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Lloyd a Fry Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$9.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
394
Grants FY2025
309
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
276 to 309
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
19
Total assets, FY2025
$208M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Lloyd a Fry Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $806k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving313$9.2M18%
FY2024309$9.8M13%
FY2023294$9.3M15%
FY2022287$9.3M20%
FY2021276$8.8M17%
FY2020285$8.8M17%
FY2019278$8.1M26%
FY2018281$7.9M97%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$18MArts & Culture$14MHealth$12MEmployment$5.4MHuman Services$4.9MCrime & Legal$3.4MInternational$2.5MCivil Rights$2.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Lloyd a Fry Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$1,291,00092%
Esperanza Health Centers$1,135,50091%
Chicago Public Education Fund$1,100,50086%
Leading Educators Inc$1,100,00082%
The Barack Obama Foundation$1,000,00040%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law$875,00082%
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago$855,31088%
Chicago Family Health Center Inc$851,00081%
New Leaders Inc$800,00071%
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago$800,00083%
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago Inc$783,00081%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$735,00080%
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights$724,92770%
Scalelit Fka Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition$690,500821%
Metropolitan Family Services$609,00050%
National Equity Project$600,00062%
Sinai Health System$587,00070%
Uniting Voices$545,00082%
Jane Addams Resource Corporation$537,50083%
New Teacher Center$530,00060%
National Louis University$525,00060%
Illinois College of Optometry$500,00060%
Chicago Jobs Council$490,50088%
Mobile Care Foundation$490,00083%
Beloved Community Family Wellness Center$480,00081%
Pcc Community Wellness Center$475,00080%
Greater West Town Community Development Project$462,00072%
Women Employed$461,00083%
The Cara Program$445,00071%
Marwen Foundation Inc$425,50083%
Advance Illinois Nfp$425,00082%
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation$425,00072%
Lawndale Christian Health Center$420,00070%
Heartland Human Care Services Inc$420,00070%
Erie Family Health Center Inc$410,00070%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$406,50080%
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago$405,50082%
Ravinia Festival Association$402,50080%
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago$401,00080%
Target Hope$400,000823%
Oxfam-America Inc$400,00080%
Access Community Health Network$390,00060%
LINK Unlimited Scholars$390,00083%
Snow City Arts Foundation$382,00086%
Window to the World Communications Inc$377,50050%
Asian Human Services Family Health Center Inc$375,00080%
La Rabida Children's Hospital$373,00080%
High Jump$370,00083%
Chicago Public Media Inc$365,70080%
Hyde Park Art Center$365,50082%
Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill$365,00080%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$365,00081%
Juvenile Protective Association$365,00083%
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group$360,00035%
Civic News Company$360,00081%
The Joffrey Ballet$356,00080%
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago$355,00071%
Kids First Chicago for Education$350,50043%
National Able Network Inc$350,00070%
Forefront$345,75482%
Enlace Chicago$345,50071%
Inspiration Corporation$340,50081%
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance$338,50084%
Forward Momentum Chicago$337,50085%
Chicago Community Foundation$333,0004n/a
Merit School of Music$332,50086%
Christian Community Health Center$330,50060%
Poder$330,00087%
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois$325,00080%
North Lawndale Employment Network$322,25081%
Howard Brown Health Center$320,00080%
Safer Foundation$320,00080%
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic$320,00088%
The Posse Foundation Inc$315,00070%
Suzuki Orff School for Young Musicians$310,00085%
The People's Music School$305,00072%
International Rescue Committee INC$301,00070%
Academy for Urban School Leadership$300,00031%
Gads Hill Center$300,00070%
LEAP Innovations$300,00032%
Surge Institute$300,00062%
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum$296,50081%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$296,00080%
New Moms Inc$290,87581%
Polish American Association$290,00081%
Upwardly Global$290,00081%
Chicago Urban League$289,50081%
Court Theatre Fund$286,0008n/a
Jazz Institute of Chicago$285,000825%
Chinese American Service League Inc$280,00060%
Near North Health Service Corporation$280,00070%
Albany Park Theater Project$275,53083%
Museum of Contemporary Art$271,00070%
