· Private foundation
Wohlers Family Foundation the Northern Trust
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k5 grants · $135k
- $50k–250k14 grants · $1.5M
- $250k+1 grant · $260k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE | $260,000 |
| CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND | $210,000 |
| FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC | $200,000 |
| MAYO FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| THE SEEING EYE | $150,000 |
| GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND | $150,000 |
| ASPCA | $100,000 |
| SHEDD AQUARIUM | $100,000 |
| LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $75,000 |
| MOTE MARINE LABORATORY | $70,000 |
| LSSI | $56,874 |
| PRENTICE WOMEN'S HOSPITAL | $54,711 |
| CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS | $50,000 |
| MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY | $50,000 |
| BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY | $50,000 |
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 (FY24–24, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MFMAYO FOUNDATION3× · 2020–2024 · $825k
- CLCHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND4× · 2020–2024 · $820k
- FHFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION3× · 2020–2023 · $600k
Funded once
- LCLURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR RESEARCHone grant, 2020 · $75k
- BFBEST FRIENDS FOR SANCTUARYone grant, 2023 · $50k
- CCCHICAGO CHILDREN'S MUSEUMone grant, 2020 · $28k
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.
Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…
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."
Dogs Inc mission is to transform lives by creating and nurturing extraordinary partnerships between people and dogs.
World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…
Anti-Cruelty is a private, nonprofit organization which was established in 1899 and is chartered in Illinois. Anti-Cruelty builds a healthy and happy community where pets and people thrive together.
To inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature.
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.
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…
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 33 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 AVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE SEEING EYE INC ↗
- Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS ↗
- Who funds Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds FACE AUTISM INC ↗
- Who funds BLUEPATH SERVICE DOGS INC ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Adaptive Adventures ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wohlers Family Foundation the Northern Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wohlers Family Foundation the Northern Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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