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Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$10M
Granted FY2022
46
Grants FY2022
45
Organizations funded FY2022
27%
First-time grantees FY2022
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100% of Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 38 organizations, $10M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

56
’20
41
’21
38
’22
0
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2022
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2022
$10,000,000
Organizations funded a year
44 to 63
FY2020 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
6
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 27% of the organizations Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202245$10M27%
FY202144$16M39%
FY202063$11Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Education$32MPhilanthropy$16MFood & Nutrition$5.3MHuman Services$224kArts & Culture$91kHealth$91kEnvironment$57kInternational$45kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
VA
DE
AR
TN
SC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 79 grantees
All grantees of Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Seminar Network Inc$31,000,000316%
North Shore Country Day School$637,60031%
Lake Forest Country Day School$287,00032%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$150,00030%
Sga Youth & Family Services Nfp$50,00020%
Cristo Rey Network$30,00020%
Chicago Horticultural Society$25,10010%
Lake Forest Academy$25,00030%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$21,10030%
Business Executives for National Security$20,00010%
American Council of Trustees and Alumni$20,00020%
The Garden Conservancy Inc$16,50030%
Peconic Land Trust Inc$15,00030%
Cato Institute$15,00030%
Heifer International Foundation$15,00031%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$11,00030%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$11,00030%
The Heartland Institute$11,00020%
The Fort Ticonderoga Association$10,00010%
Drayton Hall Preservation Trust$10,00020%
Media Research Center$10,00010%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$10,00020%
Grameen Foundation USA$10,00020%
The Chicago Club Preservation Foundation$10,00010%
Millennium Park Foundation$10,00011%
Freedomworks Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Global$10,00020%
Perspectives Charter Schools$8,00020%
Clearbrook$7,00030%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$6,00020%
The Antiquarian Society$5,30021%
Judicial Watch Inc$5,00010%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$5,00010%
The Art Institute of Chicago$5,00010%
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired$4,50030%
Camp for All Kids$3,90011%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$3,60030%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$3,00030%
Lake Forest Police Foundation Inc$3,00032%
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc$2,00010%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$2,00020%
The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc$2,00020%
American Council on Science and Health$2,00020%
University of Chicago$1,80020%
History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff$1,50030%
Big Shoulders Fund$1,50010%
Students for Life of America Inc$1,20010%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$1,10020%
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow$1,00010%
Ashland University$1,00010%
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc$1,00020%
Washington Legal Foundation$1,00010%
The Independent Institute$1,00010%
National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Tax Foundation$1,00010%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$1,00010%
Cancer Wellness Center$1,00010%
Family Service of Glencoe$1,00010%
Young America's Foundation$1,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,00010%
Gorton Community Center$1,00020%
American Lung Association$55020%
Chicago Architecture Foundation$50010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$50010%
Herb Kosten Pancreatic Cancer Charitable Fund$50010%
Rush University Medical Center$50010%
Kadet Cancer Research Foundation$50012%
Tri-Con Child Care Center Inc$50010%
Ravinia Festival Association$50010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$20020%
The Arts Club of Chicago$20010%
The Lake Forest Library Foundation$1101n/a
Feeding America$10010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10010%
National Kidney Foundation Inc$10010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$10010%
The Trustees of the Smith College$10010%
The Friends of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Inc$6010%
National Police Association Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Seminar Network Inc: $31,000,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetNorth Shore Country Day School: $637,600 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetLake Forest Country Day School: $287,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSga Youth & Family Services Nfp: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCristo Rey Network: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $25,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest Academy: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $21,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBusiness Executives for National Security: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Council of Trustees and Alumni: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Garden Conservancy Inc: $16,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPeconic Land Trust Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHeifer International Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heartland Institute: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Fort Ticonderoga Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDrayton Hall Preservation Trust: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMedia Research Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGrameen Foundation USA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chicago Club Preservation Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMillennium Park Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFreedomworks Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPerspectives Charter Schools: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClearbrook: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Philanthropy Roundtable: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Antiquarian Society: $5,300 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCamp for All Kids: $3,900 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $3,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest Police Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetIntercollegiate Studies Institute Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Park Zoological Society: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Council on Science and Health: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $1,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHistory Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 78.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL27.6× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Red Bird Hollow Foundation · The Kathleen B and Charles R Walgreen III Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Keystone Charitable Foundation · The Satter Foundation · Hedberg Foundation Inc · Clarks Fork Foundation · The Gorter Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation

How much does Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation give?
Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $10,427,350 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 63 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
What does Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (59%), Philanthropy (30%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
Who are Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: The Seminar Network Inc ($31M), North Shore Country Day School ($638k), Lake Forest Country Day School ($287k).
Does Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Roger and Susan Stone Family 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 Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation.
Where is Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation based?
Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 95 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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