Association House of Chicago$270,00080%
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education$267,00073%
Young Chicago Authors$256,00075%
Changing Worlds$254,30075%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$252,00040%
The Art Institute of Chicago$251,50090%
Urban Gateways$250,00063%
The Leadership Academy Inc$250,00022%
Black Ensemble Theater Corporation$248,00082%
The Night Ministry$245,75080%
Chicago Opera Theater$245,00081%
Intonation Music Workshop$242,50086%
Chicago Horticultural Society$240,00080%
Community Health NFP$240,00060%
St Bernard Hospital$240,00040%
Center on Halsted$237,50081%
Saga Innovations Inc$235,00051%
Timeline Theatre Company$233,00081%
Revolution Workshop$232,50052%
Loyola University of Chicago$230,00040%
Erie Neighborhood House$220,00070%
Illinois Partners for Human Service$210,000312%
Manufacturing Renaissance Fka Center for Labor and Commun$205,00063%
World Central Kitchen Inc$203,50040%
Gilloury Institute$200,500614%
Bellwether Education Partners Inc$200,00020%
Big Shoulders Fund$200,00020%
Chicago Youth Programs Inc$200,00053%
Teachers Supporting Teachers$200,000411%
Lifeline Productions Inc$200,00085%
Hamdard Health Alliance$200,00051%
Enrich Chicago$199,500610%
Chicago Public Library Foundation$195,50081%
Grant Park Orchestral Association$195,00081%
Chicago Sinfonietta Inc$181,50062%
White Crane Wellness Center$180,00067%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$175,50060%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$166,00080%
West Point Fellowship Inc Dba West Point School of Music$160,00044%
Congo Square Theatre Company$158,500715%
Victory Gardens Theater$158,00053%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$155,00040%
University of Chicago$154,50090%
Red Clay Dance Company Inc$153,50056%
The Musical Arts Institute$150,00054%
Skills for Chicago$150,00031%
Elgin Academy$145,00070%
Northwestern University$143,50080%
Tapestry 360 Health$140,00020%
The Lincoln Academy of Illinois$137,50086%
Avery Coonley School$134,00080%
Crossroads Fund Inc$129,70051%
Tca Health Inc$125,00021%
Teaching Lab$125,00010%
Center for Changing Lives$120,00045%
Redf$115,00030%
Imsa Fund for Advancement of Education$110,00042%
Year Up Inc$100,00020%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$100,0002n/a
Teach for America Inc$100,00020%
The Asian American Foundation$100,00011%
Accelerate Institute$100,00016%
National Center for Civic Innovation In$100,00010%
Equal Opportunity Schools$100,00010%
Civic Consulting Alliance$97,00071%
Genesis at the Crossroads Inc$93,50082%
Pegasus Theatre Chicago$90,000319%
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired$90,00030%
Kents Hill School$82,00080%
AIDS Foundation of Chicago$80,75030%
Tpa Network Incorporated$80,00023%
Alivio Medical Center Inc$80,00020%
South Chicago Dance Theatre$80,00035%
Independent Sector$77,00080%
Muntu Dance Theatre$75,500411%
Smithsonian Institution$73,50080%
Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago Inc$70,0002n/a
Young Invincibles$70,00031%
Berkana Institute$67,50059%
Lookingglass Theatre Company$65,00031%
Project Als Inc$65,00041%
Drake University$61,50080%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$60,50070%
Project Hood Community Development Corporation$60,00020%
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Inc$60,00021%
St Leonard's Ministries$60,00021%
The River School$60,00080%
Womens Funding Network$60,00045%
Per Scholas Inc$60,00020%
Council on Foundations Inc$59,20040%
Contentment Foundation$57,50042%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago$57,50081%
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust Inc$53,00071%
Pui Tak Center$50,00021%
Thrive Scholars$50,00020%
Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching$50,00011%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc$50,00040%
Northminster Presbyterian Church$47,0308n/a
The Hana Center$46,26780%
Northlight Theatre Inc$45,75080%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$45,00051%
Freedom Alliance$45,00090%
Illinois Policy Institute$45,00090%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$44,83060%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$44,00080%
The Heritage Foundation$40,00080%
Girls on the Run - Chicago Inc$40,00021%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$40,00080%
The Match Foundation Inc$40,00040%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$40,00080%
Media Research Center$40,00080%
Chicago Center for Arts and Technology Inc$40,00014%
Nourishing Hope$38,50060%
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights$37,50060%
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees$37,25080%
Salzburg Global Seminar Inc$37,00040%
3arts Inc$36,65080%
Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago$36,00071%
Chicago Architecture Foundation$35,50070%
Metropolitan Planning Council$35,00050%
The Civic Federation$35,00022%
