· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k16 grants · $50k
- $10k–50k33 grants · $655k
- $50k–250k25 grants · $2.5M
- $250k+2 grants · $800k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION | $500,000 |
| THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM | $300,000 |
| NAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| THE NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC | $200,000 |
| ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER | $200,000 |
| AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST | $175,000 |
| THE WENDE MUSEUM OF THE COLD WAR | $150,000 |
| FORT CAMPBELL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION | $150,000 |
| NORWICH UNIVERSITY | $129,190 |
| MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | $100,000 |
| AIRBORNE & SPECIAL OPERATIONS MUSEUM FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| THE UNITED STATES FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE WORLD WARS | $100,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL SPY MUSEUM | $100,000 |
| US NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| PENFED FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
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 (FY18–24, $399k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.
117 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2024, 59 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $325k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +67%
- TNTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC4× · 2021–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +91%
- NWNAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC7× · 2018–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +37%
Funded once
- UFUS Fnd Commemoration of World Warsone grant, 2019 · $500k
- BMBastogne Memorial Fundone grant, 2019 · $250k
- CPCHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AREA 26 MILITARY SCHOOLS & JROTCone grant, 2020 · $152k
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.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.
The mission of the marine corps association (mca) is to support the marine corps by disseminating knowledge of military art and science among marines, provide opportunities for professional development for marines, and to foster the spirit…
The uss constitution museum engages all ages in the story of "old ironsides" to spark excitement about maritime heritage, naval service, and the american experience.
Stimulate and advance the study of military history, especially that of the united states of america and to diffuse knowledge thereof by publications, displays and otherwise.
Memorializes the history of our nation's highest military award for valor, from the first medals in 1863 to the present, and educates the next generation of americans about the six character traits associated with the gallantry of medal…
To honor through education and historic preservation the people who have served and are servicing the naval and maritime traditions of our nation.
The navy memorial mission is to honor, recognize and celebrate the men and women of the sea services and the important contributions made by them while serving in the united states navy, marine corps, coast guard and merchant marine. the…
The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…
Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…
How this is measured
136 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 136 of the 207 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Army Historical Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds THE NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Norwich University ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds American Battlefield Trust ↗
- Who funds Lawfare Institute ↗
- Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra ↗
- Who funds WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds THE WENDE MUSEUM OF THE COLD WAR INC ↗
- Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL SPY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds University of Chicago ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ABLE NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC ↗
- Who funds National History Day Inc ↗
- Who funds CUMBERLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FORT CAMPBELL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KIDS RANK ↗
- Who funds THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ↗
- Who funds MILITARY HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE FOR AMERICA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Pritzker Military Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pritzker Military Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities Inc: 50% of income from government
- National History Day Inc: 13% of income from government
- Norwich University: 4% of income from government
- National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc: 1% of income from government
- Silver Hill Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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