Siragusa Family Foundation
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About Siragusa Family Foundation
Helping underserved people in the Chicago area help themselves and experience a better quality of life.
Focus Areas
ArtsEducationHealth/WellnessYouth developmentCommunity services in Chicago
Who They Fund
undergraduate studentsK-12 students and teensyouth (general)scholarship recipients / low-income studentsworkforce trainees / job-seekerschildren and families (community-focused)individuals transitioning from clinical care (patients)
Funding Style
About Siragusa Family Foundation
A recurring pattern in The Siragusa Family Foundation’s recent grantmaking is direct support for student access and persistence in higher education, especially through scholarships and fellowship-style awards. The largest listed award goes to Mayo Foundation for a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) and general operating support, which pairs student research support with institutional funding. Other awards show the same emphasis on education pathways: Northwestern University received scholarship funding, and Roosevelt University also received scholarship support in multiple years. The foundation’s giving is tightly linked to Chicago-area organizations and Chicago-region institutions, but it also reaches a small number of out-of-state education and scholarship recipients. Alongside college support, the foundation backs youth mentoring, health and wellness services, and arts learning. Its mission language centers on helping underserved people in the Chicago area help themselves and experience a better quality of life, and the recent grants reflect that focus through student aid, program support, and operating support for nonprofit partners.
What Siragusa Family Foundation Funds
Education is a central theme. The foundation gave $20,000 to Partnership for College Completion for general operating support, and it awarded scholarships to several colleges and universities, including Illinois Wesleyan University and The University of Chicago. It also supports discipline-specific aid: Rush University received a nursing scholarship, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago received a Siragusa Foundation ChiArts scholarship. Youth development appears through a $20,000 grant to Loyola University of Chicago for the S.T.A.R.S Mentoring Program (Students Together Are Reaching Success). Health and wellness is another area, shown by a $20,000 grant to Howard Brown Health for Broadway Youth Center (BYC). These grants point to a mix of direct student support, mentoring, and community-based services.
How Siragusa Family Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is very consistent: p25, median, and p75 are all $10,000, while the active program descriptions also show many awards in the $10,000–$20,000 range. The recent grants list includes repeated awards to the same recipients across multiple years, including Northwestern University, Roosevelt University, Rush University, Mayo Foundation, Illinois Wesleyan University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and others, which suggests ongoing support rather than one-off giving. The foundation is a regular funder and accepts no unsolicited applications in the programs listed. It also funds individuals, and the grant descriptions include scholarships and fellowship support alongside operating and program grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1M
Total Assets
$19M
Total Revenue
$1.7M
Total Expenses
$1.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Local9 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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