Illinois · Private foundation
Loraine Kaufman 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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $395k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Loraine Kaufman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 30 | $65k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $75k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $87k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $81k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $50k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $72k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIDS Foundation of Chicago | $112,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Francis W Parker School | $44,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Howard Brown Health Center | $41,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Visceral Dance Chicago NFP | $17,250 | 5 | 1% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $16,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Marwen Foundation Inc | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Anti-Cruelty Society | $10,700 | 2 | 0% |
| ChiArts Foundation | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lynn Sage Foundation | $7,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($81k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Loraine Kaufman 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 · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · Metzner Family Foundation · Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Xxxxx1008 · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Reva and David Logan Foundation
How this is measured
About Loraine Kaufman Foundation
- How much does Loraine Kaufman Foundation give?
- Loraine Kaufman Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $65,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Loraine Kaufman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (46%), Arts & Culture (19%), Education (12%).
- Who are Loraine Kaufman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: AIDS Foundation of Chicago ($112k), Francis W Parker School ($44k), Howard Brown Health Center ($41k).
- Does Loraine Kaufman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Loraine Kaufman 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 Loraine Kaufman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is Loraine Kaufman Foundation based?
- Loraine Kaufman Foundation is based in IL.
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