Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The Dick 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.
- $181k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $47,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 25
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations The Dick Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 12 | $181k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $172k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $166k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $180k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $160k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $163k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $160k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knox College | $162,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Morton Arboretum | $103,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lake Forest College | $85,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Open Lands Association | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Gorton Community Center | $77,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knox College | $162,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Morton Arboretum | $103,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lake Forest College | $85,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Open Lands Association | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Gorton Community Center | $77,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| North Chicago Community Partners | $6,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Miss Hall's School Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Newberry Library | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Elawa Farm Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Country Day School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($594k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dick 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 · Clarks Fork Foundation · The Buchanan Family Foundation · Hunter Family Foundation · Hedberg Foundation Inc · Butler Family Foundation · Hunter Family Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Anne Hunting Foundation · Jay Whipple Family Foundation · Keystone Charitable Foundation · Little Orchard Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Dick Family Foundation
- How much does The Dick Family Foundation give?
- The Dick Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $181,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Dick Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Philanthropy (17%), Environment (16%).
- Who are The Dick Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Knox College ($162k), The Morton Arboretum ($103k), Lake Forest College ($85k).
- Does The Dick Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dick 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 The Dick Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Clarks Fork Foundation, The Buchanan Family Foundation.
- Where is The Dick Family Foundation based?
- The Dick Family Foundation is based in DC.
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