Illinois · Private foundation
Lundstrom 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.
- $36k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 16
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $421k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Lundstrom Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 16 | $36k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $28k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $13k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $7k | 91% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northlight Theatre Inc | $6,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Writers Theatre Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| St James Catholic Church | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Familyforward | $3,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Betty Brinn Children's Museum Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hunger Task Force Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nourishing Hope | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant Harbor Bible Camp | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northlight Theatre Inc | $6,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Writers Theatre Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| St James Catholic Church | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Familyforward | $3,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Betty Brinn Children's Museum Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hunger Task Force Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nourishing Hope | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant Harbor Bible Camp | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wings of Mercy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equity Arc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maggies Mission Cafe | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Ecology Center Inc | $650 | 1 | 0% |
| The Art of Problem Solving Initiative Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($56k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lundstrom 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: National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Lundstrom Family Foundation
- How much does Lundstrom Family Foundation give?
- Lundstrom Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $36,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 16 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Lundstrom Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Human Services (18%), Education (15%).
- Who are Lundstrom Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Northlight Theatre Inc ($7k), Writers Theatre Inc ($7k), St James Catholic Church ($6k).
- Does Lundstrom Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lundstrom 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 Lundstrom Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Lundstrom Family Foundation based?
- Lundstrom Family Foundation is based in IL.
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