | 79% |
| Timeline Theatre Company | $59,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Marklund Childrens Home | $48,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Sarah's Inn | $46,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $45,000 | 5 | n/a |
| American Councils for International Education Actr Accels Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Diabetes Youth Services | $36,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Depaul University | $36,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Care for Real | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Greenhouse Scholars | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 57 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($194k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 52 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · The Service Club of Chicago · The Coleman Foundation Inc · The Turano Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Usg Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc give?
- Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc reported 45 grants totaling $241,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 55 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (18%), Arts & Culture (16%), Education (16%).
- Who are Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Veterans of Foreign Wars ($59k), Timeline Theatre Company ($59k), Marklund Childrens Home ($49k).
- Does Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc 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 Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities.
- Where is Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc based?
- Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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