· Private foundation
Jacob J Fink Charitable Foundation
Its FY2020 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 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- $10k–50k4 grants · $139k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $445k
- $250k+3 grants · $850k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VARIETY- THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IL | $300,000 |
| MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION | $300,000 |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF CHICAGO | $250,000 |
| THE ARK | $200,000 |
| CJE SENIOR LIFE | $100,000 |
| ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM | $95,000 |
| JEWISH NATIONAL FUND | $50,000 |
| ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND | $41,000 |
| SPERTUS INSTITUTE | $38,000 |
| BRIGHT STAR COMMUNITY OUTREACH | $35,000 |
| JEWISH CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES | $25,000 |
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 (FY17–20, $720k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% 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
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 +12% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (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 FY2020, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MFMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC4× · 2017–2020 · $424k · revenue +12%
- JCJewish Community Centers of Chicago4× · 2017–2020 · $400k · revenue +20%
- CFCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY4× · 2017–2020 · $280k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- GFGPF FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $53k · revenue -11% · 29% of their budget
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUNDJEWISH FEDERATION AND EZRAone grant, 2017 · $22k
- AEAMERICA-ISRAEL ECONOMIC FORUMone grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +3%
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.
Juf provides critical resources that bring food, refuge, health care, education and emergency assistance to over 500,000 chicagoans of all faiths and millions of jews in israel and around the world, funding a network of 100+ agencies,…
Since 1884, Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) Chicago has been committed to improving life through employment and productivity, recognizing that personal development is a lifetime endeavor. JVS Chicago serves more than 2,300 employees,…
Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…
Connect israel is a life-long program that aims to strengthen the gap between american jews and israelis through business, creative teamwork, and developing personal relationships.
Together with our community, jcc manhattan creates opportunities for people to connect, grow, and learn within an ever-changing jewish landscape.
To raise and distribute funds, goods, food, and assistance to the poverty-stricken in the jewish community.
Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…
The foundation is organized to foster, promote, support, develop, encourage and maintain the broad charitable, educational and/or religious purpose of, the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago, and the foundation as authorized in…
To enrich lives, build community, and inspire jewish journeys.
Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.
The jewish federation of greater atlanta cares for, connects and strengthens our jewish community throughout greater atlanta, israel and the world.
Make an authentic jewish education, coupled with an excellent secular education, available and affordable to all jewish families in the chicagoland community.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 19 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 MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds Jewish Community Centers of Chicago ↗
- Who funds COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY ↗
- Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
- Who funds BRIGHT STAR COMMUNITY OUTREACH CORP ↗
- Who funds GPF FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES ↗
- Who funds ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC ↗
- Who funds Jewish Child and Family Services ↗
- Who funds AMERICA-ISRAEL ECONOMIC FORUM ↗
- Who funds FAMILY FOCUS LEGACY ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO ↗
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: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jacob J Fink Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jacob J Fink Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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