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Bindler 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.

$46k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$143kPhilanthropy$103kEducation$58kCivil Rights$38kInternational$33kHuman Services$17kYouth Development$10kHealth$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$3,600
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES CHICAGO$10,000
JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$5,000
CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS CORPORATION$5,000
RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION$5,000
FOUNDATION FOR THE DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES INC$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC$3,600
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$2,500
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE GLOBAL$2,500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC$2,300
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$1,800
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$1,800
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $5k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $5k → 16%INVEST FOR KIDS INC: $1k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS INC: $1k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS INC: $1k → 14%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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 9% of Bindler Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Bindler Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 7.0% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$327k · 19 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
10

Total granted

$327k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+48%

Still filing today

74%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    7× · 2019–2025 · $64k · revenue +57%
  • TC
    THE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS
    5× · 2021–2025 · $43k · revenue +186%
  • RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $30k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • UC
    UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -75%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -51%
  • WF
    Worldwide Friends Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +176%
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
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
3
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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4
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
5
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
6
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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.…

Arts & Culture
7
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

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.

Civil Rights
8
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
9
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
10
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
11
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
12
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Intonation Music Workshop. 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

28 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. 28 of the 34 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
25/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES CHICAGO: $80,000 · OtherFACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES CHICAGOANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE - CHICAGO: $15,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE - CHICAGOUNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM - MIDWEST: $10,400 · OtherUNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM …UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF AMERICA: $10,000 · OtherUKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF AMERICAUNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $5,600 · OtherBUILD INC: $5,180 · Other+9 more: $18,500 · Other+9 moreJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $64,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROP…JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $20,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPO…JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $9,200 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BE…PHILANTHROPY TANK INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS: $42,500 · EducationTHE CAHN FELLOWS…Teachers College Columbia University: $15,000 · EducationTeachers College…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FEST…INTONATION MUSIC WORKSHOP: $12,500 · Arts & CultureINTONATION M…HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $17,000 · InternationalFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $5,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $5,000 · InternationalWorldwide Friends Foundation: $2,500 · InternationalCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesInvest for Kids Inc: $3,200 · Human ServicesANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $12,500 · Civil Rights
Other$144,680Philanthropy$103,200Education$58,500Arts & Culture$45,500International$29,500Human Services$13,200Civil Rights$12,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $64,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAHN FELLOWS PROGRAMS: $42,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $17,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTONATION MUSIC WORKSHOP: $12,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $9,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBUILD INC: $5,180 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANTHROPY TANK INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY COMER YOUTH CENTER INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInvest for Kids Inc: $3,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Council on Urban Affairs: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWorldwide Friends Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAuditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THRESHOLDS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetH LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN MENDING HEARTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMAPLEWOOD HOUSING FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED D/B/A FRIEDMAN PLACE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Jewish Federation of …The Chicago Community…John D and Catherine …National Philanthropi…Circle of Service Fou…American Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Circle of Service Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 34 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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