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Allan and Denise Edelson Family Foundation at a glance

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Allan and Denise Edelson Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$290k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$263kCivil Rights$146kHealth$145kPhilanthropy$115kArts & Culture$62kReligion$50kHuman Services$43kPublic Benefit$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$833k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE$50,000
ONE MAIN STREET - COLORADO$40,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$25,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$25,000
BACK ON MY FEET$25,000
JEWISH COLORADO$25,000
SHRINERS CHILDREN'S$25,000
HOPE CHICAGO$25,000
PBS12$20,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$15,000
WARREN VILLAGE$10,000
ROLFE PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION$5,000
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 (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WARREN VILLAGE: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 15% of Allan and Denise Edelson Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Allan and Denise Edelson Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$578k · 9 repeat orgs$230k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
8

Total granted

$578k
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+2%

Still filing today

67%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
PhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • HC
    HOPE CHICAGO INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $150k · revenue +80%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $116k · revenue +253%
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    3× · 2021–2023 · $115k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • E
    ENTRYWAYgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +39%
  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +12%
  • AD
    Anti Defamation League
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
2
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
3
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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4
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
5
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
8
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
9
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
10
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…

Philanthropy
11
Jewish Federation of Omaha Inc

To build and sustain a strong and vibrant omaha jewish community and to support jews in israel and around the world.

Philanthropy
12
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Entryway; the most unlike its peers is Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOPE CHICAGO INC: $150,000 · OtherHOPE CHICAGO INCWalker and Dunlop CS Fundraiser: $55,000 · OtherWalker and Dunlop CS FundraiserENTRYWAY: $25,000 · OtherENTRYWAYALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONAnti Defamation League: $15,000 · OtherBACK ON MY FEET: $25,000 · OtherBACK ON MY FEETJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $25,000 · OtherJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL…FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $15,000 · Other+4 more: $37,250 · Other+4 moreJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $115,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF…JEWISHColorado: $50,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISHColoradoMichael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMichael Rolfe Pancrea…+1 more: $2,501 · PhilanthropyANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $115,720 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION…AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $10,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $80,000 · HealthST JUDE CHIL…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOS…UCLA FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $12,500 · EducationCOLORADO PUBLIC TELEVISION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureOne Main Street Colorado: $40,000 · Public Benefit
Other$372,250Philanthropy$177,501Civil Rights$125,720Health$105,000Education$57,500Arts & Culture$50,000Public Benefit$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOPE CHICAGO INC: $150,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $115,720 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $115,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISHColorado: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO PUBLIC TELEVISION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetENTRYWAY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMichael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMBA OPENS DOORS FOUNDATION: $2,501 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE7.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Allan and Denise Edelson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allan and Denise Edelson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 26 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home