Illinois · Private foundation
Diamond Family 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.
- $335k
- Granted FY2019
- 49
- Grants FY2019
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $142,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 48
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 8
- Total assets, FY2019
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 56% of the organizations Diamond Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 48 | $300k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $206k | 68% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $259k | n/a |
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 FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | $206,480 | 3 | 1% |
| American Foreign Policy Council | $32,300 | 2 | 1% |
| The Cara Program | $29,210 | 3 | 0% |
| Columbia College Chicago | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Memory Care Home Solutions | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Beacon Academy a Montessori High School | $13,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Digestive Health Foundation | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rancho Mirage Writers Festival | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 52 grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($299k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Diamond Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jarvis Foundation · Mills Family Charitable Foundation · Arkes Family Foundation · Kovler Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Diamond Family Foundation
- How much does Diamond Family Foundation give?
- Diamond Family Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $334,812 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 48 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Diamond Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Education (9%), International (8%), Philanthropy (3%).
- Who are Diamond Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs ($206k), American Foreign Policy Council ($32k), The Cara Program ($29k).
- Does Diamond Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Diamond 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 Diamond Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is Diamond Family Foundation based?
- Diamond Family Foundation is based in IL.
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