Illinois · Private foundation
Urban School Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3k
- Granted FY2022
- 1
- Grants FY2022
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Urban School Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 1 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $18k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $15k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $16k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $13k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americans United for Separation of Church and State | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pro Publica Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Public Citizen Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Schurz | $2,227 | 1 | n/a |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater West Town Community Development Project | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Imerman Angels | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
About Urban School Foundation
- How much does Urban School Foundation give?
- Urban School Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $3,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Urban School Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Civil Rights (33%), Arts & Culture (22%), Environment (8%).
- Who are Urban School Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Americans United for Separation of Church and State ($21k), Chicago Public Media Inc ($8k), Pro Publica Inc ($7k).
- Does Urban School Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Urban School 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.
- Where is Urban School Foundation based?
- Urban School Foundation is based in IL.
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