Illinois · Public charity
Epstein Wenger Family Support Foundation
The foundation was organized to foster, promote, support, develop, encourage and maintain charitable activities and vital human and educational services as authorized in its by-laws and the charter of the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago.
- $129k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $120k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Epstein Wenger Family Support Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $120k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $145k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $105k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union for Reform Judaism | $225,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $198,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | $70,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Shalva Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
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About Epstein Wenger Family Support Foundation
- How much does Epstein Wenger Family Support Foundation give?
- Epstein Wenger Family Support Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $120,000, out of $129,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Epstein Wenger Family Support Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Philanthropy (40%), Education (13%).
- Who are Epstein Wenger Family Support Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Union for Reform Judaism ($225k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($198k), Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion ($70k).
- Does Epstein Wenger Family Support Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Epstein Wenger Family Support Foundation based?
- Epstein Wenger Family Support Foundation is based in IL.
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