About Pritzker Military Foundation
The Pritzker Military Foundation concentrates its giving on national military-related causes, combining support for military history institutions with direct backing of veteran and military family services. Their grants are sizable and directed to prominent national organizations rather than many small community groups, signaling a preference for high-impact, visible partners that advance military history preservation and caregiver support for veterans.
Focus Areas
National military history museums and exhibits (e.g., World War II commemoration)Support for veteran caregivers and military family servicesLarge-scale national military heritage projects and capital campaigns
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizationspublic librariesschools / educational programscommunity literacy programs
Giving Approach
Concentrated giving through a very small number of large, one-off grants to national organizations; favors prominent institutions over broad, distributed funding or many repeat small grants.
About Pritzker Military Foundation
Pritzker Military Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by large general-support grants to military-history institutions and veteran-family organizations. In the latest grants, The National World War II Museum received $705,000 in 2023 and $300,000 in 2025, while the Elizabeth Dole Foundation received $500,000 in 2025 after earlier awards of $251,923 in 2023 and $250,000 in 2024. That pattern points to a funder that backs established national organizations with repeated support rather than one-off, small awards. The foundation also supports museums and heritage projects tied to military service, including the National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc., Naval War College Foundation, US Naval Institute Foundation, and The Wende Museum of the Cold War. Its grant list includes educational and preservation-focused institutions alongside service organizations for veterans and military families, showing a portfolio that links commemoration, scholarship, and direct support for people affected by military service. Grant purposes in the recent list are overwhelmingly listed as general support, suggesting flexible funding for recipient operations and programs. With total annual grants above $11 million and a national footprint, the foundation operates at a scale that favors prominent, mission-aligned institutions.
What Pritzker Military Foundation Funds
Military history institutions are a major theme in the foundation’s recent grants. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans received $705,000 in 2023 and $300,000 in 2025 for general support, and the National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc. in New London received $200,000 in 2024, $200,000 in 2025, and $200,000 in 2023. Veteran and military-family support is another clear area. The Elizabeth Dole Foundation in Washington, DC received $500,000 in 2025, alongside earlier general-support awards of $251,923 in 2023 and $250,000 in 2024. Educational and heritage institutions also appear repeatedly, including Norwich University in Northfield, VT, which received $265,000 in 2023, $259,721 in 2024, and $129,190 in 2025, and the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL, which received $225,000 in 2024.
How Pritzker Military Foundation Gives
Typical award sizes cluster in the mid-range: the 25th percentile is $6,875, the median is $23,000, and the 75th percentile is $50,000. The recent grants list also shows that the foundation can make much larger awards when a project or partner warrants it, with multiple grants in the $100,000 to $705,000 range. Recipients often reappear across years, which indicates repeat support rather than a purely one-time model. The foundation is a private foundation, and its active programs are invitation-only; it does not accept unsolicited applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$11.1M
Total Assets
$17.1M
Total Revenue
$3.6M
Total Expenses
$12.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7K and $50K, with a median of $23K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$23K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
National23 states funded
About 25% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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