· Private foundation
Altman 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k21 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $39k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN GIVES, INC - BRING THEM HOME NOW | $18,000 |
| BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL | $10,800 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADAM | $10,000 |
| BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL | $2,700 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADAM | $2,000 |
| PELOTONIA | $2,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $1,470 |
| UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA | $1,200 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $1,200 |
| PELOTONIA | $1,000 |
| CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDENS | $800 |
| TORAHUB | $550 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF WILL COUNTY | $500 |
| REMY BUMPPO THEATRE COMPANY | $500 |
| NEW FOUNDATION OF HOPE | $500 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TETHE EMBER FOUNDATION2× · 2020–2021 · $29k · revenue +43%
University of Chicago2× · 2020–2021 · $15k · revenue +52%- WTWriters Theatre Inc3× · 2020–2024 · $4k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- DADEBIT AGUDATH ISREAL OF ILLINOISone grant, 2022 · $36k
- 3E394 EMBER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $12k
- FOFRIENDS OF LINCOLN PARK ZOOone grant, 2021 · $2k
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.
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.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…
The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.
To facilitate and promote philanthropy through donor advised funds.
Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.
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.
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.
Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.
How this is measured
29 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. 29 of the 85 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE EMBER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds University of Chicago ↗
- Who funds Writers Theatre Inc ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds PELOTONIA ↗
- Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra ↗
- Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA ↗
- Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF HOWARD COUNTY ↗
- Who funds HIAS INC ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS HORSE RESCUE OF WILL COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME FOUNDATION ↗
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: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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