Funding search · EIN 363662848 · New York, NY

Franke Family Charitable Foundation

Name: Franke Family Charitable Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

87
grants reported: $17.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

franke board fellows theatre court department jane textile

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Fidelity Chartable3 grants · $3.0M
Community Funds3 grants · $2.5M
University of Chicago12 grants · $1.7M
Yale University Development1 grant · $1.0M
The Conneciticut Players Foundation1 grant · $1.0M
Yale University1 grant · $1.0M
North Shore Country Day School1 grant · $1.0M
Amalgamated Foundation1 grant · $1.0M
The Colorado College3 grants · $999,999
Chicago Humanities Festival4 grants · $825,000

Giving over time

$2.7M

2021

$4.2M

2022

$4.4M

2023

$6.1M

2024

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Yale University Development · New Haven, CT · 2024
General operations
$1.0M
Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$1.0M
Fidelity Chartable · Covington, KY · 2024
General operations
$1.0M
The Conneciticut Players Foundation · New Haven, CT · 2024
Long wharf theatre
$1.0M
Community Funds · New York, NY · 2023
Katherine franke daf
$1.0M
Fidelity Chartable · Covington, KY · 2023
Shepherd fund (jane franke daf)
$1.0M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Franke dramatic arts building
$1.0M
Community Funds · New York, NY · 2022
General operations
$1.0M
Fidelity Chartable · Covington, KY · 2022
Shepherd fund (jane franke daf)
$1.0M
North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General operations
$600,000
Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$500,000
Jumpseed · Stone Ridge, NY · 2024
General operations
$466,000
Community Funds · New York, NY · 2021
General operations
$410,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Court theatre fund
$400,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Court theatre fund
$400,000
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2021
General operations
$400,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$333,333
The Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General operations
$333,333
The Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General operations
$333,333
The Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
President's discretionary fund
$275,000
Arizona Musicfest · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
General operations
$275,000
New York Community Trust · New York, NY · 2021
Westchester community foundation funds - jane franke fund (2008)
$260,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Court theatre fund
$250,000
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Court theatre fund
$210,000
The Connecticut Players Foundation · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operations
$191,000
New York Community Trust · New York, NY · 2021
Westchester community foundation funds - jane franke fund (2008)
$110,000
Long Wharf Theatre · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operations
$100,000
Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$100,000
Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$100,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Humanities advisory council fund
$50,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operations account
$50,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Yale University Library · New Haven, CT · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Sustaining fellows
$50,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Franke family fellows
$50,000
Yale University Library Council · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operations
$50,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Sustaining fellows
$50,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Franke family fellows
$50,000
Yale University Library Council · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operations
$50,000
Court Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$50,000
Long Wharf Theatre · New Haven, CT · 2021
General operations
$25,000
Iris Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Palliative care
$25,000
Arizona Musicfest · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
Palliative care
$25,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Humanities advisory council fund
$25,000
Yale Art Gallery · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Arizona Musicfest · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
General operations
$25,000
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$25,000
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operations
$25,000
Yale Art Gallery · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operations
$25,000
American Philosophical Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General operations
$25,000
Arizona Musicfest · Scottsdale, AZ · 2021
General operations
$25,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Sustaining fellows
$25,000
Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$25,000
Mayo Clinic · Scottsdale, AZ · 2021
General operations
$25,000
Yale Art Gallery · New Haven, CT · 2021
General operations
$25,000
Yale Center for British Art · New Haven, CT · 2021
General operations
$25,000
Yale University Library Council · New Haven, CT · 2021
General operations
$20,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Textile department
$20,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Textile department
$20,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Textile department
$20,000
Leap · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Yale University Library Council · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Textile department
$10,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Humanities advisory council fund
$5,000
Elm City Consort · New Haven, CT · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Elm City Consort · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Leap · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$5,000
Leap · New Haven, CT · 2021
General operations
$5,000
Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$5,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2021
General operations
$5,000
Yale Repertory Theatre · New Haven, CT · 2021
General operations
$2,000
International Festival of Arts & Ideas · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operations
$2,000
International Festival of Arts & Ideas · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operations
$1,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Womens board
$1,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Women's board
$1,000
Elm City Consort · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operations
$1,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Women's board
$1,000
Elm City Consort · New Haven, CT · 2021
General operations
$1,000
International Festival of Arts & Ideas · New Haven, CT · 2021
General operations
$1,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Women's board
$500
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2021
Women's board
$250
Pentwater Arts Council · Pentwater, MI · 2022
General operations

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.