Illinois · Private foundation
Shirlie & Owen Siegel Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $133k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $32,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Shirlie & Owen Siegel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $132k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $101k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $124k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $119k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | $119,250 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $94,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| All Stars Project Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Olive Branch Mission | $23,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $15,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Connections for the Homeless Inc | $15,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Empowerment Nfp | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Housing Opportunities for Women Inc | $4,200 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | $119,250 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $94,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| All Stars Project Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Olive Branch Mission | $23,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $15,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Connections for the Homeless Inc | $15,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Empowerment Nfp | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Housing Opportunities for Women Inc | $4,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Free Spirit Media Nfp | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($61k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shirlie & Owen Siegel 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
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About Shirlie & Owen Siegel Foundation
- How much does Shirlie & Owen Siegel Foundation give?
- Shirlie & Owen Siegel Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $133,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Shirlie & Owen Siegel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (26%), Human Services (20%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
- Who are Shirlie & Owen Siegel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: University of Pittsburgh ($119k), The Salvation Army ($94k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($48k).
- Does Shirlie & Owen Siegel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shirlie & Owen Siegel 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 Shirlie & Owen Siegel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Shirlie & Owen Siegel Foundation based?
- Shirlie & Owen Siegel Foundation is based in IL.
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