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Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone.

$178M
Granted FY2025still arriving
896
Grants FY2025still arriving
39
States reached
$27M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$462MHuman Services$305MEducation$223MReligion$101MInternational$63MHealth$46MArts & Culture$24MFood & Nutrition$16MOther$0
02FY2025 · 896 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 896 grants below total $166,569,662, the rows itemized in this filing. The $178,264,506 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $11,694,844 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k181 grants · $1.3M
  • $10k–50k463 grants · $9.6M
  • $50k–250k188 grants · $18M
  • $250k+64 grants · $138M
$20,008
Median grant
39
States reached
$1.1B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CJE SENIOR LIFE$27,413,884
JEWISH CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES$11,811,403
ARIE CROWN HEBREW DAY SCHOOL$10,471,791
JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$9,199,360
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF CHICAGO$6,847,560
ANSHE EMET SYNAGOGUE$6,352,930
REFUGEEONE$5,448,015
WORLD RELIEF OF DUPAGE AND AURORA$4,631,520
HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE$4,081,968
ASSOCIATED TALMUD TORAHS$3,249,712
JFMC FACILITIES CORPORATION$3,001,918
JEWISH UNITED FUND$2,462,443
WORLD RELIEF - CHICAGO$2,376,975
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$2,126,230
GROW GREATER ENGLEWOOD$2,000,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $400.3M) 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%Alterra Mountain Company Community Foundation: $1.0M → 12%Rebecca A Copeland Fund For Social Justice: $506k → 8%ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO: $1.5M → 14%ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO: $432k → 14%The ARK: $390k → 14%Chicago Literacy Alliance: $545k → 14%Jewish Child & Family Services: $14.8M → 14%Jewish Child & Family Services: $12.2M → 14%JEWISH CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $11.8M → 14%Jewish Child and Family Services: $11.8M → 14%Jewish Child & Family Services: $11.7M → 14%Jewish Child & Family Services: $11.7M → 14%JEWISH CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $11.4M → 14%Jewish Community Centers of Chicago: $10.9M → 14%MANDEKO FOUNDATION: $10.3M → 14%Jewish Child & Family Services: $9.9M → 14%Jewish Child & Family Services: $9.6M → 14%Jewish Community Centers of Chicago: $9.3M → 14%Jewish Community Centers of Chicago: $9.3M → 14%Jewish Community Centers of Chicago: $9.1M → 14%Jewish Community Centers of Chicago: $8.9M → 14%Jewish Community Centers of Chicago: $8.8M → 14%Jewish Community Centers of Chicago: $8.4M → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF CHICAGO: $7.2M → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF CHICAGO: $6.8M → 14%Endowment Fdn Jewish Child and Family Services: $971k → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE: $4.1M → 14%HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE: $1.3M → 14%Heartland Human Care: $574k → 14%CJE SENIOR LIFE: $27.4M → 14%CJE Senior Life: $26.0M → 14%CJE Senior Life: $23.1M → 14%CJE SENIOR LIFE: $19.6M → 14%CJE Senior Life: $17.3M → 14%CJE Senior Life: $17.0M → 14%CJE Senior Life: $16.5M → 14%CJE Senior Life: $12.1M → 14%CJE Senior Life: $11.9M → 14%The ARK: $1.7M → 14%The ARK: $1.3M → 14%ARK: $959k → 14%ARK: $959k → 14%Ark: $901k → 14%Ark: $824k → 14%Ark: $761k → 14%Ark: $746k → 14%The ARK: $740k → 14%Ark: $673k → 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

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VT
NH
WA
ID
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MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
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CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2B · 1041 repeat orgs$32M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

1041 repeat relationships: 635 still active in FY2025, 406 since wound down; 138 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1041
485

Total granted

$1.2B
$26M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+13%

Still filing today

76%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.8M 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthInternationalHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • CF
    COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $172M · revenue +8% · 44% of their budget
  • JC
    Jewish Child and Family Services
    9× · 2017–2025 · $107M · revenue +43% · 38% of their budget
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    9× · 2017–2025 · $94M · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MANDEKO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10M · 91% of their budget
  • THE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1.8M · revenue -51%
  • JC
    JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $971k · revenue +16%
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
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
3
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
4
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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.