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History$35,00010%
South Side Community Art Center$34,50061%
Landmark Legal Foundation$34,00080%
Deeply Rooted Productions Inc$33,00052%
Mainspring Academy Inc$32,00082%
IntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art$30,00011%
Niles Township Food Pantry Foundation$30,00080%
American Theater Company$30,0001n/a
Bethel New Life Inc$30,00011%
Illinois Arts Alliance$28,75062%
Illinois Humanities Council Inc$28,50070%
Friends of St Bartholomew's Anglican Church$28,00074%
King of Peace Episcopal Day School$28,00081%
Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School$27,50040%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$27,00020%
Equity and Transformation$26,00031%
The Family Counseling Center of Greater Washington$26,00072%
Refugeeone$25,50050%
Worldwide Indigenous Science Network$25,00011%
We Charity William C Moran & Assoc PC$25,00011%
Communities in Schools of Chicago$25,00010%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$23,00080%
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc Dba Funders for Lgbtq Issues$22,50030%
Lincoln Presidential Foundation$22,50021%
Paws Chicago$22,00080%
League of Chicago Theatres Foundation$22,00051%
Association of African America Museums (Aaam)$21,00053%
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation$21,00070%
Turning Point USA Inc$20,00040%
Barnabas Center Inc$20,00040%
District of Columbia Public Library Foundation Inc$20,00041%
Trust for the National Mall$20,0001n/a
Interfaith Action of Evanston$20,00041%
Music of the Baroque$20,0001n/a
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$20,00040%
Society for Science & the Public$19,50040%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$19,00030%
New World Symphony Inc$18,00040%
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy$18,00050%
Chicago Cultural Alliance$16,50064%
Chinese Mutual Aid Association$16,50050%
Hope Center Clc Nfp$15,8751n/a
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$15,50060%
Hope Yucatan Inc$15,00014%
Christopher House$15,00010%
Inner-City Muslim Action Network$14,50030%
West Side Justice Center Inc$14,00020%
Africa International House USA Inc$13,50052%
The Historymakers$13,00050%
Love Unity & Values Institute$12,50012%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$12,50080%
Chicago Torture Justice Center$12,5003n/a
The Carbon Underground$12,50022%
Rotary Club of Hinsdale Foundation$12,50049%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$12,00020%
Episcopal Relief and Development$12,00030%
SkyArt NFP$11,50060%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$11,50010%
The National Public Housing Museum$11,50030%
Grantmakers in the Arts$11,50060%
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company$11,25080%
Brave Space Alliance$11,15020%
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc$11,00021%
Equal Justice Initiative$10,50030%
BYP100 Education Fund$10,00010%
The 100 Club of Illinois$10,00080%
Fathers Families Healthy Communities$10,00017%
The Chicago Community Loan Fund$10,00010%
Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris Inc$10,00010%
Chicago Video Project$10,0001n/a
Core Light$10,0001n/a
Resilience Partners NFP$10,00011%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$10,00010%
Apna Ghar Inc$10,00060%
Hungry for Music$10,00034%
World Health Foundation$10,0001n/a
De Ette Holden Cummer Museum Foundation$10,00080%
Alliancechicago$10,00010%
The Natick Community Organic Farm Inc$10,00020%
National Association of Community and Restorative Justice$10,00011%
M & G Legacy Foundation Inc$10,000117%
Chicago Lights$10,00010%
Latino Policy Forum$10,00010%
Chinese for Affirmative Action$10,00010%
Candid$10,00020%
Learning Development Institute$10,0001n/a
Policylink$10,00010%
American Society of Naval Engineers$10,00010%
Democracy Forward Foundation$9,50010%
Kan-Win$9,28570%
Chicago Theatre Group Inc$9,00050%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$9,00010%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$9,0001n/a
Affinity Community Services$8,0001n/a
Joseph Jefferson Award Committee$8,00034%
Christ Episcopal Church of Frederica$8,0004n/a
Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival$7,50021%
By The Hand Club For Kids$7,50030%
Chicago Freedom School$7,50020%
Real Men Charities$7,50024%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$7,50040%
Mothers Against Senseless Killings Foundation$7,5002n/a
We the Protesters Inc$7,00010%
The Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Inc$7,00030%
Pilsen Little Village Community Mental Health Center Inc$7,00010%
Roosevelt University$7,00020%
Mujeres Latinas En Accion$7,00030%
Depaul University$6,75030%
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs$6,50080%
Leadership Greater Chicago$6,25040%
City Elementary NFP$6,25021%
Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc$6,25030%
Global Fund for Women Inc$6,00030%
