Illinois · Private foundation
Marvin and Kay Lichtman 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.
- $300k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Marvin and Kay Lichtman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 15 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $270k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $338k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $318k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $325k | 26% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elim Christian Services | $212,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Keshet | $194,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Cradle Foundation | $194,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Lambs Farm Inc | $186,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Christian Appalachian Project Inc | $184,000 | 9 | 0% |
| A Safe Haven Foundation | $139,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hephzibah Children's Association | $139,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Second Sense | $104,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Marillac St Vincent Family Services Inc | $104,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $100,000 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elim Christian Services | $212,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Keshet | $194,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Cradle Foundation | $194,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Lambs Farm Inc | $186,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Christian Appalachian Project Inc | $184,000 | 9 | 0% |
| A Safe Haven Foundation | $139,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hephzibah Children's Association | $139,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Second Sense | $104,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Marillac St Vincent Family Services Inc | $104,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $100,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Little City Foundation | $94,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $33,201 | 1 | 0% |
| Fresh Start Women's Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($995k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marvin and Kay Lichtman 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: Mark Morton Memorial Fund · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · The Chicago Community Trust · The Service Club of Chicago · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Marvin and Kay Lichtman Foundation
- How much does Marvin and Kay Lichtman Foundation give?
- Marvin and Kay Lichtman Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Marvin and Kay Lichtman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (33%), Religion (20%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Marvin and Kay Lichtman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Elim Christian Services ($212k), Keshet ($194k), The Cradle Foundation ($194k).
- Does Marvin and Kay Lichtman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marvin and Kay Lichtman 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 Marvin and Kay Lichtman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mark Morton Memorial Fund, George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Marvin and Kay Lichtman Foundation based?
- Marvin and Kay Lichtman Foundation is based in IL.
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