Illinois · Private foundation
William and Evelyn Fuchs Family 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.
- $400k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $130,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations William and Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k 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 | 17 | $400k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $400k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $400k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $395k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $300k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $130k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $65k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child's Voice School | $150,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Open Books Ltd | $125,000 | 3 | 2% |
| National Louis University | $75,500 | 4 | 0% |
| West Suburban Humane Society | $59,500 | 6 | 1% |
| The Morton Arboretum | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Civic Leadership Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Timothy Christian Schools | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| College of Dupage Foundation | $34,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $28,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heart Haven Outreach | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child's Voice School | $150,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Open Books Ltd | $125,000 | 3 | 2% |
| National Louis University | $75,500 | 4 | 0% |
| West Suburban Humane Society | $59,500 | 6 | 1% |
| The Morton Arboretum | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Civic Leadership Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Timothy Christian Schools | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| College of Dupage Foundation | $34,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $28,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heart Haven Outreach | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Exodus World Service | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Countryside Food Pantry Inc | $11,125 | 5 | n/a |
| Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry | $11,125 | 5 | 0% |
| Hanover Township Foundation | $11,125 | 5 | 1% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alport Syndrome Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William and Evelyn Fuchs Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About William and Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation
- How much does William and Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation give?
- William and Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $400,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William and Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (53%), Education (18%), Animals (3%).
- Who are William and Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Child's Voice School ($150k), Open Books Ltd ($125k), National Louis University ($76k).
- Does William and Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William and Evelyn Fuchs Family 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 William and Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dupage Community Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, Northern Illinois Food Bank.
- Where is William and Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation based?
- William and Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation is based in IL.
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