Illinois · Private foundation
The Trott 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.
- $34M
- Granted FY2021
- 21
- Grants FY2021
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $25,176,597
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 8
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 33% of the organizations The Trott Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30M 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 | 18 | $34M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $9.0M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $6.3M | 34% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $7.1M | 40% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $4.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
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 FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trott Family Philanthropies Inc | $29,709,337 | 1 | 98% |
| University of Chicago | $7,082,894 | 5 | 0% |
| Rooted Alliance Inc | $5,800,000 | 4 | 46% |
| Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc | $3,804,854 | 5 | 5% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $1,777,894 | 2 | 1% |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies | $1,025,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis | $1,010,839 | 3 | 4% |
| The ONE Campaign | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $851,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (Safe) Project US | $500,000 | 1 | 27% |
Show all 48 grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Trott Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Trott Family Philanthropies Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · John D and Alexandra Nichols Family Foundation · Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation · Tisbest Philanthropy · Dr Scholl Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Trott Family Foundation
- How much does The Trott Family Foundation give?
- The Trott Family Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $33,984,712 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Trott Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (49%), Education (30%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are The Trott Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Trott Family Philanthropies Inc ($30M), University of Chicago ($7.1M), Rooted Alliance Inc ($5.8M).
- Does The Trott Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Trott 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 Trott Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Trott Family Philanthropies Inc, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is The Trott Family Foundation based?
- The Trott Family Foundation is based in IL.
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