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David and Susan Kreisman Family Foundation at a glance

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David and Susan Kreisman 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.3MInternational$1.7MArts & Culture$1.4MPhilanthropy$605kReligion$135kPublic Benefit$53kAnimals$39kCivil Rights$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $176k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $135k
  • $250k+2 grants · $775k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$500,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$275,000
JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLIAN CHICAGO$70,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$65,000
BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY$33,667
NORTH SHORE CONGREGATION ISRAEL$25,000
RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION$20,000
CAMERA$20,000
AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST$17,500
WTTW$15,000
CARRINGTON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$15,000
JEWISH WOMENS FOUNDATION$10,000
CATO INSTITUTE$10,000
COMMENTARY$10,000
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS$5,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.2M · 21 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
3

Total granted

$7.2M
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+57%

Still filing today

71%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationPhilanthropyReligionAnimalsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • University of Chicago
    7× · 2017–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +56%
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +115%
  • THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museumgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +57%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • CS
    Chicago Symphony Orchestragraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +56%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
2
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
3
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

—
5
United States Naval Institute

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.

—
6
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
9
Jewish War Veterans of the Usa National Memorial Inc

The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…

Arts & Culture
10
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
11
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
12
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Better Angels Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Chicago: $3,250,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago+1 more: $1,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,525,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFEN…COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $110,000 · InternationalCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN M…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $101,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN D…+2 more: $16,500 · InternationalTHE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY INC: $1,166,667 · Arts & CultureTHE BETTER ANGELS SOCI…American Battlefield Trust: $95,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Battlefield T…WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $77,500 · Arts & CultureWINDOW TO THE WORLD CO…RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $15,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $395,000 · PhilanthropyCarrington Charitable Foundation: $106,500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $7,500 · PhilanthropyNORTH SHORE CONGREGATION ISRAEL: $75,000 · OtherJEWISH WOMENS FOUNDATION: $73,286 · OtherGLENKIRK FOUNDATION: $22,500 · OtherGIFT OF HOPE: $9,500 · OtherBRIGHT PROMISES FOUNDATION: $39,000 · Other+9 more: $29,750 · OtherCOMMENTARY INC: $50,000 · ReligionZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: $5,000 · ReligionCATO INSTITUTE: $52,500 · Public Benefit
Education$3,251,500International$1,752,500Arts & Culture$1,414,167Philanthropy$509,000Other$249,036Religion$55,000Public Benefit$52,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Chicago: $3,250,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,525,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY INC: $1,166,667 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $395,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $110,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCarrington Charitable Foundation: $106,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $101,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $95,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $77,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $52,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMENTARY INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBRIGHT PROMISES FOUNDATION: $39,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetDOC EMET PRODUCTIONS INC: $12,500 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF CHICAGO INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighland Park Community Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization David and Susan Kreisman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David and Susan Kreisman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 34 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home