Illinois · Private foundation
The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder 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.
- $5.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,226,783
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | $5.3M | 14% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $225k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $165k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $88k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $295k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $464k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $530k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $486k | 16% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $5,451,783 | 3 | 1% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $819,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $79,430 | 4 | 0% |
| Grant Park Orchestral Association | $58,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Millennium Park Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Columbus Area Arts Council Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $5,451,783 | 3 | 1% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $819,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $79,430 | 4 | 0% |
| Grant Park Orchestral Association | $58,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Millennium Park Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Columbus Area Arts Council Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Columbus Arts Council | $8,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | $3,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Near North Montessori School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago History Museum | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Paws Chicago | $380 | 5 | 0% |
| City of Chicago | $50 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation
- How much does The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation give?
- The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $5,301,783 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (88%), Health (8%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Art Institute of Chicago ($5.5M), Lyric Opera of Chicago ($820k), Museum of Contemporary Art ($79k).
- Does The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder 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.
- Where is The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation based?
- The Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation is based in IL.
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