Illinois · Private foundation
Chern Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $327,670
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $844k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Chern Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 14 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $1.1M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $343k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $493k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $570k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autism Speaks Inc | $1,409,155 | 5 | 2% |
| A Better Chicago | $560,740 | 5 | 2% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $453,810 | 5 | 0% |
| Finca International Inc | $298,950 | 3 | 0% |
| Third Way Institute | $250,899 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Out for Kids | $100,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $30,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Thunderbird Charitable Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 9% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autism Speaks Inc | $1,409,155 | 5 | 2% |
| A Better Chicago | $560,740 | 5 | 2% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $453,810 | 5 | 0% |
| Finca International Inc | $298,950 | 3 | 0% |
| Third Way Institute | $250,899 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Out for Kids | $100,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $30,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Thunderbird Charitable Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Mercaz Academy | $10,018 | 1 | n/a |
| Aspiritech Nfp | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Anti-Cruelty Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($401k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chern Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
About Chern Family Foundation
- How much does Chern Family Foundation give?
- Chern Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $1,110,337 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Chern Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (41%), International (22%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Chern Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Autism Speaks Inc ($1.4M), A Better Chicago ($561k), American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($454k).
- Does Chern Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chern 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 Chern Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, AbbVie Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Chern Family Foundation based?
- Chern Family Foundation is based in IL.
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