· Private foundation
Jane and Michael Strauss Family Foundation Inc
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 $10k31 grants · $56k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $43k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MUSC | $50,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC | $20,000 |
| CANCER AWARENESS THROUGH RESEARCH | $12,500 |
| JEWISH UNITED FUND OF CHICAGO | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,200 |
| THE BE KIND PEOPLE PROJECT | $6,000 |
| RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| ARIZONA COMMUNITY FDN-DESERT MTN FDN | $5,000 |
| BRIARWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| A SAFE PLACE | $3,100 |
| NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN | $2,500 |
| BOTTOM LINE | $2,000 |
| ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE | $1,000 |
| ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER | $1,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $1,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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.
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 +43% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.
41 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 9 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, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO7× · 2018–2025 · $130k · revenue +34%
- JCJewish Child and Family Services8× · 2017–2025 · $106k · revenue +43%
RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION9× · 2017–2025 · $67k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- JTJOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +19%
- ILINTERNATIONAL LYME AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +144%
- IFINSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE CANCER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +147%
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 chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…
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…
Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.
We believe in the life-changing, transformational, revelatory power of great art and opera. Lyric Opera of Chicago exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to the Chicago region and the nation, and to advance the…
To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy
See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
The chicago theatre group is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. by dedicating itself to three guiding principles - quality, equity, and community - the…
Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.
How this is measured
50 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. 50 of the 77 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 JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds Jewish Child and Family Services ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds BRIARWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds LAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds BALLET ARIZONA ↗
- Who funds HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
- Who funds CANCER WELLNESS CENTER ↗
- Who funds BERNIE'S BOOK BANK ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds Highland Park Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL LYME AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION IN ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds HONORHEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds Storycatchers ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE CANCER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE 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: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jane and Michael Strauss Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jane and Michael Strauss Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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