Illinois · Private foundation
Moller Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $195k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2026
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $51,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 73
- FY2018 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 6
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 21% of the organizations Moller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 25 | $195k | 32% |
| FY2025 | 24 | $157k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $228k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $352k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 57 | $361k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 73 | $247k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 70 | $251k | 41% |
| FY2018 | 56 | $219k | 46% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beyond Hunger | $285,350 | 9 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | $92,125 | 9 | 0% |
| Chicago Zoological Society | $75,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $36,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $31,556 | 5 | 0% |
| The 5 Gyres Institute | $27,530 | 5 | 1% |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $26,103 | 6 | 0% |
| Housing Forward | $25,798 | 5 | 0% |
| Yemba Inc | $21,825 | 6 | 2% |
| Seven Generations Ahead | $21,300 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 94 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 84 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Moller 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: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Christopher Family Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Manaaki Foundation · Good Heart Work Smart Foundation · The Lumpkin Family Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · AbbVie Foundation
How this is measured
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About Moller Family Foundation
- How much does Moller Family Foundation give?
- Moller Family Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $194,825 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 73 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2025.
- What does Moller Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (18%), Food & Nutrition (16%), Education (12%).
- Who are Moller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Beyond Hunger ($285k), Planned Parenthood of Illinois ($92k), Chicago Zoological Society ($75k).
- Does Moller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Moller 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 Moller Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation.
- Where is Moller Family Foundation based?
- Moller Family Foundation is based in IL.
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