Illinois · Private foundation
The Galter 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.
- $151k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Galter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $151k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $161k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $169k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $169k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $170k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $152k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $250k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Covenant Health | $210,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Lifecenter on the Green Inc | $210,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $75,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Advocate Charitable Foundation | $57,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Paws Inc | $51,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Chicago Youth Programs Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $3,600 | 3 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($738k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Galter Foundation
- How much does The Galter Foundation give?
- The Galter Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $151,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Galter Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (28%), Recreation & Sports (21%), Youth Development (16%).
- Who are The Galter Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Swedish Covenant Health ($210k), Lifecenter on the Green Inc ($210k), Northwestern University ($75k).
- Does The Galter Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Galter 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 Galter Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Galter Foundation based?
- The Galter Foundation is based in IL.
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