Illinois · Private foundation
The Van Dam Charitable 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.
- $350k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $226,349
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Van Dam Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 15 | $350k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $232k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $258k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $247k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois | $161,681 | 5 | 3% |
| Northwestern University | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Columbia College Chicago | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Wolcott School | $11,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago City Day School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Historic Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Parks Foundation | $2,510 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois | $161,681 | 5 | 3% |
| Northwestern University | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Columbia College Chicago | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Wolcott School | $11,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago City Day School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Historic Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Parks Foundation | $2,510 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Roosevelt University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cradle Society | $518 | 1 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($886k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Van Dam Charitable 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 · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Van Dam Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Van Dam Charitable Foundation give?
- The Van Dam Charitable Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $350,181 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Van Dam Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Education (18%), Religion (13%).
- Who are The Van Dam Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois ($162k), Northwestern University ($90k), University of Chicago ($50k).
- Does The Van Dam Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Van Dam Charitable 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 Van Dam Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Van Dam Charitable Foundation based?
- The Van Dam Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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