Illinois · Private foundation
Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2024
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $275,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 44
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $156k 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 | 41 | $1.1M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $1.0M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $1.0M | 15% |
| FY2021 | 44 | $1.1M | 34% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $899k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $1,270,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Keshet | $387,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $340,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of Elnet | $320,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc | $243,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Opendor Media Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Baldrick's Foundation Inc | $120,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation | $95,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Assoc C/O Garrett Brodeur Md Chop | $90,000 | 2 | 100% |
Show all 48 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Gondeck Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc give?
- Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc reported 43 grants totaling $1,179,461 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 44 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (29%), Health (20%), International (19%).
- Who are Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($1.3M), Keshet ($388k), Birthright Israel Foundation ($340k).
- Does Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc 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 Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Gondeck Family Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc based?
- Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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