Illinois · Private foundation
The Livingstone 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.
- $8k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,030
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations The Livingstone Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $8k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $13k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $16k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $18k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $30k | 63% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Kidney Foundation of Illinois | $22,258 | 4 | 0% |
| Build Inc | $17,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Ati Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chp 11-99 Foundation | $9,730 | 1 | n/a |
| All Stars Project Inc | $9,440 | 3 | 0% |
| Imagination Theater Inc | $6,910 | 4 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicagoland Private Equity Hockey Charities | $1,030 | 1 | 1% |
| Lets Win Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Kidney Foundation of Illinois | $22,258 | 4 | 0% |
| Build Inc | $17,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Ati Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chp 11-99 Foundation | $9,730 | 1 | n/a |
| All Stars Project Inc | $9,440 | 3 | 0% |
| Imagination Theater Inc | $6,910 | 4 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicagoland Private Equity Hockey Charities | $1,030 | 1 | 1% |
| Lets Win Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Hope Academy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Golf Fights Cancer Inc | $525 | 1 | 0% |
| Benet Academy | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Stamina Foundation | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($22k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Livingstone 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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Livingstone Foundation
- How much does The Livingstone Foundation give?
- The Livingstone Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $8,255 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Livingstone Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (38%), Youth Development (31%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Livingstone Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Kidney Foundation of Illinois ($22k), Build Inc ($18k), Ati Foundation ($10k).
- Does The Livingstone Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Livingstone 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 Livingstone Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Livingstone Foundation based?
- The Livingstone Foundation is based in IL.
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