Florida · Private foundation
The Fosco 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.
- $20k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $143k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Fosco Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 7 | $20k | 86% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $21k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $23k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $14k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $15k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $12k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Parks Foundation | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Artcouncil Inc Dba Artadia | $21,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Center for Creative Education | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Threewalls | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Artists Coalition | $1,200 | 1 | 1% |
| The Chicago High School for the Arts | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlantic Center for the Arts Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Parks Foundation | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Artcouncil Inc Dba Artadia | $21,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Center for Creative Education | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Threewalls | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Artists Coalition | $1,200 | 1 | 1% |
| The Chicago High School for the Arts | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlantic Center for the Arts Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Grand Opera Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($92k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Fosco 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: Metzner Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Fosco Family Foundation
- How much does The Fosco Family Foundation give?
- The Fosco Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $19,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Fosco Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Health (39%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
- Who are The Fosco Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Parks Foundation ($22k), Artcouncil Inc Dba Artadia ($22k), Center for Creative Education ($5k).
- Does The Fosco Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Fosco 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 Fosco Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Metzner Family Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Fosco Family Foundation based?
- The Fosco Family Foundation is based in FL.
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