Illinois · Private foundation
The Gies 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.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $51,600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,685,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $976k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Gies Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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 | 8 | $2.1M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $1.1M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $835k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.1M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $2.0M | 30% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $1.3M | 19% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $643k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $826k | 8% |
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 Jesuit Academy | $5,356,567 | 9 | n/a |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $1,383,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Accelerate Institute | $827,500 | 9 | 12% |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $500,000 | 8 | 0% |
| By The Hand Club For Kids | $297,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Holy Trinity High School | $271,029 | 6 | n/a |
| Teach for America Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Midwestern Christian Academy | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| For the Children | $106,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Lifesong for Orphans Inc | $31,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $5,356,567 | 9 | n/a |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $1,383,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Accelerate Institute | $827,500 | 9 | 12% |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $500,000 | 8 | 0% |
| By The Hand Club For Kids | $297,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Holy Trinity High School | $271,029 | 6 | n/a |
| Teach for America Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Midwestern Christian Academy | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| For the Children | $106,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Lifesong for Orphans Inc | $31,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa Kane County | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Breakthrough T1d | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Merit School of Music | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lazarus House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beyond Sports Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gies 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: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Gies Foundation
- How much does The Gies Foundation give?
- The Gies Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $2,055,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Gies Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (83%), Health (11%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are The Gies Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Jesuit Academy ($5.4M), Thomas Jefferson University ($1.4M), Accelerate Institute ($828k).
- Does The Gies Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gies 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 Gies Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Gies Foundation based?
- The Gies Foundation is based in IL.
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