Illinois · Public charity
Seize the Future Development Foundation
To motivate and facilitate the revitalization and development of aurora and its downtown.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,181,485
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,181,485
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Seize the Future Development Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $606k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $3.2M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $606k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $67k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $181k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $378k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $457k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Community Improvement$3.2MPublic Benefit$606kHousing & Shelter$519kArts & Culture$218kHuman Services$164kFood & Nutrition$60kPhilanthropy$40kPublic Safety & Disaster$14k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevate Aurora Inc | $3,181,485 | 1 | 99% |
| City of Aurora | $606,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Model 51 LLC | $164,430 | 1 | n/a |
| M5 Holdings LLC | $92,070 | 3 | n/a |
| Fox Valley Music Foundation | $75,424 | 2 | 21% |
| The Community Builders Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jimi Allen Photography Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Olive Tree Properties | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ballydoyle Aurora LLC | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ramsu Properties LLC | $68,220 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevate Aurora Inc | $3,181,485 | 1 | 99% |
| City of Aurora | $606,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Model 51 LLC | $164,430 | 1 | n/a |
| M5 Holdings LLC | $92,070 | 3 | n/a |
| Fox Valley Music Foundation | $75,424 | 2 | 21% |
| The Community Builders Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jimi Allen Photography Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Olive Tree Properties | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ballydoyle Aurora LLC | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ramsu Properties LLC | $68,220 | 2 | n/a |
| 112 Aurora LLC | $65,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Altiro Aurora LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tavern on Broadway | $49,048 | 1 | n/a |
| Weisner Family Charitable | $40,455 | 1 | n/a |
| McCarty Mills Taproom Inc | $38,185 | 1 | n/a |
| Endiro Coffe LLC | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| River Breeze LLC | $31,500 | 1 | n/a |
| J&S Food Group Inc | $21,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Gary Brown Art Inc | $18,660 | 1 | n/a |
| Tredwell LLC | $11,815 | 1 | n/a |
| Service Plus Mechanical Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Insurance Examiners Services Ltd | $6,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Billram Properties LLC | $6,780 | 1 | n/a |
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About Seize the Future Development Foundation
- How much does Seize the Future Development Foundation give?
- Seize the Future Development Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $3,181,485 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Seize the Future Development Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (67%), Public Benefit (12%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
- Who are Seize the Future Development Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Elevate Aurora Inc ($3.2M), City of Aurora ($606k), Model 51 LLC ($164k).
- Does Seize the Future Development Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Seize the Future Development Foundation based?
- Seize the Future Development Foundation is based in IL.
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