Does Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz 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 Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation, The Allstate Foundation.

Foundation Dossiers

Illinois · Private foundation

Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$13k
Granted FY2019: 38
Grants FY2019: 38
Organizations funded FY2019: 97%
First-time grantees FY2019

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Median grant, FY2019: $100
Largest grant, FY2019: $3,600
Organizations funded a year: 16 to 38; FY2017 to FY2019
States reached, FY2019: 6
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2019, 97% of the organizations Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

HealthArts & CultureEducationEmploymentEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2019	38	$13k	97%
FY2018	18	$29k	61%
FY2017	16	$3k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Arts & Culture$19kEducation$7kHealth$7kEnvironment$3kAnimals$2kHuman Services$2kCivil Rights$2kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Illinois Institute of Technology	$5,500	2	0%
Project Onward	$3,000	1	1%
Chicago Gateway Green Committee	$2,500	1	0%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra	$2,175	2	0%
Chicago History Museum	$2,145	2	n/a
The Art Institute of Chicago	$2,130	2	0%
Ronald McDonald House Global	$2,050	2	n/a
Classical Music Chicago	$2,000	1	0%
Chicago House & Social Service Agency	$1,000	1	0%
Center for Environmental Health	$500	1	0%

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All grantees of Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Illinois Institute of Technology	$5,500	2	0%
Project Onward	$3,000	1	1%
Chicago Gateway Green Committee	$2,500	1	0%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra	$2,175	2	0%
Chicago History Museum	$2,145	2	n/a
The Art Institute of Chicago	$2,130	2	0%
Ronald McDonald House Global	$2,050	2	n/a
Classical Music Chicago	$2,000	1	0%
Chicago House & Social Service Agency	$1,000	1	0%
Center for Environmental Health	$500	1	0%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company	$500	1	0%
Hyde Park Art Center	$500	1	0%
The Lily Project Inc	$500	1	0%
Friends of the Chicago River	$200	1	0%
Open Books Ltd	$200	1	0%
Little City Foundation	$100	1	0%
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$100	1	0%
Buildon Inc	$100	1	0%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society	$100	1	0%
The Gray Matter Experience Inc	$100	1	n/a
Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation	$100	1	0%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc	$100	1	0%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention	$100	1	0%
Pitch In	$100	1	0%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$100	1	0%
Paws Inc	$100	1	0%
Ele's Place Inc	$100	1	0%
Margarets Village	$100	1	n/a
The Chicago Academy for the Arts	$75	1	0%
Chicago Theatre Group Inc	$50	1	0%

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 26.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL23× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · The Allstate Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Builders Vision Foundation · Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz

How much does Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz give?: Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz reported 38 grants totaling $13,450 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
What does Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (42%), Education (16%), Health (15%).
Who are Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Illinois Institute of Technology ($6k), Project Onward ($3k), Chicago Gateway Green Committee ($3k).
Does Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz fund new organizations?: In FY2019, 97% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz 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 Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation, The Allstate Foundation.
Where is Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz based?: Nathaniel and Lillian G Sommerfield Memorial Fund - Co Sally N Schwartz is based in IL.