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Funders to approach for The Newberry Library

Chicago, Illinois$11M revenue139 funders on file

The Newberry is an internationally recognized cultural organization that is home to a growing and dynamic collection of materials that chronicles human achievement and experience from year one through today. We preserve these items and make them accessible so that users may better learn from the past, understand the present, and influence the future. Anyone 14 years of age or older can get a free readers card and explore their curiosity in our reading rooms by coming face-to-face with one of 600,000 maps, 5 million manuscript pages, or 1.6 million books, and more. We serve scholars at all points in their careers, supporting groundbreaking research in a variety of fields. We engage the public through free exhibitions that showcase the collection, free programs that explore a variety of topics from history to literature to performing arts, and continuing education…

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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$36k, your typical grant1 in 401 in 201 in 10$10k$30k$100kChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$480k–$1.5Mover two years, from 9–14 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$2.6Mfrom 14 new funders

Half the value is in your top 10 funders, of 155

$0$760k$1.5Mhalf from the top 10likely range1st10thAll 155
FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
  1. 1William Randolph Hearst FoundationSimilar grantees: The Barnes Foundation ($150k/yr), University of Chicago ($78k/yr), Illinois Wesleyan University ($3k/yr)1 in 13$120k
  2. 2Fulk Family Foundation IncGives in Illinois (129 of 219)Similar grantees: University of Chicago ($5.6M/yr), Open Books LTD ($560k/yr), National Louis University ($380k/yr)1 in 17$140k
  3. 3United Way of Metropolitan Chicago IncGives in Illinois (422 of 529)Similar grantees: Chicago Public Library Foundation ($25k/yr), Museum of Contemporary Art ($25k/yr), University of Chicago ($11k/yr)1 in 10$35k

152 more funders on the list for The Newberry Library

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