· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $148k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $235k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CANCER | $130,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $55,000 |
| TRELLUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIFE | $50,000 |
| RAVINA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| ROBERT SHIELDS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| ELMHURST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| TIMOTHY CHRTISTIAN SCHOOL | $12,500 |
| ALPORT SYNDROME FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| WEST SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| MONTINI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| HEART HEAVEN OUTREACH | $10,000 |
| NATIONAL LEWIS UNIVERSITY | $7,000 |
| NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL BETTERMENT | $5,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
28 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CVCHILD'S VOICE SCHOOL7× · 2017–2023 · $150k · revenue +2%
- OBOPEN BOOKS LTD3× · 2021–2023 · $125k · revenue +5%
- NLNational Louis University4× · 2022–2025 · $76k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- EWEXODUS WORLD SERVICEgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +28%
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORYone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +17%- ICIC CATHOLIC PREP HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2022 · $5k
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.
Providing and promoting waldorf education from early childhood through the twelfth grade and promoting waldorf education through community outreach.
Thrive chicago's mission is to prepare chicago's youth for a vibrant future by aligning efforts and outcomes from cradle to career.
The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…
Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…
At legal aid chicago, we work together to provide high quality civil legal aid to people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups.through advocacy, education, collaboration, and litigation we empower individuals, protect fundamental…
Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.
A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.
Academy for global citizenship charter school (agc) develops mindful leaders who take action both now and in the future to positively impact their communities and the world beyond.
Cjds creates for its students a standard of excellence in both jewish and general studies. students develop a passion for learning and a strong sense of themselves as jews and as human beings. students are inspired to develop a strong…
The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.
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…
The mission of the daniel murphy scholarship fund is to give high school scholarship assistance and educational support to chicago students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. the fund seeks to make a life-altering difference in…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 35 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.
- Who funds CHILD'S VOICE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds OPEN BOOKS LTD ↗
- Who funds National Louis University ↗
- Who funds WEST SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE MORTON ARBORETUM ↗
- Who funds CIVIC LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds HEART HAVEN OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds EXODUS WORLD SERVICE ↗
- Who funds ELMHURST-YORKFIELD FOOD PANTRY ↗
- Who funds Hanover Township Foundation ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds ALPORT SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS 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: The Dupage Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Northern Illinois Food Bank · The Chicago Community Trust · The Allstate Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Edward Jones Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William and Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William and Evelyn Fuchs Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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