· Private foundation
Thomas J and Mary Eyerman 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $250 |
| OUR LADY OF LORETO & ST WINEFRIDE | $250 |
| OSU FOUNDATION | $200 |
| AARP FOUNDATION | $135 |
| DOMINICAN SISTERS OF CHICAGO ROSARY HILL HOME | $100 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $50) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $850 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SCST CHARLES PREPARATORY SCHOOL2× · 2022–2023 · $10k
- TATHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO2× · 2017–2021 · $5k · revenue +45%
- IGIndividual grant recipient3× · 2022–2024 · $5k
Funded once
- OSOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +36%
- MUMarian Universitygraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +67%
- SCSt Charkles Preparatory Schoolone grant, 2017 · $2k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is an independent and separate nonprofit entity from the University of Illinois. Our mission is to encourage and administer private gifts and serve the UI System by working closely with…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Dominican University provides instruction to students seeking an Associates, Undergraduate or Graduate degree (some doctorate and certificates), and administers all of its programs without discrimination of race, color, gender, religion,…
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
OSF Healthcare Foundation's mission is to develop and implement fund raising strategies to generate contributions from the public in support of the various activities and projects of OSF Healthcare System.
We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
Northwestern is committed to excellent teaching, innovative research and the personal and intellectual growth of its students in a diverse academic community.
St. john's university is a catholic, vincentian, metropolitan, and global institution of higher education (continued on schedule o).
The university of dayton is a top-tier independent, catholic research educational institution founded in 1850. the primary exempt purpose is providing post secondary education through undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and continuing…
The mission of madonna university, a catholic and franciscan institution of higher learning, is to instill in its students christain humanistic values, intellectual inquiry, a respect for university and a committment to serving others…
MISSION - TO celebrate life and serve with joy. Vision - to provide access to Catholic high schools and offer programs for higher education and career readiness for young women from the Chicago area.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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- Who funds DOMINICAN SISTERS ROSARY HILL HOME ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
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: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thomas J and Mary Eyerman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas J and Mary Eyerman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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