· Private foundation
Arthur Zaltzman Foundation
Its FY2020 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, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k2 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k19 grants · $360k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $123k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FIDELITY CHARITABLE - LAUREN AND SAMUEL KESSLER CHARITABLE FUND | $122,743 |
| AUTISTIC SELF ADVOCACY NETWORK | $36,824 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $36,822 |
| CURED FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE | $24,549 |
| NATIONAL MS SOCIETY | $24,549 |
| THE CHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION | $24,548 |
| THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| DANCE FOR LIFE CO CHICAGO DANCERS UNITED | $20,000 |
| BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS | $15,000 |
| NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY - IL | $12,275 |
| NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ATTN JIM HIGLEY | $12,275 |
| MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA | $12,274 |
| ANN AND ROBERT H LURIE CHILDREN'S HOPSITAL | $12,274 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2020, 0 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (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 FY2020, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $404k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AHAmerican Heart Association Inc2× · 2019–2020 · $40k · revenue +43%
- CFCURED FOUNDATION3× · 2018–2020 · $34k
- AAANN AND ROBERT H LURIE CHILDREN'S HOPSITAL2× · 2019–2020 · $15k
Funded once
- MCMS COHN WEIL MEMORIAL OUTINGone grant, 2019 · $3k
- ACAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYone grant, 2017 · $2k
ORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCHgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $500 · revenue +29%
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.
To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
Breakthrough t1d is the leading global t1d organization working to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat t1d and its complications.
To marshal and focus the resources and relationships needed to cure fa by raising funds for research, promoting public awareness and aligning scientists, patients, clinicians, government agencies and pharmaceutical companies dedicated to…
The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
The mission of the American Diabetes Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
Amid the proliferation of advice about treatment options for autism, the ability to access accurate information about research-validated approaches is critically important to those seeking effective treatment.
The critical path institute is a catalyst in the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science. this is achieved by leading teams that share data, knowledge and expertise resulting in sound, consensus…
Promote and fund research into developing better diagnostic processes, therapies, and cures for frontotemporal degeneration (ftd); provide information, education, support and advocacy to persons diagnosed with ftd, their families and…
Founded in 1986, mtppi is a research organization specializing in health service research, education and health policy analysis of new and emerging technologies.
Amfar is dedicated to ending the global aids epidemic through innovative research. (see schedule o)
How this is measured
10 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. 10 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.
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 American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds AUTISTIC SELF ADVOCACY NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds TOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds THE BOULEVARD OF CHICAGO INC ↗
- Who funds ORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCH ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Arthur Zaltzman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arthur Zaltzman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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