Illinois · Private foundation
Pritzker Military 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.
- $4.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 76
- Grants FY2024
- 73
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 66 to 82
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 22
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Pritzker Military Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $322k 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 | 76 | $4.0M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 73 | $3.4M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 73 | $3.4M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 69 | $3.9M | 36% |
| FY2020 | 66 | $3.4M | 32% |
| FY2019 | 82 | $4.6M | 41% |
| FY2018 | 69 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation | $2,251,923 | 7 | 10% |
| The Army Historical Foundation Inc | $1,801,974 | 5 | 6% |
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $1,435,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Naval Institute Foundation Inc | $1,402,500 | 7 | 5% |
| Naval War College Foundation Inc | $1,345,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Norwich University | $943,911 | 6 | 0% |
| National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc | $700,000 | 4 | 4% |
| American Battlefield Trust | $675,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lawfare Institute | $505,100 | 4 | 13% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 137 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 66 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Pritzker Military Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 129 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Robert R McCormick Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund · Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Mutual of America Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Mark E Bryant Charitable Trust · Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Smith Richardson Foundation Inc · Veterans United Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pritzker Military Foundation
- How much does Pritzker Military Foundation give?
- Pritzker Military Foundation reported 76 grants totaling $4,022,119 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 66 and 82 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Pritzker Military Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (43%), Education (19%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Pritzker Military Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation ($2.3M), The Army Historical Foundation Inc ($1.8M), The National World War II Museum Inc ($1.4M).
- Does Pritzker Military Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pritzker Military 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 Pritzker Military Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert R McCormick Foundation, Dr Scholl Foundation, Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund.
- Where is Pritzker Military Foundation based?
- Pritzker Military Foundation is based in IL.
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