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists$6,00020%
Belgrade Lakes Association$6,00041%
DePauw University$6,00050%
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated$6,00060%
University of Illinois Foundation$6,00020%
7 Lakes Alliance Inc$6,00040%
South Boston Neighborhood House Inc$6,00010%
Legal Aid Chicago$5,5001n/a
Plant Chicago NFP$5,33012%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,25020%
Cedille Chicago Nfp$5,0001n/a
American Alliance for Theatre and Education$5,00013%
The Kalo Foundation of Park Ridge$5,00013%
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science$5,00010%
Michael Reese Health Trust$5,00010%
University of Dubuque$5,00050%
Woodstock Institute$5,00011%
Latino Union of Chicago$5,0001n/a
Chicago Parks Foundation$5,00010%
Urban Juncture Foundation$5,00010%
Rush University Medical Center$5,00010%
Chicago Community Bond Fund$5,00010%
National Public Radio Inc$5,00010%
Frederica Academy Inc$5,00040%
Aurora University$5,00010%
American Blues Theater Nfp$5,00070%
Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles Inc$5,00013%
Chicago Learning Exchange$5,00012%
Girls Like Me Project Inc$5,0001n/a
Resident Association of Greater Englewood$5,00010%
Gema Mission$5,0001n/a
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$5,00020%
The New Press Inc$5,00010%
North Florida School of Special Education Inc$5,00010%
Center for Creative Resources Inc$5,00012%
Coalition for Hearing, Education and Research Inc$5,0001n/a
Ayodele Drum and Dance Nfp$4,5001n/a
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation$4,50040%
Better Government Association Inc$4,50020%
Hyde Park Jazz Festival$4,50021%
Season of Concern$4,25050%
Curt's Cafe$4,00060%
Church of the Good Shepherd$4,0002n/a
Life-Span$4,00020%
March of Dimes Inc$4,00080%
Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc$4,00040%
The Chicago Philharmonic Society$4,00010%
Wjct Inc$4,00040%
Ampt Advancing Nonprofits$3,50020%
Eta Creative Arts Foundation$3,50021%
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation$3,50020%
Hanul Family Alliance F/K/A the Korean-American Sr Ctr$3,50020%
Friends of Rickover Naval Academy$3,5001n/a
Ujimaa Medics$3,1251n/a
Chicago Humanities Festival$3,12520%
Maine Township Foundation$3,00015%
Chicago Public Art Group$3,00011%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$3,00020%
Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago$3,00021%
St Marks Episcopal Church$3,0002n/a
Old Town School of Folk Music$3,00010%
Sisters in Cinema NFP$3,00020%
Rangeley Region Health and Wellness Partnership$3,00030%
The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group$3,00020%
Wellness House$3,00010%
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc$3,00020%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$2,50010%
Miami City Ballet Inc$2,50010%
North Austin Community Center$2,50010%
Common Pantry$2,50020%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,50020%
New Life Centers of Chicagoland$2,50010%
Storycatchers$2,50040%
Challenge Alaska$2,50010%
Prism Foundation$2,50014%
Illinois Arts Council Foundation$2,5001n/a
Urban Growers Collective Inc$2,50010%
American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois$2,50010%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$2,50020%
The Gift Theatre Company$2,50040%
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Projects$2,50010%
Civitas Ensemble$2,50013%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$2,50010%
House of Prayer for All the Nations$2,50011%
Black Youth Project 100 NFP$2,50011%
Kartemquin Educational Films$2,50010%
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble$2,30050%
Rohingya Culture Center$2,20020%
Sejong Cultural Society$2,10041%
Inherentance$2,00011%
Vietnamese Association of Illinois$2,00020%
Christ Episcopal Church$2,0001n/a
Philanthropy Northwest$2,00010%
The Adler Planetarium$2,00010%
Counselors of Real Estate Foundation$2,0001n/a
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$2,00020%
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians$2,00017%
Griffin Theatre Company$2,00030%
Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc$2,00010%
Sunshine Gospel Ministries$2,0001n/a
Navy Pier Inc$2,00010%
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance Inc dba NQAPIA$2,00030%
Three Pillars Initiative$2,00022%
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$2,00020%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$2,00020%
Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois$1,95020%
Chicago Abortion Fund$1,82510%
Head for the Cure Foundation$1,80020%
Temple Chai$1,7502n/a
Free Spirit Media Nfp$1,75020%
Chicago Latino Theater Alliance$1,50010%
Gateways Music Festival Inc$1,50010%
Threewalls$1,50010%
Cook County Bar Association Foundation Inc$1,5001n/a
Spelman College$1,50010%
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation Nfp$1,50010%
Audience Architects NFP dba See Chicago Dance$1,50011%
