How much does The Chisholm Foundation give?

The Chisholm Foundation reported 159 itemized grants totaling $4,686,561, out of $5,322,830 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 122 and 135 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.

What does The Chisholm Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (9%), Arts & Culture (6%), Social Science (5%).

Who are The Chisholm Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research ($270k), The Chapin School Ltd ($240k), Mississippi Museum of Art Inc ($180k).

Does The Chisholm Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Chisholm 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 Chisholm Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Mississippi, Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee, Ergon Foundation Inc.

Where is The Chisholm Foundation based?

The Chisholm Foundation is based in MS.

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The Chisholm 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.

$5.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 159
Itemized grants FY2024: 122
Organizations funded FY2023: 32%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $4.7M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $15,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $275,000
Organizations funded a year: 122 to 135; FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 10
Total assets, FY2024: $84M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations The Chisholm Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	136	$4.6M	26%
FY2023	122	$3.8M	32%
FY2022	135	$3.8M	n/a

96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.4MArts & Culture$2.3MSocial Science$1.8MHealth$988kPhilanthropy$640kHuman Services$594kReligion$451kAnimals$285kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research	$270,000	3	0%
The Chapin School Ltd	$240,000	3	0%
Mississippi Museum of Art Inc	$180,000	3	2%
Discovery Institute	$150,000	3	1%
St Bernard's School Inc	$135,000	3	0%
Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc	$125,000	3	0%
Empower Mississippi Foundation	$125,000	3	4%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation	$120,000	2	0%
Seattle Repertory Theatre	$110,000	3	0%
Cato Institute	$100,000	3	0%

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All grantees of The Chisholm Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research	$270,000	3	0%
The Chapin School Ltd	$240,000	3	0%
Mississippi Museum of Art Inc	$180,000	3	2%
Discovery Institute	$150,000	3	1%
St Bernard's School Inc	$135,000	3	0%
Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc	$125,000	3	0%
Empower Mississippi Foundation	$125,000	3	4%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation	$120,000	2	0%
Seattle Repertory Theatre	$110,000	3	0%
Cato Institute	$100,000	3	0%
Exodus School	$90,000	3	1%
New York City Center Inc	$75,500	3	0%
Museum of Flight Foundation	$75,000	3	0%
Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc	$75,000	3	0%
The Mendenhall Ministries	$75,000	3	38%
Piney Woods School	$75,000	3	1%
Childhaven	$70,000	3	0%
National Review Institute	$65,000	3	0%
Pacific Science Center Foundation	$60,000	3	0%
The Heritage Foundation	$53,000	2	0%
American Legislative Exchange Council	$50,000	2	0%
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center	$45,000	1	1%
Walter Anderson Museum of Art Inc	$45,000	2	2%
University of Washington Foundation	$40,000	2	0%
The George Washington Foundation	$30,000	2	1%
Haiti Micah Project Inc	$30,000	2	n/a
Laurel Little Theatre	$28,000	3	8%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Child Mind Institute Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Domestic Abuse Family Shelter Inc	$20,000	3	1%
St Paul's School	$20,000	1	0%
Real Christian Foundation Inc	$20,000	1	4%
Trustees of Phillips Academy	$20,000	1	0%
Mission Mississippi	$20,000	3	2%
Seattle Children's Foundation	$20,000	1	0%
Jacob Burns Film Center Inc	$15,000	2	0%
Cristo Rey New York High School	$15,000	2	0%
Classical Recording Foundation Inc	$15,000	1	5%
The Lighthouse Works Inc	$15,000	3	0%
The Andrew K Dwyer Foundation	$15,000	3	2%
Heterodox Academy	$15,000	1	0%
Center For Wooden Boats	$15,000	3	0%
Island Health Project Inc	$15,000	3	1%
New York Historical Society	$12,000	2	0%
Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Dwell	$10,000	1	1%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	$10,000	1	0%
New York City Ballet Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Riverdale Country School Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Good Shepherd Medical & Dental Inc	$10,000	1	13%
The Arts Arena International Inc	$10,000	2	6%
Delta State University Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Singstrong Inc	$10,000	1	21%
Fishers Island Community Center Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Readworksinc	$10,000	1	1%
Breadcoin Foundation Ltd	$10,000	1	1%
Little Pebbles Ministries LLC	$9,000	3	n/a
Broadwayeveryday Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	2%
Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation	$5,000	1	0%
Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	1%
The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Path	$4,000	1	0%
Old Friends Club	$3,000	1	2%
Open to Debate Foundation	$2,500	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 145 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.2M), not named here.

The Chisholm Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 62.

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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.

Community Foundation for MississippiMS21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Ergon Foundation Inc · Seattle Foundation · The Achelis & Bodman Foundation Co Manice & Budd LLP · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · The Bessemer Giving Fund · WK Kellogg Foundation · Raven Trust Fund · C Spire Foundation · The Sooner Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Chisholm Foundation

How much does The Chisholm Foundation give?: The Chisholm Foundation reported 159 itemized grants totaling $4,686,561, out of $5,322,830 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 122 and 135 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does The Chisholm Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (9%), Arts & Culture (6%), Social Science (5%).
Who are The Chisholm Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research ($270k), The Chapin School Ltd ($240k), Mississippi Museum of Art Inc ($180k).
Does The Chisholm Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Chisholm 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 Chisholm Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Mississippi, Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee, Ergon Foundation Inc.
Where is The Chisholm Foundation based?: The Chisholm Foundation is based in MS.