Illinois · Private foundation
Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $8.0M
- Granted FY2020
- 43
- Grants FY2020
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $6,370,664
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 115
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 8
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 9% of the organizations Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.4M 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 | 43 | $8.0M | 9% |
| FY2019 | 115 | $6.3M | 12% |
| FY2018 | 99 | $4.3M | 32% |
| FY2017 | 103 | $1.4M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Community Foundation | $6,370,664 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $4,811,058 | 3 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $3,887,882 | 4 | 1% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $1,363,555 | 4 | 2% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $1,150,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Gray Collection Trust | $799,352 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | $180,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Newberry Library | $152,700 | 4 | 0% |
| The Pierpont Morgan Library | $106,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago | $102,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 129 grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($349k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard and Mary L Gray 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: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · The Irving Harris Foundation · Fulk Family Foundation Inc · Alphawood Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation with peer funders
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About Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation
- How much does Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation give?
- Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $8,045,319 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 115 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Philanthropy (32%), Education (25%).
- Who are Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Chicago Community Foundation ($6.4M), University of Chicago ($4.8M), The Art Institute of Chicago ($3.9M).
- Does Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Lloyd a Fry Foundation.
- Where is Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation based?
- Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation is based in IL.
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