Illinois · Private foundation
Loewenberg Charitable 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.
- $689k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2024
- 50
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $181,722
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 51
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Loewenberg Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 36 | $689k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 50 | $685k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 51 | $599k | 37% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $513k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $384k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 48 | $505k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 49 | $349k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $555,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago | $427,300 | 6 | 1% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $322,422 | 6 | 1% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $145,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $134,250 | 7 | 0% |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $113,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | $108,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Navy Pier Inc | $67,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 79 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 60 recipients with no EIN on record ($888k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Loewenberg Charitable 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 · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation · Arkes Family Foundation · Lavin Family Foundation · Terra Foundation for American Art · Robert R McCormick Foundation
How this is measured
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About Loewenberg Charitable Foundation
- How much does Loewenberg Charitable Foundation give?
- Loewenberg Charitable Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $689,017 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 51 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Loewenberg Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Philanthropy (22%), Youth Development (14%).
- Who are Loewenberg Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($555k), Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago ($427k), Museum of Contemporary Art ($322k).
- Does Loewenberg Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Loewenberg Charitable 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 Loewenberg Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial.
- Where is Loewenberg Charitable Foundation based?
- Loewenberg Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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