Illinois · Private foundation
David and Etta Jonas 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.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,025,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $54M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $2.4M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $2.0M | 36% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $2.7M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $2.5M | 10% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $1.5M | 27% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $1.1M | 27% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $713k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $5,150,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $1,738,759 | 8 | 1% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $1,406,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Friends of Elnet | $1,295,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $1,035,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $600,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc | $225,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Moriah Congregation | $187,685 | 7 | n/a |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David and Etta Jonas 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.
Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Circle of Service Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation with peer funders
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About David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation
- How much does David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation give?
- David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $2,439,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (38%), International (36%), Health (14%).
- Who are David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ($5.2M), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($1.7M), Israel Emergency Alliance ($1.4M).
- Does David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David and Etta Jonas 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 David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Circle of Service Foundation.
- Where is David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation based?
- David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation is based in IL.
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