Illinois · Private foundation
The Ehlert 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.
- $532k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $141,018
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 54% of the organizations The Ehlert Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $174k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $532k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $356k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $447k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $147k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $83k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $230k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $16k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live 4 Lali Inc | $169,481 | 7 | 6% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Inspiration Outreach Foundation | $141,018 | 1 | 100% |
| Paws Chicago | $102,135 | 3 | 0% |
| Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Association | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Project Hood Community Development Corporation | $80,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $64,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Solly's Way Foundation | $62,014 | 7 | 60% |
| Turning Point Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Golden Willow Retreat Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 6% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live 4 Lali Inc | $169,481 | 7 | 6% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Inspiration Outreach Foundation | $141,018 | 1 | 100% |
| Paws Chicago | $102,135 | 3 | 0% |
| Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Association | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Project Hood Community Development Corporation | $80,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $64,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Solly's Way Foundation | $62,014 | 7 | 60% |
| Turning Point Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Golden Willow Retreat Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 6% |
| New Directions Addiction Recovery Services | $15,412 | 1 | 2% |
| The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Off the Street Club | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Neighbor Network | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mulliganeers Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Baldrick's Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Lung Association | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $1,680 | 1 | 0% |
| Pursue Church Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Palatine Township Senior Citizens Council | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fill a Heart 4 Kids | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $360 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($833k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Ehlert Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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.
Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Ehlert Family Foundation
- How much does The Ehlert Family Foundation give?
- The Ehlert Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $532,049 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ehlert Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (31%), Human Services (25%), Health (18%).
- Who are The Ehlert Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Live 4 Lali Inc ($169k), Humane World for Animals Inc ($150k), Inspiration Outreach Foundation ($141k).
- Does The Ehlert Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ehlert 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 Ehlert Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Ehlert Family Foundation based?
- The Ehlert Family Foundation is based in IL.
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