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A L Luria & Jennie L Luria Foundation at a glance

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A L Luria & Jennie L Luria Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$437k
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Food & Nutrition$410kEducation$385kPublic Safety & Disaster$376kArts & Culture$285kHousing & Shelter$105kHealth$38kCrime & Legal$8k
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $175k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$175,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
A WIDER CIRCLE$250,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$175,000
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND$12,105
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $112k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $12k → 9%BRIDGE HOUSE: $50k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $50k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 20 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
4

Total granted

$1.6M
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+51%

Still filing today

75%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthInternationalEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    2× · 2020–2022 · $400k · revenue +17%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $375k · revenue +167%
  • BH
    Bridge House
    2× · 2021–2022 · $100k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • JA
    JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +18%
  • C
    CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +42%
  • SN
    SkyArt NFPgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +51%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago opera theater expands the tradition of opera as a living art form by engaging lovers of music and storytelling through innovative experiences, predominantly of new and rarely performed works.

Arts & Culture
2
Chamber Opera of Chicago
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3
Lookingglass Theatre Company

Lookingglass theatre company is a national leader in the creation and presentation of innovative, cutting-edge theatrical work. lookingglass interweaves movement, circus arts and narrative in original and captivating ways. guided by an…

Arts & Culture
4
Constellation Performing Arts

Constellation is a performing arts presenter with an emphasis on forward- thinking practices, particularly in the areas of jazz, improvised, experimental, and contemporary classical music.

Arts & Culture
5
Chicago City Theatre Company dba Joel Hall Dancers & Center

To enrich the lives of our community through dance education and performance while developing Chicago's native talent pool in a welcoming environment that celebrates multiculturalism & ethnic diversity.

Arts & Culture
6
The City Theatre Company Inc

To provide an artistic home for the development and production of contemporary plays that engage and challenge a diverse audience.

Arts & Culture
7
Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc
Arts & Culture
8
Chicago Theatre Group Inc

The chicago theatre group is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. by dedicating itself to three guiding principles - quality, equity, and community - the…

Arts & Culture
9
Chicago Sinfonietta Inc

Chicago Sinfonietta is a professional orchestra dedicated to modeling and promoting diversity, inclusion, and both racial and cultural equity in the arts through the universal language of symphonic music. Our core values are built around…

Arts & Culture
10
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

To create vivid, entertaining theatrical experiences that invigorate and engage people of all ages and identities by illuminating the complexity, ambiguity, and wonder of our world. shared humanity and unforgettable stories - now this is…

Arts & Culture
11
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
12
The Ballet Chicago Company

Ballet Chicago is a professional track school of ballet that creates exceptional dancers. It makes classical ballet training accessible to all. Its founders Daniel Duell and Patricia Blair carry on George Balanchines legacy by providing…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Timeline Theatre Company; the most unlike its peers is Senior Homeshares. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $400,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSIT…+1 more: $10,000 · Food & NutritionWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $375,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $350,000 · EducationA WIDER CIRCLE INCMANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $67,000 · Arts & CultureMANHATTAN SCH…TIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY: $30,500 · Arts & CultureTIMELINE THEA…NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $27,500 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY…JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureJOYCE THEATER…STEEP THEATRE: $15,500 · Arts & CultureSTEEP THEATRERivendell Theatre Ensemble: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRivendell The…JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCO…+3 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureThe Carnegie Hall Society Inc: $87,500 · OtherThe Carne…YALE UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · OtherYALE UNIV…ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATRE: $10,000 · OtherALVIN AIL…+2 more: $6,500 · OtherBridge House: $100,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $12,105 · Human ServicesCasa De Paz: $8,000 · Human ServicesFace the Future Foundation: $22,500 · HealthTHE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · HealthCHICAGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Public Benefit
Food & Nutrition$410,000International$375,000Education$350,000Arts & Culture$185,500Other$139,000Human Services$120,105Health$25,500Public Benefit$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $400,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $375,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $350,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetBridge House: $100,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe Carnegie Hall Society Inc: $87,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $67,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY: $30,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFace the Future Foundation: $22,500 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetJOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTEEP THEATRE: $15,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $12,105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRivendell Theatre Ensemble: $10,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasa De Paz: $8,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSENIOR HOMESHARES: $4,500 over 2y, 36% of budgetTHE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVictory Gardens Theater: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC OF THE BAROQUE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSkyArt NFP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Chicago Community…John D and Catherine …Lloyd a Fry FoundationPolk Bros Foundation …Arie and Ida Crown Me…Ncrc Community Develo…Alphawood FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Chicago Community TrustIL17.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Alphawood Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization A L Luria & Jennie L Luria Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from A L Luria & Jennie L Luria Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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