Illinois · Private foundation
Donald M Ephraim 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 57
- Grants FY2025
- 58
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $501,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 56 to 63
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $31M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Donald M Ephraim Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 53 | $1.2M | 2% |
| FY2024 | 58 | $982k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 58 | $934k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 56 | $936k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 63 | $651k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $592k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Jewish Committee | $710,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $513,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc | $190,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Morselife Foundation Inc | $183,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $65,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $52,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Depaul University | $44,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Foundation of the Cmw Chapter of Natas Inc | $34,000 | 6 | 5% |
Show all 66 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Donald M Ephraim 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: Circle of Service Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · AbbVie Foundation · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Highland Park Community Foundation · Maury and Nancy Fertig Family Foundation · Leva Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Hochberg Family Foundation · Vivo Foundation · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy
How this is measured
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About Donald M Ephraim Family Foundation
- How much does Donald M Ephraim Family Foundation give?
- Donald M Ephraim Family Foundation reported 57 grants totaling $1,228,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 63 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Donald M Ephraim Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Social Science (55%), Civil Rights (13%), Health (10%).
- Who are Donald M Ephraim Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: American Jewish Committee ($710k), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($514k), Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc ($190k).
- Does Donald M Ephraim Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donald M Ephraim 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 Donald M Ephraim Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Circle of Service Foundation, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, AbbVie Foundation.
- Where is Donald M Ephraim Family Foundation based?
- Donald M Ephraim Family Foundation is based in IL.
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