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The Duchossois Family Foundation

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.

$5.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
97
Grants FY2024
66
Organizations funded FY2023
45%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$12,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
62 to 89
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$146M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 45% of the organizations The Duchossois Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
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 arriving75$5.2M29%
FY202366$19M45%
FY202262$14M29%
FY202185$14M56%
FY201989$11Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$37MPhilanthropy$12MFood & Nutrition$4.2MHuman Services$2.9MHealth$2.7MYouth Development$790kCommunity Improvement$707kArts & Culture$610kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 157 grantees
All grantees of The Duchossois Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Chicago$31,206,36550%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$4,185,00051%
CEL Charitable Fund Inc$3,841,0251n/a
Metropolitan Family Services$880,00051%
Warrior-Scholar Project Foundation$650,00048%
Veteran Business Project Inc$605,000329%
Head Strong Project Inc$576,29633%
Team Red White & Blue Inc$430,40834%
Advocate Charitable Foundation$402,50031%
Blue School$305,00032%
The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc$252,50050%
The Salvation Army$250,0001n/a
Aspire of Illinois$225,00012%
Junior Achievement of Chicago$200,00051%
Service to School$187,441224%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$180,00040%
Aiken Horse Park Foundation$171,00020%
The Milken Institute$170,00010%
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$145,00051%
Skills for Chicago$136,00051%
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc$135,00021%
After School Matters Inc$131,41640%
Midwest Academy Inc$130,00032%
Rush University Medical Center$120,00040%
Barrington Area Council on Aging Inc$119,97757%
Culver Educational Foundation$103,50040%
The Art Institute of Chicago$102,50020%
Special Olympics Illinois$95,00020%
Northwestern University$90,00030%
Big Sky Bravery Foundation$82,79921%
Field Museum of Natural History$80,00050%
Illinois Institute of Technology$72,50030%
Bravehearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center$70,00022%
Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program Inc$67,25041%
University of Chicago Medical Center$62,50020%
Window to the World Communications Inc$60,00040%
Kids Rank$60,00028%
Brooklyn Friends School$55,0003n/a
Central Park Conservancy Inc$50,00040%
The Rosie Network Inc$50,000118%
Pat Tillman Foundation$50,00011%
Interfaith America$50,00030%
Great Oak Equine Assisted Programs$45,00024%
Growing Home Inc$45,00030%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$40,00050%
Dog Tag Inc$40,00021%
Jills House Inc$40,0004n/a
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc$39,75040%
Fisher Island Day School Inc$37,00030%
One Million Degrees$35,00030%
Museum of Contemporary Art$35,00030%
Barrington Area Comm Foundation Inc$31,50043%
Academy for Urban School Leadership$30,00010%
College Possible Inc$30,00030%
Millennium Park Foundation$30,00030%
Misericordia Home$25,00040%
Judson University a Baptist Institution$25,00010%
IntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art$25,00021%
University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation$25,00011%
Pmml North Inc$25,00011%
Accelerate Institute$25,00011%
Wings Program Inc$25,00010%
Illinois Cancercare Foundation$25,00013%
Leave No Veteran Behind$25,0001n/a
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc$22,25050%
The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)$20,50031%
Bowery Residents Committee Inc$20,00010%
US Naval Academy Foundation Inc$20,00020%
La Casa Norte$20,00020%
The Bowery Mission Foundation$20,000117%
Depaul University$20,00010%
Shedd Aquarium Society$20,00020%
William Rainey Harper College Educational Foundation$17,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$15,05320%
Dupage Habitat for Humanity$15,00010%
The Indianapolis Colts Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund$15,00030%
Forefront$13,00010%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$12,50020%
Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House$12,50050%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$12,50020%
Smithsonian Institution$12,50010%
Barrington Area Conservation Trust Inc$12,5001n/a
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy$12,5001n/a
Operation North Pole Inc$12,00033%
Chicago Cares Inc$11,00010%
National Museum of Racing Inc$10,00010%
Communities in Schools of Chicago$10,00010%
New Life Centers of Chicagoland$10,00010%
Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy$10,00010%
Glenwood Academy$10,00010%
Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association$10,00010%
Start Early$10,00010%
Ucan$10,00010%
Build Inc$10,00010%
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago$10,00010%
Community-Word Project Inc$10,00011%
Telos Group Inc$10,00011%
Noble Network of Charter Schools$10,00010%
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation$10,00010%
Housing Works Inc$10,00010%
The Latin School of Chicago$10,00010%
McDermott Center$10,00010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$9,50030%
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden Foundation$9,0001n/a
St Katharine Drexel$7,5002n/a
A Better Chicago$7,50030%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$7,00010%
St Alphonsus Church$6,0003n/a
The Catherine Cook School$6,00010%
University of Illinois Foundation$5,00010%
St Norbert College Inc$5,00010%
The Harold Hunter Foundation$5,00012%
Old Merchants House of New York Inc$5,0001n/a
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc$5,00010%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$5,00010%
Aurora Central Catholic High School$5,0002n/a
Citizens for Conservation Inc$5,00011%
Upwardly Global$5,00010%
Grant Park Orchestral Association$5,00010%
Arrabon Inc$5,00011%
Purdue Research Foundation$5,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc$5,00010%
Play Groundnyc Inc$5,00011%
Teamwork Englewood Inc$5,00010%
St Elizabeth Seton Parish$5,0001n/a
The Adler Planetarium$5,00010%
State University of Iowa Foundation$5,00010%
Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House Inc$5,00010%
Shanti Bhavan Children's Project Inc$4,96210%
St Marks Episcopal Church$4,8002n/a
Artists Space Inc$4,50020%
