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Charles E and Barbara A Zidek 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.

$120k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
8
Grants FY2024
8
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 15
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$2.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving8$120k50%
FY20238$125k50%
FY202213$118k77%
FY202113$100k92%
FY20208$105k88%
FY20195$96k80%
FY20182$97k50%
FY201715$86kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$280kEducation$88kPublic Safety & Disaster$75kHuman Services$73kReligion$73kInternational$65kFood & Nutrition$55kHousing & Shelter$40kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
WV
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
FL

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
Dominican University$57,50030%
Catholic Relief Services$55,0003n/a
Northern Illinois Food Bank$40,00030%
Loyola University Medical Center$25,00010%
Catholic Charities Inc$20,0001n/a
Love146 Inc$20,00020%
Dupage Pads Inc$20,00010%
Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House$15,00010%
Gary Sinise Foundation$10,00010%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Show all 36 grantees
All grantees of Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dominican University$57,50030%
Catholic Relief Services$55,0003n/a
Northern Illinois Food Bank$40,00030%
Loyola University Medical Center$25,00010%
Catholic Charities Inc$20,0001n/a
Love146 Inc$20,00020%
Dupage Pads Inc$20,00010%
Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House$15,00010%
Gary Sinise Foundation$10,00010%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Global$10,00010%
Jhamtse International Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Coalition Against Trafficking In Women$10,00011%
Wings Program Inc$10,00010%
Amvets National Service Foundation$10,00010%
Marmion Academy$10,0001n/a
Marmion Abbey$10,0001n/a
Ecpat-Usa Inc$10,00010%
Field Museum of Natural History$10,00020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10,00010%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$7,00010%
Anderson Animal Shelter$5,75020%
Fenwick High School$5,0001n/a
Tiny N Tall Rescue Inc$5,00011%
4 Paws for Ability Inc$5,00010%
Sinsinawa Dominicans Inc$5,0001n/a
Trinity High School$5,0001n/a
Smile Train Inc$5,00010%
One Simple Wish Inc$3,00010%
Cancer Research Institute Inc$3,00010%
Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc$3,00010%
K9s for Warriors Inc$3,00010%
National Park Foundation$3,00010%
Army Emergency Relief$3,00010%
St Sophias Forgotten Felines$1,00010%
Rover Rescue Inc$75010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($412k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDominican University: $57,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLoyola University Medical Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLove146 Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDupage Pads Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPublic Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition Against Trafficking In Women: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWings Program Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmvets National Service Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEcpat-Usa Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetField Museum of Natural History: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomes for Our Troops Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnderson Animal Shelter: $5,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTiny N Tall Rescue Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget4 Paws for Ability Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne Simple Wish Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Research Institute Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMidwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetK9s for Warriors Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArmy Emergency Relief: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Sophias Forgotten Felines: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRover Rescue Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.4% 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 28.

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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.

AbbVie FoundationIL18.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace 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 Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation

How much does Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation give?
Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $120,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (33%), Education (10%), Public Safety & Disaster (9%).
Who are Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Dominican University ($58k), Catholic Relief Services ($55k), Northern Illinois Food Bank ($40k).
Does Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Charles E and Barbara A Zidek 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 Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Arthur J Gallagher Foundation.
Where is Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation based?
Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family 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 57 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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