Illinois · Private foundation
The Lefkofsky 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.
- $7.1M
- Granted FY2023
- 76
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 67
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $5.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,300
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,050,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 67 to 84
- FY2018 to FY2023
- Total assets, FY2023
- $64M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations The Lefkofsky Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 | 67 | $5.1M | 45% |
| FY2022 | 78 | $6.2M | 41% |
| FY2021 | 78 | $3.1M | 55% |
| FY2020 | 77 | $5.0M | 86% |
| FY2019 | 84 | $4.9M | 56% |
| FY2018 | 82 | $7.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | $4,331,138 | 2 | 9% |
| Millennium Park Foundation | $900,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $353,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $331,509 | 2 | 1% |
| Am Shalom | $301,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $225,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $216,667 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 90 grantees
Plus 210 recipients with no EIN on record ($21M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lefkofsky Family 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 · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Irving Harris Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Gates Foundation · Best Portion Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Lefkofsky Family Foundation
- How much does The Lefkofsky Family Foundation give?
- The Lefkofsky Family Foundation reported 76 itemized grants totaling $5,055,902, out of $7,113,731 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 67 and 84 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Lefkofsky Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Education (11%), Health (9%).
- Who are The Lefkofsky Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Steppenwolf Theatre Company ($4.3M), Millennium Park Foundation ($900k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($500k).
- Does The Lefkofsky Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lefkofsky 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 Lefkofsky Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Where is The Lefkofsky Family Foundation based?
- The Lefkofsky Family Foundation is based in IL.
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