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Debra and David Lorig Family Foundation at a glance

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Debra and David Lorig 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.

$23k
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Philanthropy$36kReligion$27kHealth$6kHuman Services$5kEducation$4kArts & Culture$3kFood & Nutrition$1kSocial Science$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$250
Median grant
8
States reached
$54k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$11,000
TEMPLE JEREMIAH$3,750
DUKE UNIVERSITY$1,000
ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER$1,000
BG FOUNDATION$1,000
JCC CHICAGO WOMENS BOARD$500
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$350
SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES$277
SCLERDERMA FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHICAGO$250
MAOT CHITIM OF GREATER CHICAGO$250
CRADLE OF HOPE ADOPTION CENTER$250
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BARRINGTON$250
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$250
BMCC EDUCATION FOUNDATION$250
JCFS CHICAGO$250
02The need
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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 (FY22–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $250 → 8%LITTLE FRIENDS: $500 → 7%CRADLE OF HOPE ADOPTION CENTER: $300 → 8%CRADLE OF HOPE ADOPTION CENTER: $250 → 8%NORTH SHORE HELPERS: $165 → 8%NORTH SHORE HELPERS: $130 → 8%NORTH SHORE HELPERS: $50 → 8%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $1k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
VA
MD
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$78k · 23 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
18

Total granted

$78k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+21%

Still filing today

74%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    3× · 2022–2024 · $33k · revenue +30%
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $3k · revenue +3%
  • HM
    HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $3k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • TH
    The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)graduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +359%
  • KA
    Kids Above All Illinois
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +17%
  • WI
    WEIZMANN INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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
Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc

The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…

Health
2
Michael Reese Health Trust

Michael Reese partners with the Chicagoland community to advance and advocate for lasting health solutions. We do this by carrying forward the vision of Michael Reese Hospital's Jewish founders and the generations of philanthropic…

Health
3
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
4
The Chicago Home for Incurables

The primary purpose of the chicago home for incurables, ("the home"), is to provide financial support to the university of chicago for the operation of patient care facilities and funding of research of incurable diseases at the university…

Health
5
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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6
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
7
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
8
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
9
Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation Inc

Provide pediatric and subspecialty surgical, research, and educational services.

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10
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
11
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
12
Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation

The Mt. Sinai Health Foundation improves the health of Greater Cleveland by investing resources, convening, and collaborating - with a focus on: - Equitable health outcomes- Health of the Jewish community- Academic medicine and bioscience…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Little Friends Inc; the most unlike its peers is North Shore Helpers. 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

36 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. 36 of the 53 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
25/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $33,036 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGOBG Foundation: $2,000 · PhilanthropyBG Foundation+2 more: $403 · PhilanthropyTEMPLE JEREMIAH: $25,292 · OtherTEMPLE JEREMIAH+29 more: $12,898 · Other+29 moreCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $1,518 · Human ServicesHELPUSADOPTORG INC: $600 · Human ServicesCRADLE OF HOPE ADOPTION CENTER INC: $550 · Human ServicesLITTLE FRIENDS INC: $500 · Human ServicesNorth Shore Helpers: $345 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $250 · Human ServicesHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $500 · Arts & CultureBrothers for Life: $180 · Arts & CultureDUKE UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $752 · HealthMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $500 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $400 · HealthInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $300 · HealthTOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $300 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $100 · HealthGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $850 · Food & NutritionMAOT CHITIM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC: $559 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$35,439Other$38,190Human Services$3,763Arts & Culture$3,180Education$3,000Health$2,452Food & Nutrition$1,409

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $33,036 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBG Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $1,518 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $1,154 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKids Above All Illinois: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCLERODERMA FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHICAGO: $900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $752 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHELPUSADOPTORG INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAOT CHITIM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC: $559 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLE OF HOPE ADOPTION CENTER INC: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorldwide Friends Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE FRIENDS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA LAKE COUNTY INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Shore Helpers: $345 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT A REAUMOND FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $262 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrothers for Life: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighland Park Community Foundation: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE IGNITES CHICAGO: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $50 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.

The Chicago Community…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…AbbVie FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Renaissance Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…
The Chicago Community TrustIL16.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Debra and David Lorig Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Debra and David Lorig Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Debra and David Lorig Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 53 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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