Illinois · Private foundation
The Ellis Goodman 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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2024
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 47
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations The Ellis Goodman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 35 | $1.3M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $809k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 47 | $1.4M | 32% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $1.3M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $700,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Writers Theatre Inc | $486,200 | 5 | 2% |
| Build Inc | $470,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $360,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Christopher House | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest | $250,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Endeavor Health Clinical Operations | $225,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | $215,000 | 2 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $210,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ellis Goodman 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: American Endowment Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Ellis Goodman Family Foundation
- How much does The Ellis Goodman Family Foundation give?
- The Ellis Goodman Family Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $1,371,050 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 47 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Ellis Goodman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (17%), Arts & Culture (16%), Education (14%).
- Who are The Ellis Goodman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($700k), Writers Theatre Inc ($486k), Build Inc ($470k).
- Does The Ellis Goodman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ellis Goodman 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 Ellis Goodman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is The Ellis Goodman Family Foundation based?
- The Ellis Goodman Family Foundation is based in IL.
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