Illinois · Private foundation
Barbara and Jonathan Moss 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.
- $27k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,150
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $706k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $27k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $30k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $17k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $40k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $39k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $106k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $105k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $303,500 | 8 | 0% |
| K a M Isaiah Israel Congregation | $82,114 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Denver | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Joffrey Ballet | $21,332 | 6 | 0% |
| Spark Charter School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $4,800 | 2 | 0% |
| UChicago Research International | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fora Health Inc | $2,654 | 4 | 0% |
| Timeline Theatre Company | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $303,500 | 8 | 0% |
| K a M Isaiah Israel Congregation | $82,114 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Denver | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Joffrey Ballet | $21,332 | 6 | 0% |
| Spark Charter School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $4,800 | 2 | 0% |
| UChicago Research International | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fora Health Inc | $2,654 | 4 | 0% |
| Timeline Theatre Company | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $867 | 4 | 0% |
| Harvard Varsity Club Inc | $650 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research | $550 | 2 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| The Church of God for All Nations | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $127 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Feed Israel Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($29k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation
- How much does Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation give?
- Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $26,827 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (70%), Religion (17%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Duke University ($304k), K a M Isaiah Israel Congregation ($82k), University of Denver ($27k).
- Does Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation based?
- Barbara and Jonathan Moss Family Foundation is based in IL.
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