Illinois · Private foundation
The Winthrop 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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 23
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $487k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Winthrop Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 18 | $45k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $45k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $51k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $49k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $42k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $38k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Botanic Gardens Inc | $37,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Sound Future Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Northfield Community Church | $28,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Crivitz Area Food Pantry | $21,000 | 7 | 3% |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Kenilworth Union Church | $10,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Good360 | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Wetlands Initiative | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| North Shore Country Day School | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Botanic Gardens Inc | $37,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Sound Future Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Northfield Community Church | $28,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Crivitz Area Food Pantry | $21,000 | 7 | 3% |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Kenilworth Union Church | $10,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Good360 | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Wetlands Initiative | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| North Shore Country Day School | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Storycatchers | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Historic Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Boca Grande Health Clinic Fndtn Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chicago History Museum | $5,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Independent Futures | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Foundation for Education | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Wet Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Antiquarian Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance for Water Efficiency | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Ballet Guild | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($88k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Winthrop Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Winthrop Foundation
- How much does The Winthrop Foundation give?
- The Winthrop Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 23 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Winthrop Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (24%), Religion (14%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are The Winthrop Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Denver Botanic Gardens Inc ($37k), Sound Future Foundation ($30k), Northfield Community Church ($28k).
- Does The Winthrop Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Winthrop 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 Winthrop Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation, Baxter International Foundation.
- Where is The Winthrop Foundation based?
- The Winthrop Foundation is based in IL.
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