Illinois · Private foundation
Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $39k
- Granted FY2020
- 21
- Grants FY2020
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $1,211
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 58% of the organizations Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 19 | $36k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $15k | 69% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sarah Lawrence College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Misericordia Home | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wings Program Inc | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mapscorps | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Anshe Sholom Bnai Israel | $3,135 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Erie Family Health Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust 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 · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Allstate Foundation · University of Chicago Medical Center · Walder Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · The Joyce Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · AbbVie Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust with peer funders
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About Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust
- How much does Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust give?
- Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust reported 21 grants totaling $39,099 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (24%), Health (21%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy ($6k), United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc ($5k), Sarah Lawrence College ($5k).
- Does Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust 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 Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Allstate Foundation.
- Where is Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust based?
- Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule Charitable Trust is based in IL.
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