Illinois · Private foundation
Rothman Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $31k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2025
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 52
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $638k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Rothman Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 42 | $31k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 47 | $42k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 51 | $30k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 50 | $22k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $100 | 100% |
| FY2020 | 52 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ort America Inc | $40,500 | 4 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| 54 Below Inc | $2,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $2,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $2,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Hias Inc | $2,100 | 4 | 0% |
| The H Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sarah Siddons Society Inc | $1,950 | 5 | 0% |
| The Mabel Mercer Foundation Inc | $1,900 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 61 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($74k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rothman 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 · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Rothman Charitable Trust
- How much does Rothman Charitable Trust give?
- Rothman Charitable Trust reported 43 grants totaling $30,608 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 52 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Rothman Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (60%), Arts & Culture (13%), Education (11%).
- Who are Rothman Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Ort America Inc ($41k), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($3k), 54 Below Inc ($3k).
- Does Rothman Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rothman 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 Rothman Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Rothman Charitable Trust based?
- Rothman Charitable Trust is based in IL.
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