Funding search · EIN 363662848 · New York, NY

Franke Family Charitable Foundation

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 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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4 grants matching “immigration and refugees · $475,000

  • $25,000

    Iris Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2024

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2022

    General operations

  • $400,000

    Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2021

    General operations

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.