Illinois · Private foundation
Stuart & Jesse 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.
- $600k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Stuart & Jesse Abelson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 8 | $600k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $500k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $500k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $340k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $420k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $350k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $400k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $290k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $860,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest | $350,000 | 8 | 1% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $210,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Literature for All of US | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Working in the Schools Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Facets Film Forum | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stuart & Jesse Abelson Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Stuart & Jesse Abelson Foundation
- How much does Stuart & Jesse Abelson Foundation give?
- Stuart & Jesse Abelson Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $600,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Stuart & Jesse Abelson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Health (25%), Environment (10%).
- Who are Stuart & Jesse Abelson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of California San Francisco Foundation ($860k), Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest ($350k), California Academy of Sciences ($300k).
- Does Stuart & Jesse Abelson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stuart & Jesse 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.
- Where is Stuart & Jesse Abelson Foundation based?
- Stuart & Jesse Abelson Foundation is based in IL.
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