· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $115k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Catholic Relief Services | $30,000 |
| Misericordia | $30,000 |
| Hesed House | $15,000 |
| AMVETS National Service Foundation | $10,000 |
| Alzheimer's Association | $10,000 |
| Destiny Rescue | $10,000 |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $10,000 |
| Field Museum | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DUDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY3× · 2017–2019 · $58k · revenue +31%
- NINORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK3× · 2020–2024 · $40k · revenue +8%
- LILOVE146 INC2× · 2021–2023 · $20k · revenue +90%
Funded once
- ALAdvocate Lutheran Genenal Hospitalone grant, 2018 · $72k
- LULOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +6%
- AHAdvocate Health Charitable Foundationone grant, 2020 · $25k
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.
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.
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…
Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…
Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.
Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…
Reduce the euthanasia rate of healthy and adoptable animals and improve the lives of companion animals by finding permanent homes for animals in need, providing support to communities who do not have access to humane organizations,…
Chicago canine rescue foundation finds permanent homes for homeless dogs in our community with a specific emphasis on assisting the most vulnerable animals, who without our help, would have no other options. while in our care, they are…
To be a leading advocate for all animals, to maximize the healing power animals have on the human spirit, and to provide shelter, safety, and second chances to animals in need.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
How this is measured
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 57 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds LOVE146 INC ↗
- Who funds DUPAGE PADS INC ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC ACTION TO DELIVER SHELTER INC D/B/A HESED HOUSE ↗
- Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Ronald McDonald House Global ↗
- Who funds Coalition Against Trafficking In Women ↗
- Who funds WINGS PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ECPAT-USA INC ↗
- Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
- Who funds ANDERSON ANIMAL SHELTER ↗
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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles E and Barbara A Zidek Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- LOVE146 Inc: 49% of income from government
- K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
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