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Curt and Linda Rodin 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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
16
Grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
12%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,090,893
Organizations funded a year
14 to 22
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$6.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Curt and Linda Rodin Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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 arriving16$2.1M19%
FY202417$411k12%
FY202320$460k20%
FY202216$100k50%
FY202119$472k21%
FY202022$199k27%
FY201920$226k40%
FY201814$212k43%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$4.2MPhilanthropy$370kHuman Services$117kReligion$102kHealth$90kArts & Culture$62kInternational$36kFood & Nutrition$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
TN
DC
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Chicago$2,122,87080%
Loyola University of Chicago$511,98410%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$260,00090%
Avenues to Independence Foundation$97,52592%
Window to the World Communications Inc$60,00050%
Congregation Beth Shalom$54,6909n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$37,00040%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$30,00030%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$26,80020%
North Shore Congregation Israel$24,0827n/a
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All grantees of Curt and Linda Rodin Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Chicago$2,122,87080%
Loyola University of Chicago$511,98410%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$260,00090%
Avenues to Independence Foundation$97,52592%
Window to the World Communications Inc$60,00050%
Congregation Beth Shalom$54,6909n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$37,00040%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$30,00030%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$26,80020%
North Shore Congregation Israel$24,0827n/a
Congregation or Shalom of Lake County$22,6914n/a
Feed My Starving Children Inc$21,00030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$20,00020%
No One Left Behind$15,00020%
North Central Health Foundation Inc$15,0001n/a
Eb Research Partnership Inc$12,50030%
350org$11,00020%
The Barack Obama Foundation$10,00010%
Sierra Club Foundation$10,00020%
Young Eisner Scholars$10,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$8,00040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$7,50040%
American Lung Association$5,00010%
Feeding America$5,00010%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$5,00010%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$4,15040%
Chicago Horticultural Society$3,05090%
Family Service of Glencoe$2,70030%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$2,50020%
Keshet$1,60030%
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc$1,50020%
Pathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc$1,10030%
Little Giraffe Foundation Ltd$1,00021%
Helps International$1,00010%
Orphans of the Storm$1,00010%
Bernie's Book Bank$1,00030%
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation$1,00010%
Friendship Circle$7502n/a
Illinois Bar Foundation$50010%
March of Dimes Inc$5001n/a
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$50010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$30010%
Play for Pink Inc$20030%
Kind Inc$10010%
Har Shalom Synagogue$1001n/a
Bright Future Foundation for Eagle County$10010%
Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Curt and Linda Rodin Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Chicago: $2,122,870 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLoyola University of Chicago: $511,984 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $260,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAvenues to Independence Foundation: $97,525 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetWindow to the World Communications Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $37,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $26,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeed My Starving Children Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNo One Left Behind: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEb Research Partnership Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budget350org: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Eisner Scholars: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc: $4,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $3,050 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Service of Glencoe: $2,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKeshet: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHolocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Giraffe Foundation Ltd: $1,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHelps International: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrphans of the Storm: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBernie's Book Bank: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMikva Challenge Grant Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Bar Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlay for Pink Inc: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKind Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBright Future Foundation for Eagle County: $100 over 1y, 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 39.

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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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA11.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Curt and Linda Rodin Family Foundation

How much does Curt and Linda Rodin Family Foundation give?
Curt and Linda Rodin Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $2,141,079 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Curt and Linda Rodin Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (83%), Philanthropy (7%), Human Services (2%).
Who are Curt and Linda Rodin Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Chicago ($2.1M), Loyola University of Chicago ($512k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($260k).
Does Curt and Linda Rodin Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Curt and Linda Rodin 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 Curt and Linda Rodin Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, The Chicago Community Trust, Charities Aid Foundation America.
Where is Curt and Linda Rodin Family Foundation based?
Curt and Linda Rodin 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 63 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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