Illinois · Private foundation
Horwitz Charitable Fund
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.
- $38k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $832k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Horwitz Charitable Fund 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.
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 | 9 | $38k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $77k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $30k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $48k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $96k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $57k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $45k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $90k | 83% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $197,301 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $88,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jewish Child and Family Services | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| French Heritage Society Inc | $7,520 | 2 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| High Jump | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $4,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Francis W Parker School | $3,950 | 3 | 0% |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $3,250 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $197,301 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $88,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jewish Child and Family Services | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| French Heritage Society Inc | $7,520 | 2 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| High Jump | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $4,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Francis W Parker School | $3,950 | 3 | 0% |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $3,250 | 4 | 0% |
| India Development Service | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Jewish Museum | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $1,365 | 2 | 0% |
| Woodley House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $560 | 2 | 0% |
| Hedwig Dances Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Barnard College | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago History Museum | $120 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Survivors Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($192k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Horwitz Charitable Fund 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.
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How this is measured
About Horwitz Charitable Fund
- How much does Horwitz Charitable Fund give?
- Horwitz Charitable Fund reported 9 grants totaling $37,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Horwitz Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (38%), Science & Tech (21%), Education (16%).
- Who are Horwitz Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Friends of Hebrew University Inc ($197k), University of Chicago ($89k), Northwestern University ($45k).
- Does Horwitz Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Horwitz Charitable Fund 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 Horwitz Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Horwitz Charitable Fund based?
- Horwitz Charitable Fund is based in IL.
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