Illinois · Private foundation
Seymour a Cohen 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.
- $231k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,900
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $135,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- 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 Seymour a Cohen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 13 | $231k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $199k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $271k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $263k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $197k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $217k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $119k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $85k | 44% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | $428,160 | 7 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $378,528 | 9 | 0% |
| Beacon Academy a Montessori High School | $161,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Congregation Rodfei Zedek | $69,015 | 5 | n/a |
| Center for International Experiential Learning Inc | $46,169 | 5 | 2% |
| Better Government Association Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $39,085 | 4 | 0% |
| Emory University | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| LINK Unlimited Scholars | $15,258 | 3 | 0% |
| Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | $428,160 | 7 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $378,528 | 9 | 0% |
| Beacon Academy a Montessori High School | $161,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Congregation Rodfei Zedek | $69,015 | 5 | n/a |
| Center for International Experiential Learning Inc | $46,169 | 5 | 2% |
| Better Government Association Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $39,085 | 4 | 0% |
| Emory University | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| LINK Unlimited Scholars | $15,258 | 3 | 0% |
| Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Child Advocates of Contra Costa County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Marys University of Minnesota | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago State Foundation | $4,589 | 4 | 0% |
| Lifelong Medical Care | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Centers | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hhplift | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Erikson Institute | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($404k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Seymour a Cohen 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.
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How this is measured
About Seymour a Cohen Family Foundation
- How much does Seymour a Cohen Family Foundation give?
- Seymour a Cohen Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $230,926 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Seymour a Cohen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Human Services (24%), Health (18%).
- Who are Seymour a Cohen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Chicago ($428k), Metropolitan Family Services ($379k), Beacon Academy a Montessori High School ($161k).
- Does Seymour a Cohen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Seymour a Cohen 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 Seymour a Cohen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Circle of Service Foundation.
- Where is Seymour a Cohen Family Foundation based?
- Seymour a Cohen Family Foundation is based in IL.
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