Illinois · Public charity
Bls Family Foundation
The foundation was organized to foster, promote, support, develop, encourage and maintain charitable activities and vital human and educational services as authorized in its by-laws and the charter of the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago.
- $885k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Bls Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 9 | $760k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $500k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $313k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $343k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $240k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $240k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $110k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $240k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ark | $490,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $455,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of the Children - Chicago | $455,000 | 4 | 6% |
| University of Chicago Medical Center | $330,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Natal Inc | $270,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Institute for Nonviolence Chicago | $127,500 | 5 | 1% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $115,000 | 1 | 0% |
| I Grow Chicago NFP | $115,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sinai Health System | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ark | $490,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $455,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of the Children - Chicago | $455,000 | 4 | 6% |
| University of Chicago Medical Center | $330,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Natal Inc | $270,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Institute for Nonviolence Chicago | $127,500 | 5 | 1% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $115,000 | 1 | 0% |
| I Grow Chicago NFP | $115,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sinai Health System | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stop Stalking US Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 50% |
| Am Yisrael Conservative Congregation of the North | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Orot the Center for New Jewish Learning | $32,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Lawndale Christian Legal Center | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jewish Women International | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Yogacare | $15,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Unloaded Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Block Club Chicago Nfp | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Bls Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Chicago Community Trust · Circle of Service Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Bls Family Foundation
- How much does Bls Family Foundation give?
- Bls Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $885,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bls Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (21%), Human Services (20%), Philanthropy (19%).
- Who are Bls Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Ark ($490k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($455k), Friends of the Children - Chicago ($455k).
- Does Bls Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bls Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Circle of Service Foundation, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Where is Bls Family Foundation based?
- Bls Family Foundation is based in IL.
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