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The Corwith Fund

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.

$164k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2024
39
Organizations funded FY2023
3%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
39 to 45
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$8.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 3% of the organizations The Corwith Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving35$164k6%
FY202339$135k3%
FY202239$194k3%
FY202141$145k2%
FY202044$134k7%
FY201945$131k18%
FY201842$113kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Environment$304kAnimals$278kHealth$251kEducation$63kArts & Culture$62kPhilanthropy$44kHuman Services$34kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
OH
CT
RI
CA
WV
VA
MD
DC
OK
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Corwith Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Naples Zoo Inc$237,50071%
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$155,00071%
Advocate Charitable Foundation$100,00070%
Citizens for Conservation Inc$37,00072%
Naples Botanical Garden Inc$31,20030%
Naples Historical Society Inc$30,00071%
The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)$27,50061%
Neighborhood Health Clinic Inc$18,50070%
Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation$18,50030%
Barrington Youth & Family Services$18,00061%
Rush University Medical Center$17,50070%
Barrington Area Comm Foundation Inc$16,00071%
Elgin Academy$15,00030%
Barrington Area Conservation Trust Inc$13,00052%
National Park Foundation$11,00070%
Yale University$10,0004n/a
Barrington Giving Day$10,00071%
The Wetlands Initiative$10,00070%
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$8,50070%
Yale University$7,5003n/a
Chicago Zoological Society$7,00030%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$7,00070%
Chicago Commons Association$7,00070%
The Conservation Foundation$7,00070%
LifeFlight Foundation$7,00070%
Chicago History Museum$7,0007n/a
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$6,00060%
Land Trust Alliance Inc$6,00060%
Naples Yacht Club Blue Gavel Scholarship Scholarship Fund$6,00061%
The Trust for Public Land$5,50060%
Barrington Area Council on Aging Inc$5,50070%
Amazon Conservation Team$5,00050%
Openlands$5,00010%
Friends of the Parks$4,50050%
Trout Unlimited Inc$4,00040%
National Parks Conservation Association$4,00040%
Barrington History Museum$4,00042%
Cuba Cares Fund$3,5004n/a
Barrington Area United Way Inc$3,00021%
Chicago Maritime Museum$2,00020%
St George's School$1,00010%
Avow Foundation Inc$50010%
The Youth Development Project Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($115k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Corwith Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNaples Zoo Inc: $237,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetThe Conservancy of Southwest Florida: $155,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetAdvocate Charitable Foundation: $100,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCitizens for Conservation Inc: $37,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetNaples Botanical Garden Inc: $31,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNaples Historical Society Inc: $30,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $27,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetNeighborhood Health Clinic Inc: $18,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMax McGraw Wildlife Foundation: $18,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBarrington Youth & Family Services: $18,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBarrington Area Comm Foundation Inc: $16,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetElgin Academy: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBarrington Area Conservation Trust Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBarrington Giving Day: $10,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetThe Wetlands Initiative: $10,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCanine Companions for Independence Inc: $8,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Zoological Society: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Student Conservation Association Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Commons Association: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conservation Foundation: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLifeFlight Foundation: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNational Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLand Trust Alliance Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNaples Yacht Club Blue Gavel Scholarship Scholarship Fund: $6,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBarrington Area Council on Aging Inc: $5,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAmazon Conservation Team: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOpenlands: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Parks: $4,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTrout Unlimited Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBarrington History Museum: $4,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetBarrington Area United Way Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetChicago Maritime Museum: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSt George's School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAvow Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Youth Development Project Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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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 39.

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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.

Yellow-Crowned FoundationIL24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Yellow-Crowned Foundation · Hamill Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · S & E Bramsen Foundation · Barrington Area Comm Foundation Inc · The James Huntington Foundation · Stone Barrett Foundation · The Duchossois Family Foundation · Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Corwith Fund

How much does The Corwith Fund give?
The Corwith Fund reported 35 grants totaling $163,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Corwith Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (29%), Animals (27%), Health (24%).
Who are The Corwith Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Naples Zoo Inc ($238k), The Conservancy of Southwest Florida ($155k), Advocate Charitable Foundation ($100k).
Does The Corwith Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Corwith Fund 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 Corwith Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Yellow-Crowned Foundation, Hamill Family Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
Where is The Corwith Fund based?
The Corwith Fund is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 60 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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