· Private foundation
B&D Foundation
Its FY2024 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $80k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SPERTUS INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP | $100,000 |
| SPERTUS INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP | $20,000 |
| AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE | $20,000 |
| CHICAGO SINAI CONGREGATION | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - CROWN FAMILY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK POLICY AND PRAC | $10,000 |
| CHICAGO SINAI CONGREGATION | $10,000 |
| CAMP NEBAGAMON | $10,000 |
| CHICAGO SINAI CONGREGATION | $9,700 |
| NATIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING MUSEUM (NPHM) | $9,650 |
| LITTLE SAMARITAN MISSION | $8,000 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC | $5,000 |
| CHICAGO YOUTH CENTERS | $5,000 |
| JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO | $5,000 |
| FAMILY FOCUS | $2,500 |
| WOMEN'S EQUITY IN ACCESS TO CARE & TREATMENT (WE-ACTX) | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
The National Public Housing Museum5× · 2020–2024 · $72k · revenue +117%- CYChicago Youth Centers5× · 2020–2024 · $45k · revenue +57%
- CNCAMP NEBAGAMON3× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +671%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIONone grant, 2020 · $220k
- CNCAMP NEBAGAMON (FKA CN FOUNDATION)one grant, 2023 · $10k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - CROWN FAMILY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK POLICY ANDone grant, 2022 · $10k
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.
JCFS Chicago services and programs support wellbeing for children, teens, adults and families regardless of race, culture, religion, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or…
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…
JCC Chicago is building community, supporting individuals and families, and growing hope through Jewish connections for everyone.
Start early advances quality early learning for families with children, before birth through their earliest years, to help close the opportunity gap.
To advance the aspirations of families and individuals to enrich their lives, bodies and spirits, by providing the best in contemporary programs and experiences, informed by jewish values for today's jews and the people in their lives.
Jewish summer camp is the enduring and irreplaceable connection and community that strengthens jewish identity, develops jewish leadership, and ensures a jewish future. foundation for jewish camp (fjc) is the only nonprofit whose singular…
Believing that every jewish child needs and deserves to grow up in a stable and healthy home environment, and that the fabric of that home is woven from material, emotional and religious threads, one family chicago is committed to…
The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.
To partner with organizations and communities to drive systemic change that impacts the root causes of child abuse and neglect.
Our mission is to strengthen and heal families and individuals from all walks of life through clinical service, education and research.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 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 SPERTUS INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
- Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds The National Public Housing Museum ↗
- Who funds Chicago Youth Centers ↗
- Who funds CAMP NEBAGAMON ↗
- Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY FOCUS LEGACY ↗
- Who funds LITTLE SAMARITAN MISSION ↗
- Who funds Family Focus ↗
- Who funds NEW ISRAEL FUND ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds SOUTHSIDE CENTER OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds Think Small ↗
- Who funds COLLABORATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD ↗
- Who funds CAMP NEBAGAMON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAMP NEBAGAMON SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
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 · The Chicago Community Trust · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Kovler Family Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization B&D Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from B&D Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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