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Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family 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.

$101k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
96
Grants FY2024
101
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$500
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 101
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$2.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving95$81k20%
FY2023101$90k20%
FY202287$114k41%
FY202160$46k13%
FY202052$45k21%
FY201951$74k71%
FY201721$37kn/a
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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 2024.

Civil Rights$117kReligion$113kHealth$78kArts & Culture$53kInternational$46kCrime & Legal$21kHuman Services$13kHousing & Shelter$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Judaism and Democracy Action Alliance of North America Inc$80,00042%
Congregation Solel$36,0002n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$16,00050%
Equal Justice Initiative$11,40060%
Project Kesher$10,50030%
Makom Solel Lakeside$10,1003n/a
Indigenous Lenses$10,00079%
Logos Baptist Ministries$8,5005n/a
Community Reform Jewish Congregation$7,5502n/a
Morrissey-Compton Educational Center$7,50070%
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All grantees of Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Judaism and Democracy Action Alliance of North America Inc$80,00042%
Congregation Solel$36,0002n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$16,00050%
Equal Justice Initiative$11,40060%
Project Kesher$10,50030%
Makom Solel Lakeside$10,1003n/a
Indigenous Lenses$10,00079%
Logos Baptist Ministries$8,5005n/a
Community Reform Jewish Congregation$7,5502n/a
Morrissey-Compton Educational Center$7,50070%
Seven Hills Chamber Music$6,10024%
Elyssas Mission NFP$5,50070%
Anti-Defamation League Foundation$5,30060%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$5,00010%
Field Museum of Natural History$5,00010%
Congregation Kol Emeth$5,0002n/a
Greater Chicago Food Depository$4,50070%
Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo$4,50060%
Hias Inc$4,20050%
Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation$4,00050%
At the Crossroads$4,00050%
Okizu Foundation$4,00020%
Community Working Group Inc$4,00060%
Glenkirk$3,50070%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,50020%
Epacenter$3,50060%
Central American Legal Assistance$3,50030%
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$3,40070%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$3,40070%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$3,00030%
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region$3,00030%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$3,00030%
The Wilderness Society$3,00030%
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago$2,80050%
Dramatists Legal Defense Fund Inc$2,75062%
The Dramatists Guild Fund Inc$2,75060%
Chicago Dramatists$2,75050%
The Josselyn Center Nfp$2,50050%
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago Inc$2,50030%
Working in Concert$2,50031%
United Negro College Fund Inc$2,35060%
Israel 21c$2,30050%
Paws Chicago$2,25030%
Pathway Society Inc$2,00020%
Ecumenical Hunger Program$2,00030%
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression$2,00020%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$2,00020%
Finca International Inc$1,80040%
Selah Freedom Inc$1,75060%
Accessible Contemporary Music$1,50020%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,50030%
Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago$1,50030%
The Young Women's Leadership Charter School of Chicago$1,5003n/a
Covenant House Illinois Inc$1,50030%
Black Ensemble Theater Corporation$1,50030%
The Mabel Mercer Foundation Inc$1,50030%
American Blues Theater Nfp$1,50030%
Acts Of Kindness Cabaret NFP$1,50031%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$1,40060%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$1,40050%
American Heart Association Inc$1,25050%
Nami Illinois Inc$1,20060%
InterMusic SF$1,20020%
San Jose Chamber Orchestra$1,20020%
Curt's Cafe$1,05050%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$1,00020%
Chicago City Theatre Company dba Joel Hall Dancers & Center$1,00020%
Parisi House on the Hill Inc$1,0001n/a
World Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc$1,00010%
Cub Consumer Education and Research Fund$1,00060%
Sarah's Circle$1,00010%
Child Advocates of Silicon Valley Inc$1,00010%
American Jewish Committee$1,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula$1,00010%
The Charles Armstrong School$1,00010%
Autism Science Foundation$1,00020%
El Camino Hospital Foundation$1,0001n/a
Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc$1,00020%
Shelter Inc$1,00060%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$1,00010%
John Austin Cheley Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Autistic Self Advocacy Network Inc$1,00020%
The Innocence Project Inc$1,00010%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$1,00010%
Chicago Public Media Inc$1,00060%
Northfield Township Food Pantry$1,00050%
Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc$1,00020%
Smile Train Inc$95030%
WGBH Educational Foundation$90060%
Directors Guild Foundation$90060%
Hunger Resource Network$90050%
Chicago Horticultural Society$85030%
Sga Youth & Family Services Nfp$80020%
National Council for Jewish Women Chicago North Shore Section$80050%
NAMI National$80030%
Spirito$75020%
Storycatchers$75030%
Winnetka Youth Organization$75050%
Season of Concern$75040%
North Suburban Young Men's Christian Association$70040%
The Night Ministry$70040%
The Against Malaria Foundation$60030%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$60030%
Evidence Action$60030%
Housing Opportunities for Women Inc$60030%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$50010%
The 100 Club of Illinois$50010%
Little City Foundation$50010%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$50010%
Fashion Scholarship Fund$50010%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$50010%
Search Inc$50020%
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired$50010%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$50020%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$45030%
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs$40030%
Special Gifts Theatre Inc Co Elise Larsen$40020%
Sylvia Rivera Law Project Inc$40020%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$40020%
Family Service of Lake County$40020%
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project$40020%
The Cara Program$30010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$30010%
American Bird Conservancy$30020%
The Prop Theater Group$2501n/a
Rehabilitation Through the Arts Inc$20010%
National New Play Network Ltd$20010%
The Halo Trust (Usa) Inc$20010%
Sharsheret Inc$20010%
Center on Halsted$20010%
Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline$20010%
Icivics Inc$20010%
Al Otro Lado$20010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$20010%
The Lieber Institute Inc$20010%
Mothers Against Senseless Killings Foundation$1001n/a
Window to the World Communications Inc$10010%
American Brain Tumor Association$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJudaism and Democracy Action Alliance of North America Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $11,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetProject Kesher: $10,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIndigenous Lenses: $10,000 over 7y, 9.1% of budgetMorrissey-Compton Educational Center: $7,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSeven Hills Chamber Music: $6,100 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetElyssas Mission NFP: $5,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetAnti-Defamation League Foundation: $5,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetField Museum of Natural History: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo: $4,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHias Inc: $4,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute of American Indian Arts Foundation: $4,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAt the Crossroads: $4,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOkizu Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Working Group Inc: $4,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGlenkirk: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEpacenter: $3,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCentral American Legal Assistance: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Children's Advocacy Center: $3,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc: $3,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Fund for Animal Welfare Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDramatists Legal Defense Fund Inc: $2,750 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetThe Dramatists Guild Fund Inc: $2,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Dramatists: $2,750 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Josselyn Center Nfp: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Counseling Centers of Chicago Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorking in Concert: $2,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $2,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael 21c: $2,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPaws Chicago: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPathway Society Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEcumenical Hunger Program: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $1,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSelah Freedom Inc: $1,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAccessible Contemporary Music: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPorchlight Music Theatre Chicago: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House Illinois Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 128.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL30.4× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Baxter International Foundation

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.

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About Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation

How much does Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation give?
Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation reported 96 grants totaling $100,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 101 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (23%), Religion (22%), Health (15%).
Who are Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Judaism and Democracy Action Alliance of North America Inc ($80k), Congregation Solel ($36k), Southern Poverty Law Center Inc ($16k).
Does Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Caryl H and Bernard M Susman 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 Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Lloyd a Fry Foundation, AbbVie Foundation.
Where is Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation based?
Caryl H and Bernard M Susman Family Foundation is based in DE.

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 155 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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