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M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $34,539
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 35
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $28M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 33 | $1.4M | 21% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $1.2M | 37% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $305,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Services | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cathedral Church of St John the Divine | $260,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Bishop Anderson Foundation | $210,000 | 3 | n/a |
| New York Foundling | $170,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lawndale Christian Health Center | $147,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Holy Family Ministries | $125,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chicago Lights | $110,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Xavier Mission Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $305,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Services | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cathedral Church of St John the Divine | $260,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Bishop Anderson Foundation | $210,000 | 3 | n/a |
| New York Foundling | $170,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lawndale Christian Health Center | $147,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Holy Family Ministries | $125,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chicago Lights | $110,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Xavier Mission Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Judson Memorial Church Inc | $85,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Misericordia Home | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Reformed Dutch Church at Green Point | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alexian Brothers Bonaventure House | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mercy Housing Lakefront | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Franciscan Outreach | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bethany House of Hospitality | $55,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Archcare Community Services Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cornerstone Community Outreach | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ignatian Spirituality Project | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chicagoland Methodist Senior Services | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity Community Connection Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Advent Lutheran Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Bernard Hospital | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Taller de Jose | $25,000 | 2 | 4% |
| St Lukes Lutheran Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maryville Academy | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wicker Park Lutheran Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Studentsponsor Partners Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Michaels Community Programs Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund 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: Helen V Brach Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · WP & HB White Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Washington Square Health Foundation · The a Montgomery Ward Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Greater Chicago Food Depository · Uw Harry S Black & Allon Fuller · The Rhoades Foundation
How this is measured
About M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund
- How much does M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund give?
- M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund reported 33 grants totaling $1,366,539 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 35 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Religion (11%), Health (10%).
- Who are M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Lutheran Social Services of Illinois ($305k), Good Shepherd Services ($300k), Cathedral Church of St John the Divine ($260k).
- Does M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Helen V Brach Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Polk Bros Foundation Inc.
- Where is M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund based?
- M a & G a Ackerman Memorial Fund is based in TX.
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