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Private foundation (trust)EIN 812433446Est. 2016-08

SMART FAMILY FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS

CHICAGO, IL 60611

Total Assets

$100.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$4.0M

FY 2024

Grants Made

68

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$59K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$5K–$1M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$3.1M

Total Expenses

$4.9M

Qualifying Distributions

$4.1M

Distributable Amount

$4.7M

Min. Investment Return

$4.8M

Undistributed Income

$4.5M

Payout rate 88%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.88%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

68 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $25K to maximum $1M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $4.2M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

325 grants

THE UNIVERISTY OF CHICAGO
$3.2M
4 grants
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
$1.9M
6 grants
FRANCIS W PARKER SCHOOL
$1.9M
6 grants
THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST
$1.9M
3 grants
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
$1.1M
5 grants
KENYON COLLEGE
$1.0M
6 grants
STEPPENWOLF THEATRE CO
$934K
6 grants
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
$800K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

325 grants

<$10K
128
grants
$10–50K
125
grants
$50–250K
58
grants
$250K–1M
11
grants
$1–5M
3
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

17 states

Illinois
$12.4M
58% of total
Maryland
$2.9M
14% of total
New York
$2.0M
9% of total
Ohio
$1.0M
5% of total
Wisconsin
$935K
4% of total
Connecticut
$510K
2% of total
Tennessee
$325K
2% of total
Massachusetts
$220K
1% of total
Pennsylvania
$185K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$125K
1% of total

+7 more states

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