· Private foundation
The Ritzenthaler 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
- $250k+2 grants · $2.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE | $1,972,242 |
| NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | $400,000 |
| OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES | $50,000 |
| MISERICORDIA | $50,000 |
| GROW WELL FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| POINT FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| HISTORIC IRONWOOD THEATER | $10,000 |
| 6 THOUSAND MOMS NFP | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $145k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against -50% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NCNorth Central College5× · 2019–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +11%
- PSProvidence St Mel School4× · 2019–2024 · $145k · revenue +11%
- OCOUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES3× · 2020–2025 · $120k · revenue +64%
Funded once
- D2DISTRICT 214 EDUCATION FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue -75%
- WYW YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICESone grant, 2021 · $20k
- WYWARRENVILLE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICESone grant, 2019 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Northwestern health sciences university prepares and serves the next generation of professionals and leaders to become vital contributors to the delivery and advancement of health care. our mission is accomplished through educational…
Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare follows the mission of Endeavor Health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE follows the mission of Endeavor Health. The mission of Endeavor Health is to "help everyone in our communities be their best." Central to this mission is a commitment to providing clinical programs and…
Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…
North central university is a christian university with a commitment to academic excellence.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
Endeavor Health Medical Group (EHMG) follows the mission of Endeavor Health. The mission of Endeavor Health is to "help everyone in our communities be their best." Central to this mission is a commitment to providing clinical programs and…
Elmhurst memorial healthcare follows the mission of endeavor health. the mission of endeavor health is to "help everyone in our communities be their best." central to this mission is a commitment to providing clinical programs and services…
North park university is an accredited institution of higher education. the school offers over 65 undergraduate degree programs as well as pre-professional and certificate programs. (continued on schedule o)our mission is to prepare…
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.
Northwestern is committed to excellent teaching, innovative research and the personal and intellectual growth of its students in a diverse academic community.
To be the trusted partner in all healthcare decisions and improve health by providing highly accessible, world-class care and services.
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds North Central College ↗
- Who funds Northwest Community Hospital ↗
- Who funds HADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
- Who funds Providence St Mel School ↗
- Who funds OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds DISTRICT 214 EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PALATINE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds POINT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YEA Highland Park Inc ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST CULTURAL COUNCIL INC ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ritzenthaler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ritzenthaler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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