Illinois · Private foundation
The Richard H Driehaus 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.
- $5.2M
- Granted FY2022
- 235
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 207
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $3.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 207
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 11
- Total assets, FY2022
- $387M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 60% of the organizations The Richard H Driehaus Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 207 | $3.8M | 60% |
| FY2021 | 90 | $1.2M | 91% |
| FY2020 | 38 | $726k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Better Government Association Inc | $205,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Chicago Community Foundation | $190,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicago Cultural Alliance | $94,200 | 2 | 15% |
| Storycatchers | $90,000 | 3 | 2% |
| League of Chicago Theatres Foundation | $90,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Oil Painters of America | $85,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Society of Architectural Historians | $80,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Active Transportation Alliance | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Third Coast International Audio Festival | $75,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Foundation for Cultural Review | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 137 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 107 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Richard H Driehaus Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 123 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: Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Walder Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · Alphawood Foundation · League of Chicago Theatres Foundation · Illinois Humanities Council Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Richard H Driehaus Foundation
- How much does The Richard H Driehaus Foundation give?
- The Richard H Driehaus Foundation reported 235 itemized grants totaling $3,838,626, out of $5,162,401 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 207 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does The Richard H Driehaus Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (8%), Community Improvement (1%), Housing & Shelter (1%).
- Who are The Richard H Driehaus Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Better Government Association Inc ($205k), Chicago Community Foundation ($190k), Chicago Cultural Alliance ($94k).
- Does The Richard H Driehaus Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Richard H Driehaus 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 Richard H Driehaus Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Field Foundation of Illinois, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is The Richard H Driehaus Foundation based?
- The Richard H Driehaus Foundation is based in IL.
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