Illinois · Private foundation
The Bluhm 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.
- $13M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 59
- Grants FY2024
- 57
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 48 to 76
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- 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 Bluhm Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $982k 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 | 57 | $12M | 35% |
| FY2023 | 57 | $13M | 28% |
| FY2022 | 62 | $11M | 24% |
| FY2021 | 76 | $12M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 48 | $3.8M | 31% |
| FY2019 | 65 | $10.0M | 52% |
| FY2018 | 61 | $9.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $7,067,667 | 5 | 0% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $6,237,934 | 4 | 3% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $6,210,060 | 7 | 2% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $2,481,938 | 7 | 4% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $1,576,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | $1,214,000 | 6 | 3% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $1,200,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Chicago Cares Inc | $950,000 | 7 | 7% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $848,750 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 149 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($33M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Bluhm Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 141 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: Circle of Service Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Kovler Family Foundation · Zell Family Foundation · Frank Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Bluhm Family Foundation
- How much does The Bluhm Family Foundation give?
- The Bluhm Family Foundation reported 59 grants totaling $12,954,050 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 76 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Bluhm Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (36%), Arts & Culture (19%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
- Who are The Bluhm Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Northwestern University ($7.1M), Whitney Museum of American Art ($6.2M), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($6.2M).
- Does The Bluhm Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bluhm 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bluhm Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Circle of Service Foundation, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is The Bluhm Family Foundation based?
- The Bluhm Family Foundation is based in IL.
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