Illinois · Private foundation
The Bill Bass 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.
- $836k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 59
- Grants FY2024
- 60
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $118,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 52 to 67
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations The Bill Bass 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; $182k 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 | 58 | $829k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 60 | $893k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 56 | $682k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 56 | $680k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 52 | $693k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 65 | $675k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 67 | $694k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 66 | $663k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $824,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $325,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $270,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $170,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $166,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Chicago Police Memorial Foundation | $147,500 | 8 | 1% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $112,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Joffrey Ballet | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chabad of Champaign-Urbana Nfp | $85,000 | 6 | n/a |
Show all 109 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 65 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bill Bass 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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Circle of Service Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Sam I Am Foundation · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Kovler Family Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Bill Bass Foundation
- How much does The Bill Bass Foundation give?
- The Bill Bass Foundation reported 59 grants totaling $836,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 67 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Bill Bass Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Philanthropy (18%), Education (14%).
- Who are The Bill Bass Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($824k), Illinois Institute of Technology ($325k), Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago ($270k).
- Does The Bill Bass Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bill Bass 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 The Bill Bass Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Circle of Service Foundation, AbbVie Foundation.
- Where is The Bill Bass Foundation based?
- The Bill Bass Foundation is based in IL.
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