Illinois · Public charity
Agudath Israel of Illinois
AGUDATH ISRAEL OF ILLINOIS seeks to inspire, educate, protect and provide financial relief for children and families of the orthodox jewish community within the chicagoland area
- $945k
- Granted FY2023
- 9
- Grants FY2023
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
55% of Agudath Israel of Illinois’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Agudath Israel Of America, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Agudath Israel of Illinois named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $943k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $38,250
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $427,125
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $19M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Agudath Israel of Illinois funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $813k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 8 | $813k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $289k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $1.4M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $728k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $534k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $223k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago Rabbinical College Telshe-Chicago | $626,988 | 2 | n/a |
| Torah Center-Midwest Inc | $427,125 | 1 | 10% |
| Chicago Chesed Fund | $322,670 | 2 | 4% |
| Agudath Israel of Illinois | $239,072 | 2 | 1% |
| Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of the Kiev Jewish Community | $160,000 | 1 | 3% |
| H F Epstein Hebrew Academy | $142,916 | 1 | n/a |
| Henry & Louise Mermelstein Charitable Foundation | $120,000 | 1 | 4% |
| United Mosdos Torah Veyirah Yerusholyim Inc | $115,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Bnei Yerushalayim | $115,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago Rabbinical College Telshe-Chicago | $626,988 | 2 | n/a |
| Torah Center-Midwest Inc | $427,125 | 1 | 10% |
| Chicago Chesed Fund | $322,670 | 2 | 4% |
| Agudath Israel of Illinois | $239,072 | 2 | 1% |
| Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of the Kiev Jewish Community | $160,000 | 1 | 3% |
| H F Epstein Hebrew Academy | $142,916 | 1 | n/a |
| Henry & Louise Mermelstein Charitable Foundation | $120,000 | 1 | 4% |
| United Mosdos Torah Veyirah Yerusholyim Inc | $115,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Bnei Yerushalayim | $115,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Areivim USA | $107,268 | 2 | n/a |
| Camp Nageela Midwest Inc | $107,170 | 3 | 4% |
| Chicago Center for Torah & Chesed Inc | $102,970 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Campaign | $97,670 | 2 | 2% |
| BEER YITZHAK FOUNDATION INC co Ben Malakh | $77,000 | 1 | 15% |
| American Friends of Mosdos Nachlas Shimon Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Keren Marbe Chchme | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Esther Miller Bais Yaakov High School of St Louis | $38,250 | 1 | 4% |
| Vaad Harabbanim L'Inyanei Tzeduka Inc | $33,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Bais Suchi | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Missouri Torah Institute | $25,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Agudah Camps Inc | $20,204 | 1 | 0% |
| Mesivta of Clifton Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kulanu Yachad | $11,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Bais Medrash Torah Vtfilah an Illinois Not for Profit Corporatio | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Agudah Bais Horaah | $7,970 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Derech Hatorah Inc | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($789k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Agudath Israel of Illinois supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Daniel & Chayala Glenner Foundation · Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation · Fredman Family Charitable Trust · Jewish Federation of St Louis · Bitton Family Foundation Inc · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Greater Horizons
How this is measured
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About Agudath Israel of Illinois
- How much does Agudath Israel of Illinois give?
- Agudath Israel of Illinois reported 9 grants totaling $945,286 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Agudath Israel of Illinois fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (53%), Philanthropy (17%), Education (13%).
- Who are Agudath Israel of Illinois's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago Rabbinical College Telshe-Chicago ($627k), Torah Center-Midwest Inc ($427k), Chicago Chesed Fund ($323k).
- Does Agudath Israel of Illinois fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Agudath Israel of Illinois?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation.
- Where is Agudath Israel of Illinois based?
- Agudath Israel of Illinois is based in IL.
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