Active Transportation Alliance$1,50020%
Black United Fund of Illinois Inc$1,50010%
Shattered Globe Theatre$1,50020%
Token Theatre Inc$1,5001n/a
The Resurrection Project$1,50010%
Share Our Strength$1,50010%
Working in the Schools Inc$1,50020%
The Dusable Black History Museum and Education Center$1,50020%
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc$1,50010%
Lincoln Park Village Inc$1,50020%
Little City Foundation$1,2501n/a
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$1,25010%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$1,25010%
La Caccina$1,0001n/a
Helper Foundation$1,0001n/a
African American Museum of Performing Arts$1,0001100%
Florida State College at Jacksonville Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Unite to Light Inc$1,00010%
Dominican University$1,00010%
International Folk Art Alliance Inc Dba Ifam$1,00010%
Harvey Memorial Community Church$1,0001n/a
Chicago Cubs Charities$1,0001n/a
Cuerdas Clasicas Inc$1,00011%
Misericordia Home$1,00010%
The Chicago High School for the Arts$1,00010%
Jane Addams Senior Caucus$1,00010%
First Folio Theatre$1,00020%
The Actors' Fund of America$1,00020%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,00010%
Friends of Belgrade Lakes Village$1,00011%
One Roof Chicago$1,00011%
St Mary of Angels Parish & School$1,0001n/a
Buildon Inc$1,00010%
Music Will Inc$1,00010%
Chicago Furniture Bank$1,00010%
Northwestern University Settlement Association$1,00010%
Communities United$1,00010%
National Council of Jewish Women New York Section$1,00010%
The Experimental Station$1,00010%
A Red Orchid Theatre$1,00020%
Full Circle Grief Center$1,0001n/a
Camp Ramah in the Poconos$1,00010%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$1,00010%
Tostan Inc$1,00010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$1,00020%
The Digdeep Right to Water Project$1,00010%
Oldfields School Inc$1,00010%
Theo Ubique Theatre$1,0001n/a
Society of the Sacred Heart United States Canada Province Inc$1,0001n/a
Equal Hope$1,00020%
Harold E Eisenberg Foundation$1,00010%
Redtwist Theatre$7502n/a
City Club of Chicago$75030%
Central Illinois Youth Symphony$75010%
Heartland Alliance International Inc$67510%
The Admiral at the Lake$50010%
Anti-Defamation League$50010%
Paradise Baptist Church$5001n/a
American Friends of Magen David Adom$50010%
Special Children's Charities$50010%
The Center for Victims of Torture$50010%
Peace Lutheran Church$5001n/a
The American Writers Museum$50010%
Better Boys Foundation$5001n/a
Impact Family Center$5001n/a
The Thresholds$50010%
Harold and Mickey Smith Jewish Academy$50010%
Heather Heyer Foundation$50010%
Restore Justice Foundation$50010%
Illinois State University Foundation$50010%
J Street Education Fund Inc$5001n/a
World Wildlife Fund Inc$50010%
Yerkes Future Foundation Inc$50010%
Chicago Filmmakers$50010%
Amigos de Gunsaulus$50010%
Plummer Youth Promise Inc$50010%
The Tri-Faith Initiative of Omaha Nebraska$50010%
Ida Crown Jewish Academy Inc$5001n/a
Chicago Zoological Society$50010%
Human Rights Watch Inc$50010%
Nevada P E P Inc$50010%
Impact for Equity$50010%
Hell In A Handbag Productions$50010%
Injustice Watch NFP$5001n/a
Makom Solel Lakeside$5001n/a
Midwest Asian Health Association$50010%
Kids Off the Block Inc$5001n/a
Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church$5001n/a
Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote$50010%
Danceworks Chicago Inc NFP$50010%
Alliance for the Great Lakes$5001n/a
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability$50010%
The Borgen Project$50010%
Metropolitan Tenants Organization$50010%
United We Dream Network Inc$50010%
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago$50010%
Aia Illinois Foundation$50011%
Friends of the Boyne River$5001n/a
70 Faces Media Inc$50010%
Hispanic Federation Inc$50010%
The 16th Street Theater NFP$50010%
Fractured Atlas Inc$50010%
The Chicago Bar Foundation$30010%
Champaign County Humane Society$25010%
Millbrook School$25010%
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation$25010%
Ada S McKinley Community Services Inc$25010%
Reading Power Inc$25010%
NAMI Chicago$25010%
The Friendship Center$1251n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 93 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Lloyd a Fry Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChicago Children's Advocacy Center: $1,291,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetEsperanza Health Centers: $1,135,500 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetChicago Public Education Fund: $1,100,500 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetLeading Educators Inc: $1,100,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetShriver Center on Poverty Law: $875,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetIngenuity Incorporated Chicago: $855,310 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetChicago Family Health Center Inc: $851,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetNew Leaders Inc: $800,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetInstitute for Nonviolence Chicago: $800,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetCommunity Counseling Centers of Chicago Inc: $783,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $735,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $724,927 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetScalelit Fka Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition: $690,500 over 8y, 21% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $609,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Equity Project: $600,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetSinai Health System: $587,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUniting Voices: $545,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetJane Addams Resource Corporation: $537,500 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetNew Teacher Center: $530,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetNational Louis University: $525,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIllinois College of Optometry: $500,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetChicago Jobs Council: $490,500 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetMobile Care Foundation: $490,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetBeloved Community Family Wellness Center: $480,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetPcc Community Wellness Center: $475,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGreater West Town Community Development Project: $462,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetWomen Employed: $461,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetThe Cara Program: $445,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetMarwen Foundation Inc: $425,500 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetAdvance Illinois Nfp: $425,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetInner-City Computer Stars Foundation: $425,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetLawndale Christian Health Center: $420,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHeartland Human Care Services Inc: $420,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetErie Family Health Center Inc: $410,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $406,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHubbard Street Dance Chicago: $405,500 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetRavinia Festival Association: $402,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetYWCA Metropolitan Chicago: $401,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTarget Hope: $400,000 over 8y, 23% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $400,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAccess Community Health Network: $390,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLINK Unlimited Scholars: $390,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetSnow City Arts Foundation: $382,000 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetWindow to the World Communications Inc: $377,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAsian Human Services Family Health Center Inc: $375,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetLa Rabida Children's Hospital: $373,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHigh Jump: $370,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Polk Bros Foundation IncIL232.6× affinity153 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Field Foundation of Illinois · Circle of Service Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Joyce Foundation · Walder Foundation · Chicago Foundation for Women · Alphawood Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Lloyd a Fry Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Lloyd a Fry Foundation

How much does Lloyd a Fry Foundation give?
Lloyd a Fry Foundation reported 394 grants totaling $9,333,835 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 276 and 309 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Lloyd a Fry Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (22%), Arts & Culture (18%), Health (15%).
Who are Lloyd a Fry Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Children's Advocacy Center ($1.3M), Esperanza Health Centers ($1.1M), Chicago Public Education Fund ($1.1M).
Does Lloyd a Fry Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lloyd a Fry Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Lloyd a Fry Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk Bros Foundation Inc, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, Field Foundation of Illinois.
Where is Lloyd a Fry Foundation based?
Lloyd a Fry Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 657 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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