Illinois · Private foundation
The Curtis & Edith Munson 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.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2023
- 91
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 84
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $1.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 84 to 89
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 17
- Total assets, FY2023
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 84 | $1.3M | 56% |
| FY2019 | 89 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ocean Foundation | $205,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $105,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alabama Rivers Alliance Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Marine Fish Conservation Network | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| 1000 Friends of Florida Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Board of the University of Alabama | $68,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Federation for American Immigration Reform | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Everglades Law Center Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Ocean Awareness Project Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Healthy Gulf | $52,000 | 2 | 3% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 114 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation
- How much does The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation give?
- The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation reported 91 itemized grants totaling $1,356,500, out of $1,807,200 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 84 and 89 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Environment (12%), Education (1%), Animals (1%).
- Who are The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: The Ocean Foundation ($205k), Southern Environmental Law Center ($105k), Alabama Rivers Alliance Inc ($75k).
- Does The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Curtis & Edith Munson 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 Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Marisla Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Resources Legacy Fund.
- Where is The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation based?
- The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation is based in IL.
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