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Glasser and Rosenthal Family Foundation at a glance

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Glasser and Rosenthal Family Foundation

The Foundation is organized and operated to foster, support, develop and maintain charitable activities and vital human and educational services by supporting and carrying out the charitable purposes of The Chicago Community Trust and The Chicago Community Foundation by such means as the board of directors of the organization may…

$4.3M
Granted FY2021
28
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2021.

Philanthropy$1.4MArts & Culture$1.1MFood & Nutrition$397kYouth Development$363kEmployment$278kHousing & Shelter$257kEducation$240kAnimals$200kOther$0
02FY2021 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $210k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.7M
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Chicago Community Foundation$1,270,000
The Chicago Community Trust$890,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository$256,613
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless$256,613
Erie Family Health Center Inc$100,000
The Posse Foundation Inc$100,000
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights$100,000
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$100,000
Automotive Mentoring Group Inc$100,000
John G Shedd Aquarium$100,000
International Neighborhood Collaborative$100,000
Chicago High School for the Arts$100,000
Jewish United Fund of Chicago$100,000
Museum of Science and Industry$100,000
Reflections Foundation$80,000
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 (FY18–21, $73k) 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%Greenwood Project: $45k → 14%Options for Youth: $15k → 14%Options for Youth: $13k → 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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 15 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +87% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
15

Total granted

$2.4M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+87%
+21%

Still filing today

60%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyEmploymentHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • RF
    REFLECTION FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2021 · $125k · revenue +217%
  • IN
    International Neighborhood Collaborative
    2× · 2018–2021 · $110k · revenue +87%
  • AM
    AUTOMOTIVE MENTORING GROUP INC
    2× · 2018–2021 · $110k · revenue +120% · 45% of their budget

Funded once

  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    one grant, 2021 · $257k · revenue -14%
  • CC
    CHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS
    one grant, 2021 · $257k · revenue +4%
  • SA
    SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -44%
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
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
2
Chicago Votes

Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government,…

Civil Rights
3
Live Free Chicago

Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…

—
4
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
5
Students Run Chicago
Health
6
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.

Social Science
7
Chicago United

To achieve parity in economic opportunity for people of color by advancing multiracial leadership in corporate governance, expanding the talent pipline for executive-level management, and growing minority businesses.

Philanthropy
8
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
9
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

The chicagoland chamber of commerce combines the power of people, with our legacy of leadership and business advocacy, to drive a dynamic economy. we focus on delivering value for our members, making chicagoland a world-class place to live…

—
10
Chicago Humanities Festival

To promote public appreciation, understanding and support of the humanities through festivals and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
11
Chicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for

Providing academic support to children experiencing homelessness in Chicago and providing resources and services to families experiencing homelessness in Chicago.

Education
12
Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers

Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers, through its Midtown Center for boys and Metro Achievement Center for girls, helps close the achievement gap for Chicago's urban youth ages eight through eighteen.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Math Circles of Chicago; the most unlike its peers is Latinas On the Plaza. 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

26 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. 26 of the 31 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,320,622 · OtherCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONBELLA CUISINE: $140,000 · OtherBELLA CUISINEI Grow Chicago NFP: $130,000 · OtherHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $100,000 · OtherTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · OtherTHE CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $100,000 · OtherErie Family Health Center Inc: $100,000 · OtherInternational Neighborhood Collaborative: $110,000 · Other+10 more: $380,500 · Other+10 moreThe Chicago Community Trust: $890,000 · PhilanthropyThe Chicago Community Trus…REFLECTION FOUNDATION: $125,000 · PhilanthropyREFLECTION FOUNDATIONJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $100,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METR…Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $100,000 · Arts & CultureEN LAS TABLAS PERFORMING ARTS NFP: $87,500 · Arts & CultureCREATIVETS: $80,000 · Arts & CultureBANDWITH MUSIC LTD: $20,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $256,613 · Food & NutritionCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $256,613 · Housing & ShelterAUTOMOTIVE MENTORING GROUP INC: $110,000 · EmploymentKUSANYA CAFE INC: $92,500 · EmploymentSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $100,000 · AnimalsLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $100,000 · Animals
Other$2,481,122Philanthropy$1,115,000Arts & Culture$287,500Food & Nutrition$256,613Housing & Shelter$256,613Employment$202,500Animals$200,000

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 budgetThe Chicago Community Trust: $890,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $256,613 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $256,613 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetI Grow Chicago NFP: $130,000 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetREFLECTION FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetInternational Neighborhood Collaborative: $110,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetAUTOMOTIVE MENTORING GROUP INC: $110,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetErie Family Health Center Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetKUSANYA CAFE INC: $92,500 over 4y, 46% of budgetEN LAS TABLAS PERFORMING ARTS NFP: $87,500 over 4y, 46% of budgetCREATIVETS: $80,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetLATINAS ON THE PLAZA: $75,000 over 3y, 60% of budgetLOST BOYZINC: $65,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetGREENWOOD PROJECT: $45,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMATH CIRCLES OF CHICAGO: $40,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetONE ON ONE: $30,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetBANDWITH MUSIC LTD: $20,000 over 1y, 21% 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…Polk Bros Foundation …United Way of Metropo…John D and Catherine …The Allstate Foundati…D and R FundSusan Crown Exchange …Reva and David Logan …Robert R McCormick Fo…Circle of Service Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…AbbVie Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL36.3× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Allstate Foundation · D and R Fund · Susan Crown Exchange Inc · Reva and David Logan Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · AbbVie 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 Glasser and Rosenthal Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Glasser and Rosenthal Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Glasser and Rosenthal Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Glasser and Rosenthal 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 31 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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