Illinois · Private foundation
The Chapin Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $203k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
87% of The Chapin Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Brown University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,456
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $175,519
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $70k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Chapin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $29k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $25k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $41k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $23k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $52k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $30k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $24k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Beth Am | $90,027 | 9 | n/a |
| University School of Nashville | $44,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Peer Health Exchange Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Common Good Forum Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Friends of Alta Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Palo Alto Community Fund | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Youth Theatre | $1,700 | 4 | 0% |
| The Cove School Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Beth Am | $90,027 | 9 | n/a |
| University School of Nashville | $44,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Peer Health Exchange Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Common Good Forum Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Friends of Alta Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Palo Alto Community Fund | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Youth Theatre | $1,700 | 4 | 0% |
| The Cove School Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Sing for Hope Inc | $1,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Summer Search | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Izabel Lam Charitable Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad of College Hill Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Make Good Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Music in the Schools Foundation | $600 | 1 | 1% |
| Forests Forever Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Colel Chabad | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of Modern Art | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Manhattan Theatre Club Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pasadena Symphony Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gugulethu Ballet Project | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Chapin Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Chapin Foundation
- How much does The Chapin Foundation give?
- The Chapin Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $202,575 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Chapin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (80%), Religion (7%), Public Benefit (6%).
- Who are The Chapin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Congregation Beth Am ($90k), University School of Nashville ($44k), Peer Health Exchange Inc ($28k).
- Does The Chapin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Chapin 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 Chapin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is The Chapin Foundation based?
- The Chapin Foundation is based in IL.
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