Illinois · Private foundation
The Gorter 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.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2023
- 130
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 107
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $2.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 103 to 107
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 14
- Total assets, FY2023
- $34M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Gorter Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $541k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 107 | $1.9M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 105 | $2.1M | 12% |
| FY2021 | 103 | $1.8M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 106 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Chicago Community Partners | $1,905,761 | 4 | 25% |
| Lawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School | $230,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $230,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Duke University | $165,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Waukegan To College NFP | $155,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lake County | $150,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Community Youth Network Inc | $150,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Beacon Place NFP | $140,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Lake Forest College | $135,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Chicago Public Education Foundation | $106,200 | 4 | 13% |
Show all 116 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Gorter Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 107 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: John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · The Lake County Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Grainger Foundation Inc · Hunter Family Foundation · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County · United Way of Lake County Inc · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation · Vivo Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Gorter Family Foundation
- How much does The Gorter Family Foundation give?
- The Gorter Family Foundation reported 130 itemized grants totaling $2,022,915, out of $2,519,776 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 103 and 107 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Gorter Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (27%), Health (7%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are The Gorter Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: North Chicago Community Partners ($1.9M), Lawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School ($230k), Northern Illinois Food Bank ($230k).
- Does The Gorter Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gorter 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 Gorter Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy, The Lake County Community Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is The Gorter Family Foundation based?
- The Gorter Family Foundation is based in IL.
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