The Eisenhower Foundation$4,00010%
Friends of Barrington's White House$3,75010%
Candid$3,00030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,69620%
Four Paws International Inc$2,50010%
Beloit College$2,50010%
Navy Pier Inc$2,50010%
Association of Fundraising Professionals -Chicago Chapter$2,5001n/a
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Team Impact Inc$2,50010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$2,50010%
The Morton Arboretum$2,50010%
Jorge M Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County Inc$2,00020%
NYC Kids Project Inc$1,50011%
Clearbrook$1,20010%
The Laundromat Project Inc$1,00010%
Wilson and Carol Trueblood PAC Inc$1,00011%
Solheim Lutheran Home$1,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Nw Indiana$90110%
Francis W Parker School$50010%
Elmhurst Walk-In Assistance Network$50010%
Autism Speaks Inc$14510%
Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation$11510%
Share Our Strength$9210%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($15M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Duchossois Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 142 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Chicago: $31,206,365 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $4,185,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $880,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetWarrior-Scholar Project Foundation: $650,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetVeteran Business Project Inc: $605,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetHead Strong Project Inc: $576,296 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetTeam Red White & Blue Inc: $430,408 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetAdvocate Charitable Foundation: $402,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBlue School: $305,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetThe Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc: $252,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAspire of Illinois: $225,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Chicago: $200,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetService to School: $187,441 over 2y, 24% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $180,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAiken Horse Park Foundation: $171,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Milken Institute: $170,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Children's Advocacy Center: $145,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSkills for Chicago: $136,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetHolocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc: $135,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAfter School Matters Inc: $131,416 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMidwest Academy Inc: $130,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $120,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBarrington Area Council on Aging Inc: $119,977 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetCulver Educational Foundation: $103,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $102,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Illinois: $95,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNorthwestern University: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBig Sky Bravery Foundation: $82,799 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetField Museum of Natural History: $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology: $72,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBravehearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center: $70,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWomen of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program Inc: $67,250 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetUniversity of Chicago Medical Center: $62,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWindow to the World Communications Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKids Rank: $60,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rosie Network Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetPat Tillman Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetInterfaith America: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGreat Oak Equine Assisted Programs: $45,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetGrowing Home Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDog Tag Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetVizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc: $39,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFisher Island Day School Inc: $37,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOne Million Degrees: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBarrington Area Comm Foundation Inc: $31,500 over 4y, 2.9% 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 142.

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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.

Robert R McCormick FoundationIL38.3× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · The Canning Foundation · Foglia Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Ayco Charitable 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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How do I get to The Duchossois Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Duchossois Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Duchossois Family Foundation

How much does The Duchossois Family Foundation give?
The Duchossois Family Foundation reported 97 grants totaling $5,213,458 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 62 and 89 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Duchossois Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Philanthropy (13%), Food & Nutrition (5%).
Who are The Duchossois Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: University of Chicago ($31M), Greater Chicago Food Depository ($4.2M), CEL Charitable Fund Inc ($3.8M).
Does The Duchossois Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Duchossois 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 Duchossois Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert R McCormick Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial.
Where is The Duchossois Family Foundation based?
The Duchossois Family Foundation 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 210 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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