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Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
69
Grants FY2025
64
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$105,000
Organizations funded a year
58 to 64
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$25M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Civil RightsHealthInternationalAnimalsArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving66$1.3M12%
FY202464$1.2M11%
FY202363$1.1M14%
FY202258$1.3M40%
FY202158$1.4Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$2.1MEducation$905kReligion$799kCivil Rights$635kArts & Culture$394kInternational$385kCrime & Legal$330kPhilanthropy$325kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
AZ
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rush University Medical Center$810,00050%
Mishkan Chicago$330,0005n/a
John Howard Association$245,00057%
Equal Hope$230,50052%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$225,00050%
Frances Jacobson Early Childhood Center Inc$225,0001n/a
The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc$200,00041%
Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula$195,00032%
Rashi School Inc$185,6565n/a
Chicago Abortion Fund$160,00031%
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All grantees of Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rush University Medical Center$810,00050%
Mishkan Chicago$330,0005n/a
John Howard Association$245,00057%
Equal Hope$230,50052%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$225,00050%
Frances Jacobson Early Childhood Center Inc$225,0001n/a
The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc$200,00041%
Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula$195,00032%
Rashi School Inc$185,6565n/a
Chicago Abortion Fund$160,00031%
Water for People$150,00030%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$150,00020%
Chicago Jewish Day School$124,91531%
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc$120,00052%
Sinai Health System$100,00040%
Smile Train Inc$95,00050%
Jewish Learning Foundation$85,0001n/a
PKD Foundation$80,00040%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$75,00050%
Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc$75,0001n/a
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$55,00050%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$52,00050%
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs$50,00031%
American Jewish Committee$50,00010%
The Studio Museum in Harlem$50,00050%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$45,00050%
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc$45,00040%
Chicago Public Library Foundation$45,00050%
Feeding America$45,00020%
International Rescue Committee INC$40,00040%
Paws Chicago$35,00040%
Oceana Inc$35,00040%
Humane World for Animals Inc$35,00040%
Trevor Project Inc$35,00040%
Chai Lifeline Inc$25,00050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$25,00040%
Svara$22,50030%
Keshet$22,50030%
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago$22,50040%
Jews of Color Initiative$22,50030%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$22,00050%
National Kidney Foundation Inc$20,00010%
The Jewish Women's Archive Inc$20,00041%
T'Ruah$20,00011%
Israel Center for Excellence Through Education$20,00011%
Heartland Alliance Health$20,00010%
Clearbrook$15,00030%
Wisdom in Torah Ministry Inc$15,00014%
Nourishing Hope$13,00050%
Heartland Human Care Services Inc$12,5001n/a
A Safe Haven Foundation$10,00050%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$10,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$10,00010%
The Jewish Museum$10,00020%
Mercy Corps$10,00010%
Human Rights Campaign Inc$10,00020%
Yeshivat Maharat Inc$5,00010%
Equality Illinois$5,00011%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$5,00010%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$5,00050%
Center on Halsted$5,00010%
Reading Is Fundamental Inc$5,00050%
Bumblebee Foundation Inc$5,00011%
The Ancona School$5,00010%
The Hinda Institute$4,50011%
American Macular Degeneration Goehring$4,50050%
Sarah's Circle$4,00040%
Free Wheelchair Mission$2,50010%
Birthright Israel Foundation$2,50010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,50010%
Temple Beth Israel$1,2541n/a
North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry Inc$50010%
Finca International Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRush University Medical Center: $810,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Howard Association: $245,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetEqual Hope: $230,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $225,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula: $195,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetChicago Abortion Fund: $160,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetWater for People: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Jewish Day School: $124,915 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetChildren's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetSinai Health System: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $95,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPKD Foundation: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $75,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $52,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Council on Urban Affairs: $50,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Studio Museum in Harlem: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFlorence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Public Library Foundation: $45,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPaws Chicago: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOceana Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChai Lifeline Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSvara: $22,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKeshet: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJews of Color Initiative: $22,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNational Yiddish Book Center Inc: $22,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jewish Women's Archive Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetT'Ruah: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetIsrael Center for Excellence Through Education: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHeartland Alliance Health: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClearbrook: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWisdom in Torah Ministry Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNourishing Hope: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetA Safe Haven Foundation: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $10,000 over 2y, 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 66.

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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.

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL30.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · New Venture Fund · Covenant Foundation · Michael Reese Health Trust · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph 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 Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation

How much does Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation give?
Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation reported 69 grants totaling $1,312,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 58 and 64 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (14%), Religion (12%).
Who are Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Rush University Medical Center ($810k), Mishkan Chicago ($330k), John Howard Association ($245k).
Does Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, Circle of Service Foundation.
Where is Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation based?
Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation is based in IL.

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 108 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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