Illinois · Private foundation
Stuart & Benjamin Abelson 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.
- $300k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.8M
- 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 Stuart & Benjamin Abelson 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $230k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $220k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $210k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $190k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $180k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $185k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $170k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threshold Foundation | $585,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest | $190,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Rescue Release and Restore Inc Nfp | $165,000 | 8 | 100% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Old Town School of Folk Music | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Farm and Wilderness Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| North Coast Cultural Association Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 17% |
| Reins of Life Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Elizabeth Home | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Compassion & Choices | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threshold Foundation | $585,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest | $190,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Rescue Release and Restore Inc Nfp | $165,000 | 8 | 100% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Old Town School of Folk Music | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Farm and Wilderness Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| North Coast Cultural Association Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 17% |
| Reins of Life Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Elizabeth Home | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Compassion & Choices | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Diverse Harmony Co First Baptist Church | $3,000 | 3 | 3% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($230k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Stuart & Benjamin Abelson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Stuart & Benjamin Abelson Foundation
- How much does Stuart & Benjamin Abelson Foundation give?
- Stuart & Benjamin Abelson Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Stuart & Benjamin Abelson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (32%), Philanthropy (28%), International (12%).
- Who are Stuart & Benjamin Abelson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Threshold Foundation ($585k), Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest ($190k), Rescue Release and Restore Inc Nfp ($165k).
- Does Stuart & Benjamin Abelson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stuart & Benjamin Abelson 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 Stuart & Benjamin Abelson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Stuart & Benjamin Abelson Foundation based?
- Stuart & Benjamin Abelson Foundation is based in IL.
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