Illinois · Private foundation
The Heestand Foundation Inc
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.
- $84k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $962k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations The Heestand Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 23 | $82k | 4% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $74k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $60k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $64k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $56k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $70k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $64k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $64k | 0% |
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 Symphony Orchestra | $87,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Youth Guidance | $69,350 | 9 | 0% |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | $62,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Western Reserve Academy | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $28,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $24,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Newberry Library | $19,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Latin School of Chicago | $16,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Madonna Mission | $13,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $87,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Youth Guidance | $69,350 | 9 | 0% |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | $62,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Western Reserve Academy | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $28,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $24,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Newberry Library | $19,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Latin School of Chicago | $16,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Madonna Mission | $13,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Anti-Cruelty Society | $12,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $12,500 | 9 | 0% |
| La Jolla Music Society | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| High Jump | $11,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Contextos Nfp | $10,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation | $10,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Christian Herald Association Inc | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago History Museum | $5,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Chicago Opera Theater | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Brearley School | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Operation Welcome You Home Nfp | $3,500 | 3 | 15% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($113k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Heestand Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About The Heestand Foundation Inc
- How much does The Heestand Foundation Inc give?
- The Heestand Foundation Inc reported 24 grants totaling $84,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Heestand Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (45%), Education (20%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are The Heestand Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Symphony Orchestra ($88k), Youth Guidance ($69k), Chicago Shakespeare Theater ($62k).
- Does The Heestand Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Heestand Foundation Inc 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 Heestand Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Heestand Foundation Inc based?
- The Heestand Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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