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Jack & Shirley Dubow Charitable Foundation C/O Nancy Himmelstein at a glance

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Jack & Shirley Dubow Charitable Foundation C/O Nancy Himmelstein

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.

$84k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$288kReligion$80kHuman Services$19kHealth$8kEducation$5kEnvironment$839Youth Development$692International$546Other$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $9k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$530
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$75,154
MAKOM SOLEL LAKESIDE$4,907
THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION$1,259
DISTRICT 113 EDUCATION FOUNDATION$1,000
JEWISH UNITED FUND- ISRAEL NOW$850
DEERFIELD HIGH SCHOOL$530
SCOPE$75
THE JOHN & MATTHEW GAUDREAU FOUNDATION$54
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$50
FOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM (FCAS)$36
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$36
02The need
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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 (FY22–24, $177) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAMILY SERVICE OF GLENCOE: $150 → 14%MOTHER'S TRUST FOUNDATION: $27 → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
DE
DC
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$464k · 14 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
42

Total granted

$464k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+23%

Still filing today

43%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
HealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationInternationalOther
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

  • LC
    LAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER
    7× · 2017–2023 · $18k · revenue +369%
  • HC
    HFS CHICAGO SCHOLARS
    3× · 2021–2023 · $2k · revenue +19%
  • CH
    CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
    6× · 2017–2024 · $839 · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • MR
    Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +52%
  • WB
    WOMAN'S BOARD RUSH UNIV
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • LC
    LCHAIM CENTER OF THE NORTHSHORE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $680
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
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
4
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
5
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
6
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…

Human Services
7
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
8
Children's Cancer Research Fund

Children's cancer research fund fuels transformational research to bring better treatments and cures to children with cancer.

Philanthropy
9
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation

The Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation's mission is to eradicate breast cancer by investing in early career doctors and innovative research. Investments are directed locally within the Chicago area, but drive impact globally.

Housing & Shelter
10
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
11
Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation

To fund research to discover cures and more effective treatments for neuroendocrine cancers. the netrf is committed to improving the lives of those affected by neuroendocrine cancer by providing information & educational resources.

Health
12
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Baldrick's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc. 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

32 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. 32 of the 63 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
23/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $281,424 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $55,867 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMAKOM SOLEL LAKESIDE: $43,996 · OtherMAKOM SOLEL LAKESIDECONGREGATION SOLEL: $34,550 · OtherCONGREGATION SOLELIndividual grant recipient: $18,469 · OtherLAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER: $18,313 · Other+37 more: $14,848 · OtherMichael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $3,050 · PhilanthropyST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $200 · Philanthropy+1 more: $60 · PhilanthropyTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION: $1,259 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $430 · HealthThe Michael Matters Foundation Inc: $400 · HealthRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $250 · HealthRush University Medical Center: $200 · HealthThe Maddie Kramer Foundation d/b/a Dancing While Cancering: $118 · HealthDEMENTIA SOCIETY INC: $108 · HealthTRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $100 · Health+3 more: $125 · HealthHFS CHICAGO SCHOLARS: $1,816 · EducationCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $839 · EnvironmentAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $420 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $126 · InternationalSUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITIES PROMOTE EDUCATION INC: $375 · Youth DevelopmentGOOD SPORTS INC: $72 · Youth Development
Other$467,467Philanthropy$3,310Health$2,990Education$1,816Environment$839International$546Youth Development$447

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 budgetLAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER: $18,313 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMichael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $3,050 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHFS CHICAGO SCHOLARS: $1,816 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION: $1,259 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $839 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $430 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $420 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Michael Matters Foundation Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITIES PROMOTE EDUCATION INC: $375 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL KIDS NETWORK INC: $340 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $194 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKESHET: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF GLENCOE: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANDSON SUBURBAN CHICAGO: $127 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $126 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Maddie Kramer Foundation d/b/a Dancing While Cancering: $118 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $108 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEMENTIA SOCIETY INC: $108 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SPORTS INC: $72 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighland Park Community Foundation: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $56 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN AND MATTHEW GAUDREAU FOUNDATION: $54 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOST BOYZINC: $36 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMothers Trust Foundation: $27 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25 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.

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.

Jewish Federation of …AbbVie FoundationThe Chicago Community…Chubb Charitable Foun…American Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodThe Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Chubb Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Jack & Shirley Dubow Charitable Foundation C/O Nancy Himmelstein funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack & Shirley Dubow Charitable Foundation C/O Nancy Himmelstein. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 63 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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