Illinois · Private foundation
The Tenzer 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.
- $146k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Tenzer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 25 | $146k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $115k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $3.1M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $59k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $3.1M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $72k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $148k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $168k | 24% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| DePauw University | $6,144,802 | 5 | 2% |
| Artis-Naples Inc | $145,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund | $123,175 | 9 | 1% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $69,000 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wind River Ministries Inc | $38,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Gulfshore Playhouse Inc | $25,900 | 9 | 0% |
| Foundation for Government Accountability Inc | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of Chicago Animal Care and Control | $20,000 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($98k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Tenzer Family 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: John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Dean L & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation · Carol Bernick Family Foundation · The Anna Emery Hanson Charitable Foundation 1 · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · Alben F & Clara G Bates Foundation · Sbk Stearns Family Foundation · Otzen Family Foundation Incorporated · The Griffith Family Foundation · The John a Miller Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Tenzer Family Foundation
- How much does The Tenzer Family Foundation give?
- The Tenzer Family Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $146,130 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Tenzer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (87%), Health (7%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are The Tenzer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: DePauw University ($6.1M), Artis-Naples Inc ($145k), Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund ($123k).
- Does The Tenzer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Tenzer 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 Tenzer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Tenzer Family Foundation based?
- The Tenzer Family Foundation is based in IL.
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