· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k20 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $102k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $51k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Southern Illinois Univeristy Founda | $51,000 |
| Beyond Hunger | $47,000 |
| Three Pillars Institute | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | $10,000 |
| Good Samaritan Carbondale Homeless | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Southern Illinois Alumni Associatio | $3,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| Survivors Empowerment Center | $2,500 |
| Rails to Trails | $2,500 |
| PBS News Hour | $2,500 |
| Woodlawn Community Food Pantry | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| Nourishing Hope | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
82 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2026, 65 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BHBEYOND HUNGER9× · 2017–2026 · $285k · revenue +276%
- PPPlanned Parenthood of Illinois9× · 2017–2026 · $92k · revenue +64%
Chicago Zoological Society7× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- SBSugar Beet Schoolhouseone grant, 2017 · $27k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $20k
- CIChicago International Puppet Theater Festivalone grant, 2025 · $10k · revenue -29%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To spark curiosity and creativity in all young children through positive, play-based learning experiences.
A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.
To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.
See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…
The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.
The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.
The chicagoland chamber of commerce combines the power of people, with our legacy of leadership and business advocacy, to drive a dynamic economy. we focus on delivering value for our members, making chicagoland a world-class place to live…
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
How this is measured
90 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 90 of the 179 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds BEYOND HUNGER ↗
- Who funds Planned Parenthood of Illinois ↗
- Who funds Chicago Zoological Society ↗
- Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds The 5 Gyres Institute ↗
- Who funds SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HOUSING FORWARD ↗
- Who funds YEMBA INC ↗
- Who funds SEVEN GENERATIONS AHEAD ↗
- Who funds SCARCE ↗
- Who funds HYDE PARK ART CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds ONE EARTH COLLECTIVE ↗
- Who funds Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival ↗
- Who funds GREEN AMERICA ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ↗
- Who funds NOURISHING HOPE ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Moller Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Moller Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
- Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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