New York · Private foundation
Theobald Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $5.6M
- Granted FY2023
- 50
- Grants FY2023
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 46 to 66
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 12
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Theobald Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.0M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 46 | $4.6M | 22% |
| FY2022 | 54 | $183k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 52 | $275k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 66 | $188k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
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, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Shoulders Fund | $1,130,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Summit Country Day School US Catholic Conference | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wellesley College | $450,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $130,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Miss Porter's School Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rising Ground Inc | $31,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Arlington Food Assistance Center | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Indian River Hospital Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Animal Welfare League of Arlington | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 70 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Theobald 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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Ibm International Foundation
How this is measured
About Theobald Foundation
- How much does Theobald Foundation give?
- Theobald Foundation reported 50 grants totaling $5,583,966 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 66 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Theobald Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (45%), Education (43%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Theobald Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Big Shoulders Fund ($1.1M), Summit Country Day School US Catholic Conference ($1.0M), Wellesley College ($450k).
- Does Theobald Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Theobald 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 Theobald Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, The Hyde and Watson Foundation.
- Where is Theobald Foundation based?
- Theobald Foundation is based in NY.
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