Illinois · Private foundation
Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager 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.
- $20k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k 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 | 2 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $1.3M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $1.5M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $2.2M | 44% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $146k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $2.7M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $607k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush University Medical Center | $8,102,077 | 2 | 0% |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | $1,645,000 | 4 | 17% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $255,025 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $255,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc | $215,000 | 4 | 1% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $175,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation | $140,700 | 2 | n/a |
| National Kidney Foundation of Illinois | $131,400 | 4 | 2% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $85,200 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager 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: AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager Foundation
- How much does Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager Foundation give?
- Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $20,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (83%), Arts & Culture (12%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rush University Medical Center ($8.1M), Lookingglass Theatre Company ($1.6M), Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($255k).
- Does Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager 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 Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager Foundation based?
- Paul a & Joan S Rubschlager Foundation is based in IL.
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