Illinois · Private foundation
The Speiser Family Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $405k
- Granted FY2021
- 9
- Grants FY2021
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $225,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 22% of the organizations The Speiser Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 9 | $405k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $533k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $510k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $436k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $459k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Children's Advocacy Center | $335,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Beds Plus Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 3% |
| The School Sisters of St Francis | $83,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Night Ministry | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hope Ignites Chicago | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| College of Dupage Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Programs Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornerstones of Care | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
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: Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Speiser Family Foundation
- How much does The Speiser Family Foundation give?
- The Speiser Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $405,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Speiser Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Health (64%), Crime & Legal (16%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Speiser Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Chicago Children's Advocacy Center ($335k), Beds Plus Inc ($95k), The School Sisters of St Francis ($83k).
- Does The Speiser Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Speiser Family 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 Speiser Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arthur J Gallagher Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Speiser Family Foundation based?
- The Speiser Family Foundation is based in IL.
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