· Private foundation
William and Wilma Dooley Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k21 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $69k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SMILE TRAIN | $17,000 |
| WETLANDS INITIATIVE | $15,000 |
| CHRIST CHURCH | $14,850 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $12,000 |
| CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $10,000 |
| CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $8,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,500 |
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS | $1,500 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $1,000 |
| WRITERS THEATRE | $1,000 |
| LITTLE BROS-FRIENDS of the ELDERLY | $1,000 |
| GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY | $1,000 |
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 (FY19–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2022, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (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 FY2022, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
SMILE TRAIN INC4× · 2019–2022 · $50k · revenue +26%- TWTHE WETLANDS INITIATIVE4× · 2019–2022 · $45k · revenue +71%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC4× · 2019–2022 · $41k · revenue +79%
Funded once
- MSMERIT SCHOOL OF MUSICone grant, 2019 · $250 · revenue +19%
- SMST MARGARET MARY PARISHone grant, 2019 · $250
- AVAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INCone grant, 2019 · $250 · revenue +21%
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 Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…
The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.
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…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Chicago opera theater expands the tradition of opera as a living art form by engaging lovers of music and storytelling through innovative experiences, predominantly of new and rarely performed works.
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
The music institute of chicago ("music institute") leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music, by providing widely accessible resources for high quality music teaching, performing, and service activities.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 42 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 SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds THE WETLANDS INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra ↗
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds Writers Theatre Inc ↗
- Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
- Who funds FACIAL PAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds THE NIGHT MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds GILDA'S CLUB CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE GREEN BAY TRAIL ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds MERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC ↗
- Who funds AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC ↗
- Who funds MARINES' MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Honor Flight Chicago Corp ↗
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 Chicago Community Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William and Wilma Dooley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William and Wilma Dooley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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