Illinois · Private foundation
Ruttenberg Arts Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2022
- 16
- Grants FY2022
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $505,486
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 3
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 69% of the organizations Ruttenberg Arts Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $904k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.6M | 69% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $2.1M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $1,350,836 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Focus Legacy | $500,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Hyde Park Art Center | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Council for Jewish Elderly Endowment Foundation | $320,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | $140,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lincoln Park Conservancy | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Rockford Art Museum | $99,750 | 1 | 15% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $69,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elmhurst Art Museum | $66,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Chicago Children's Museum | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $1,350,836 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Focus Legacy | $500,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Hyde Park Art Center | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Council for Jewish Elderly Endowment Foundation | $320,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | $140,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lincoln Park Conservancy | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Rockford Art Museum | $99,750 | 1 | 15% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $69,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elmhurst Art Museum | $66,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Chicago Children's Museum | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Parks Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Depaul University | $28,350 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Education Plus | $25,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Youth for A Better Future | $25,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Northwestern University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cps Lives Nfp | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Public Art Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Jewish Health | $1,650 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ruttenberg Arts 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: The Chicago Community Trust · The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation · Fulk Family Foundation Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Ruttenberg Arts Foundation
- How much does Ruttenberg Arts Foundation give?
- Ruttenberg Arts Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $1,594,486 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Ruttenberg Arts Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (78%), Human Services (16%), Recreation & Sports (3%).
- Who are Ruttenberg Arts Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: The Art Institute of Chicago ($1.4M), Family Focus Legacy ($500k), Hyde Park Art Center ($500k).
- Does Ruttenberg Arts Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruttenberg Arts Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ruttenberg Arts Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation, Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc.
- Where is Ruttenberg Arts Foundation based?
- Ruttenberg Arts Foundation is based in IL.
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