Illinois · Private foundation
Oettinger Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $11k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,982
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 40% of the organizations Oettinger Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $350 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $11k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $2k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $17k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Park Orchestral Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $7,332 | 3 | 0% |
| Writers Theatre Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Music Theatre Works Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Centers | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Chicago High School for the Arts | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Trinity High School | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| American Opera Society of Chicago | $535 | 3 | 1% |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Park Orchestral Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $7,332 | 3 | 0% |
| Writers Theatre Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Music Theatre Works Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Centers | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Chicago High School for the Arts | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Trinity High School | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| American Opera Society of Chicago | $535 | 3 | 1% |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Shalva Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Oettinger 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Oettinger Foundation
- How much does Oettinger Foundation give?
- Oettinger Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $11,037 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Oettinger Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (87%), Education (5%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are Oettinger Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Grant Park Orchestral Association ($10k), Lyric Opera of Chicago ($7k), Writers Theatre Inc ($5k).
- Does Oettinger Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Oettinger 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 Oettinger Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Oettinger Foundation based?
- Oettinger Foundation is based in IL.
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