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Private foundation (trust)EIN 364118927Est. 1997-04

The Cynthia Elkins Foundation

Chicago, IL 60611

Total Assets

$532K

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$751K

FY 2023

Grants Made

41

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$18K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$500–$138K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$782K

Total Expenses

$760K

Qualifying Distributions

$751K

Distributable Amount

$32K

Min. Investment Return

$36K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

41 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $5K to maximum $138K, 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

5 years

Giving over time from 2019 to 2023. Peak $1.6M in 2021. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

195 grants

DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIPS
$806K
6 grants
CATO INSTITUTE
$425K
5 grants
ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
$307K
6 grants
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADO
$235K
6 grants
LEAP
$220K
5 grants
BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE
$187K
6 grants
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
$176K
5 grants
URBAN INICIATIVES
$169K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

195 grants

<$10K
128
grants
$10–50K
51
grants
$50–250K
16
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

12 states

Illinois
$2.6M
71% of total
District of Columbia
$601K
16% of total
New York
$245K
7% of total
Texas
$88K
2% of total
Virginia
$63K
2% of total
California
$28K
1% of total
Wisconsin
$26K
1% of total
Colorado
$14K
0% of total
Michigan
$11K
0% of total
Florida
$11K
0% of total

+2 more states

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