Illinois · Private foundation
Summer Fund II
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.
- $98k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Summer Fund II funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k 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 | 7 | $98k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $96k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $92k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $68k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $76k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Constitutional Rights | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Crossroads Fund Inc | $49,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Color of Changeorg Education Fund | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Solidaire Network Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for South Orange Public Library | $22,500 | 2 | 10% |
| T'Ruah | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rosenberg Fund for Children Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Western States Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Constitutional Rights | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Crossroads Fund Inc | $49,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Color of Changeorg Education Fund | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Solidaire Network Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for South Orange Public Library | $22,500 | 2 | 10% |
| T'Ruah | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rosenberg Fund for Children Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Western States Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Groundswell Fund | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pregnancy Justice Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Madre Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Womens Funding Network | $10,531 | 1 | 1% |
| The New Press Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ms Foundation for Women Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Political Research Associates Inc | $8,477 | 1 | 0% |
| Fair Elections Center | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Forward Together | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Women's Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vote Run Lead Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| State Voices | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Research on Male Supremacism | $5,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Appalshop Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Feminist Press Inc | $1,762 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Summer Fund II 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.
Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Overbrook Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · Harnisch Family Foundation · Novo Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation
How this is measured
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About Summer Fund II
- How much does Summer Fund II give?
- Summer Fund II reported 7 grants totaling $97,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Summer Fund II fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (45%), Philanthropy (16%), Community Improvement (10%).
- Who are Summer Fund II's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Center for Constitutional Rights ($60k), Crossroads Fund Inc ($50k), Color of Changeorg Education Fund ($30k).
- Does Summer Fund II fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Summer Fund II 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 Summer Fund II?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
- Where is Summer Fund II based?
- Summer Fund II is based in IL.
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