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Horwitz Charitable Fund at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$237kScience & Tech$134kEducation$100kRecreation & Sports$52kHuman Services$50kArts & Culture$32kReligion$5kAnimals$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$832k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NU-Global Health$10,000
Northwestern University$10,000
High Jump$5,000
First Hebrew Congregation$5,000
University of Chicago$3,000
Francis W Parker School$2,250
Art Institute Museum$1,100
Lincoln Park Baseball Association$1,000
Museum of Science and Industry$600
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 (FY18–20, $30k) 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%Jewish Child and Family Services: $25k → 14%Jewish Child and Family Services: $5k → 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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$568k · 22 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
14

Total granted

$568k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+60%

Still filing today

64%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalAnimalsRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $197k · revenue +40%
  • University of Chicago
    6× · 2017–2025 · $89k · revenue +56%
  • Northwestern University
    5× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • JC
    Jewish childcare family Services
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • CP
    Chicago Public Library
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
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
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
6
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
Loyola University of Chicago

We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.

Education
9
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
10
Trustees for Harvard University

To facilitate harvard university's scientific, literary, and educational activities in washington, dc.

Education
11
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Contemporary Art; the most unlike its peers is India Development Service. 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

23 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. 23 of the 41 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $197,301 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY …FRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $7,520 · International+1 more: $7,000 · InternationalWeizmann Institute of Science: $101,000 · OtherWeizmann Institute of ScienceNU-Global Health: $30,000 · OtherNU-Global HealthSelf Help Home Doris Darlow Memory: $15,000 · OtherSelf Help Home Doris Darlow MemoryArt Institute Museum: $9,600 · OtherLincoln Park Baseball Association: $7,000 · Other+17 more: $33,245 · Other+17 moreUniversity of Chicago: $88,550 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $32,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows o…HIGH JUMP: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $4,150 · EducationNorthwestern University: $45,000 · Recreation & SportsJewish Child and Family Services: $30,000 · Human ServicesWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $4,400 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $3,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $2,000 · Arts & CultureKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $600 · Arts & CultureFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $560 · Arts & CultureHEDWIG DANCES INC: $500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $150 · Arts & CultureSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $3,250 · AnimalsLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $1,365 · Animals
International$211,821Other$195,845Education$129,700Recreation & Sports$45,000Human Services$30,000Arts & Culture$11,210Animals$4,615

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $197,301 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $88,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $32,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Child and Family Services: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $7,520 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH JUMP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $4,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFrancis W Parker School: $3,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIndia Development Service: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $1,365 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOODLEY HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $560 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEDWIG DANCES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO SURVIVORS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Child and Family Services ↗
  • Who funds FRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HIGH JUMP ↗
  • Who funds WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Francis W Parker School ↗
  • Who funds SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds India Development Service ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WOODLEY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry ↗
  • Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds HEDWIG DANCES INC ↗
  • Who funds BARNARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO SURVIVORS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗

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
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 Horwitz Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Horwitz Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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 41 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home