Illinois · Private foundation
Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund
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.
- $8k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $-7968
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 3 | $8k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $17k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $24k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $21k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $37k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $37k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Am Shalom | $29,350 | 6 | n/a |
| Congregation Bnai Tikvah | $23,800 | 8 | n/a |
| Temple Sholom of Chicago | $22,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of Jones | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
| For Autistic Kids Foundation | $10,400 | 3 | 0% |
| The Latin School of Chicago | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago City Day School | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $5,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Council for Youth Services | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Am Shalom | $29,350 | 6 | n/a |
| Congregation Bnai Tikvah | $23,800 | 8 | n/a |
| Temple Sholom of Chicago | $22,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of Jones | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
| For Autistic Kids Foundation | $10,400 | 3 | 0% |
| The Latin School of Chicago | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago City Day School | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $5,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Council for Youth Services | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hamlin Park Association Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Open Doors Organization | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | $900 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund 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: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund
- How much does Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund give?
- Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund reported 3 grants totaling $7,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Education (25%), Health (7%).
- Who are Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Am Shalom ($29k), Congregation Bnai Tikvah ($24k), Temple Sholom of Chicago ($22k).
- Does Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund 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 Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, AbbVie Foundation.
- Where is Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund based?
- Samuel H Krom Scholarship Fund is based in IL.
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