Illinois · Private foundation
Steans Family 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.
- $41M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $19M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $19,374,344
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $19,374,344
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 123
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $294M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Steans Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $19M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $6.3M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $2.8M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 123 | $9.1M | 99% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $800k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $3.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Implementation and Evaluation Org | $180,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $110,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 126 recipients with no EIN on record ($45M), not named here.
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About Steans Family Foundation
- How much does Steans Family Foundation give?
- Steans Family Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $19,374,344, out of $41,294,252 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 123 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Steans Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (14%), Education (2%), Community Improvement (1%).
- Who are Steans Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Planning Implementation and Evaluation Org ($180k), Metropolitan Family Services ($110k).
- Does Steans Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Steans 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.
- Where is Steans Family Foundation based?
- Steans Family Foundation is based in IL.
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