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Jerome Frankel Foundation at a glance

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Jerome Frankel Foundation

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.

$18k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$58kArts & Culture$50kEducation$49kHealth$3kInternational$2kEnvironment$2kHuman Services$1kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,200
Median grant
2
States reached
$194k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE SHOLOM OF CHICAGO$6,700
RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION$5,000
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO$3,000
Individual grant recipient$1,200
MEDGLOBAL$1,000
SHARSHERET$500
CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN$300
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 (FY17–22, $850) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SELFHELP HOME INC: $500 → 14%SELFHELP HOME: $150 → 14%SELFHELP HOME INC: $100 → 14%SELFHELP HOME INC: $50 → 14%Selfhelp Home Inc: $50 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
NJ
VA
MD
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$165k · 32 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
25

Total granted

$165k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+23%

Still filing today

72%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TA
    THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
    8× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +45%
  • RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $22k · revenue +52%
  • CH
    CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $2k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • University of Illinois Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +127%
  • LR
    LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $250 · revenue +23%
  • LR
    LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $250
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
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
2
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
3
National Opinion Research Center

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…

Social Science
4
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
5
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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6
Volunteers of America of Illinois

Volunteers of america of illinois partners with the people we serve to create transformational and lasting change in their lives through programs that support, empower, and transform.

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7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
9
Lyric Opera of Chicago

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…

Arts & Culture
10
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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11
Columbia College Chicago

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

Education
12
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evanston Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Our House Communities Incorporated. 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

38 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. 38 of the 59 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
29/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INCTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $24,500 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGOUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $6,000 · EducationUniversity of Illinois Foundation+2 more: $1,000 · EducationTEMPLE SHOLOM OF CHICAGO: $57,715 · OtherTEMPLE SHOLOM OF CHICAGOIndividual grant recipient: $5,806 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+34 more: $8,835 · Other+34 moreRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $22,015 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FESTIVA…Chicago Symphony Orchestra: $950 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $749 · Arts & CultureMedGlobal Inc: $1,000 · HealthSharsheret Inc: $750 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $350 · HealthLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $250 · HealthEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $250 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $200 · HealthBEAT CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $200 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $1,628 · Environment+1 more: $32 · EnvironmentMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $950 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $150 · InternationalTHE SELFHELP HOME INC: $850 · Human Services
Education$71,500Other$72,356Arts & Culture$23,714Health$3,100Environment$1,660International$1,100Human Services$850

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $24,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $22,015 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $1,628 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF LASALLE LANGUAGE ACADEMY INC: $1,400 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SELFHELP HOME INC: $850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSharsheret Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS: $385 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLevy Senior Center Foundation Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAOT CHITIM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC: $284 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $275 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Architecture Foundation: $224 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Chicago: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEvanston Community Foundation: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEAT CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS CHICAGO: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUR HOUSE COMMUNITIES INCORPORATED: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ROBERT CROWN CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $70 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $60 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $50 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NASW FOUNDATION INC: $40 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $32 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 …John D and Catherine …AbbVie FoundationGavlin Family Foundat…The Howard S Dubin Fa…The Chicago Community…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Gavlin Family Foundation · The Howard S Dubin Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

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 Jerome Frankel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jerome Frankel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 59 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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