Illinois · Private foundation
The Sally Guzowski 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.
- $215k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $690k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations The Sally Guzowski Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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 | 8 | $190k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $150k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $157k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $100k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Frankfort-Elberta Education Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Elizabeth Lane Oliver Center for the Arts | $50,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Generations Ahead | $40,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Traverse Bay Childrens Advocacy Center | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Traverse City West Athletic Booster | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Leelanau County Cancer Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leelanau Peninsula Economic Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Benzie Area Symphony Orchestra Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Frankfort-Elberta Education Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Elizabeth Lane Oliver Center for the Arts | $50,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Generations Ahead | $40,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Traverse Bay Childrens Advocacy Center | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Traverse City West Athletic Booster | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Leelanau County Cancer Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leelanau Peninsula Economic Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Benzie Area Symphony Orchestra Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Leelanau County Prospectors Club | $14,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Leelanau Christian Neighbors Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Leelanau Early Childhood Development Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 18% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($177k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sally Guzowski Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · The Broad Family Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · United Way of Northwest Michigan · Oleson Foundation · The Carls Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Sally Guzowski Foundation
- How much does The Sally Guzowski Foundation give?
- The Sally Guzowski Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $215,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Sally Guzowski Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Human Services (26%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The Sally Guzowski Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Inc ($110k), Frankfort-Elberta Education Foundation Inc ($100k), The Elizabeth Lane Oliver Center for the Arts ($50k).
- Does The Sally Guzowski Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sally Guzowski 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 Sally Guzowski Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, The Broad Family Foundation, The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation.
- Where is The Sally Guzowski Foundation based?
- The Sally Guzowski Foundation is based in IL.
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