Illinois · Private foundation
The Satter 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.
- $152k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 86
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Satter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 39% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $152k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $131k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $1.1M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 77 | $3.0M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 73 | $2.5M | 21% |
| FY2019 | 78 | $2.8M | 13% |
| FY2018 | 86 | $4.1M | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $1,600,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Accelerate Institute | $700,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Gateway for Cancer Research | $624,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $584,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $580,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Perspectives Charter Schools | $325,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lake Forest Country Day School | $303,200 | 4 | 1% |
| United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation | $255,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Beyond Sports Foundation | $245,000 | 4 | 16% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $230,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 95 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Satter 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 · The Canning Foundation · Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Lavin Family Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Stearns Family Charitable Fund · Frank Family Foundation · The Gorter Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Satter Foundation
- How much does The Satter Foundation give?
- The Satter Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $152,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 86 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Satter Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (18%), Health (17%), Recreation & Sports (14%).
- Who are The Satter Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Northwestern University ($1.6M), Accelerate Institute ($700k), Gateway for Cancer Research ($624k).
- Does The Satter Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Satter 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 Satter Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, The Canning Foundation, Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation.
- Where is The Satter Foundation based?
- The Satter Foundation is based in IL.
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