Illinois · Private foundation
S Edward Marder Family Foundation
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.
- $82k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $335k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations S Edward Marder Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 25 | $70k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $77k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $48k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $54k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $53k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $54k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $53k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie State Legal Services Inc | $106,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Family Resource Center D/B/A Adoption Center of Illinois | $90,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Community Christian Church | $55,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $28,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $25,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness | $22,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Youthbuild Lake County Inc | $21,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $15,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $14,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget S Edward Marder Family 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: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · 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
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About S Edward Marder Family Foundation
- How much does S Edward Marder Family Foundation give?
- S Edward Marder Family Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $82,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does S Edward Marder Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (20%), Human Services (20%), Religion (11%).
- Who are S Edward Marder Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Prairie State Legal Services Inc ($106k), Family Resource Center D/B/A Adoption Center of Illinois ($90k), Community Christian Church ($55k).
- Does S Edward Marder Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does S Edward Marder 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 S Edward Marder Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is S Edward Marder Family Foundation based?
- S Edward Marder Family Foundation is based in IL.
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