· Private foundation
Handelsman 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Chicago Botanic Garden | $11,000 |
| NorthShore Hospitals Foundation | $10,000 |
| Am Shalom | $3,600 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | $1,100 |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | $750 |
| Friends of Glencoe Public Library | $649 |
| Orphans of the Storm | $600 |
| International Crane Foundation | $500 |
| PAWS Chicago | $300 |
| The Glencoe Historical Society | $300 |
| The Museum of Modern Art | $180 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $125) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
University of Chicago2× · 2017–2019 · $150k · revenue +56%- CHCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY9× · 2017–2025 · $62k · revenue +37%
- TATHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO8× · 2017–2025 · $30k · revenue +45%
Funded once
- CLCOLUMBIA LAW SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $25k
- PCPRIMO CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDRENgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $21k · revenue +126%
- BBBig Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh Incone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +19%
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.
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
The Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration, and civic engagement. Through dynamic exhibitions, tours, programs, digital resources, and special events, the Museum connects people to Chicago's history…
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
The Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (the Museum), a 501(c)(3) corporation, is the largest science museum in the Western hemisphere and home to thousands of artifacts. For 90 years, the Museum has been a premier…
The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.
Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
How this is measured
32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 51 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds University of Chicago ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds PRIMO CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh Inc ↗
- Who funds URBAN GROWERS COLLECTIVE INC ↗
- Who funds Endeavor Health Clinical Operations ↗
- Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ORPHANS OF THE STORM ↗
- Who funds EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds Chicago Architecture Foundation ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds Roosevelt University ↗
- Who funds Friends of Mountain Rescue Inc ↗
- Who funds Glencoe Historical Society ↗
- Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ↗
- Who funds ROADRUNNER FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds SKYLAND FIRE AND RESCUE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Handelsman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Handelsman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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