Education
5
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
6
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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7
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
8
Brown Hillel Foundation

Brown risd hillel encourages and supports a diversity of students as they explore, develop and deepen their jewish identities. we are committed to having judaism serve as a source of meaning and growth during their time on college hill and…

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9
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
10
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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11
Jewish Electorate Institute

The jewish electorate institute (jei) is an independent, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization that surveys, interprets, reports, and educates the public about the perspectives, voting behaviors, and motivations of the american jewish…

Civil Rights
12
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

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…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma; the most unlike its peers is SoQuiet. 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

1402 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. 1402 of the 1,750 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.

52
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
292
Early backer (in before they grew)
1366/1402
Grantees still filing
925/1402
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $171,600,421 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLYJewish Child and Family Services: $106,616,376 · Human ServicesJewish Child and Family ServicesJewish Community Centers of Chicago: $79,442,270 · Human ServicesJewish Community Centers of Chicago+16 more: $42,200,817 · Human Services+16 moreJFMC FACILITIES CORPORATION: $110,913,399 · PhilanthropyJFMC FACILITIES CORPORATI…JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $93,628,761 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF MET…NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $29,349,952 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR…+13 more: $36,012,748 · Philanthropy+13 moreSPERTUS INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP: $46,760,720 · OtherSPERTUS INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LE…IDA CROWN JEWISH ACADEMY INC: $45,262,723 · OtherIDA CROWN JEWISH ACADEMY INCARIE CROWN HEBREW DAY SCHOOL: $33,370,568 · OtherARIE CROWN HEBREW DAY SCHOOLASSOCIATED TALMUD TORAHS OF CHICAGO: $30,206,486 · OtherASSOCIATED TALMUD TORAHS OF CHI…JOAN DACHS BAIS YAAKOV ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-YESHIVAS TIFERES TZVI INC: $17,786,165 · OtherJOAN DACHS BAIS YAAKOV ELEMENTA…SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $16,421,121 · Other+82 more: $141,762,575 · Other+82 moreCHICAGO JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $27,537,719 · EducationUniversity of Chicago: $11,657,264 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $4,703,736 · EducationROCHELLE ZELL JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL: $3,681,871 · EducationBERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL: $2,753,028 · Education+23 more: $24,455,292 · EducationWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $20,448,125 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $6,597,905 · InternationalTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $5,410,524 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $3,984,451 · InternationalAMIT CHILDREN INC: $3,438,480 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $2,499,420 · InternationalAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $2,058,573 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $2,056,811 · International+14 more: $11,346,779 · InternationalMOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $11,635,911 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $2,691,010 · HealthRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $2,387,750 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1,098,405 · HealthUSHER III INITIATIVE INC: $950,000 · Health+9 more: $5,618,012 · HealthREFUGEEONE: $14,105,597 · ReligionAGUDATH ISRAEL OF ILLINOIS: $1,750,390 · ReligionAmerican Friends of Chabad of Thailand Inc: $1,518,384 · ReligionHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $1,202,577 · Religion+9 more: $5,557,152 · Religion
Human Services$399,859,884Philanthropy$269,904,860Other$331,570,358Education$74,788,910International$57,841,068Health$24,381,088Religion$24,134,100

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $171,600,421 over 9y, 44% of budgetJFMC FACILITIES CORPORATION: $110,913,399 over 9y, 63% of budgetJewish Child and Family Services: $106,616,376 over 9y, 38% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $93,628,761 over 9y, 11% of budgetJewish Community Centers of Chicago: $79,442,270 over 9y, 30% of budgetSPERTUS INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP: $46,760,720 over 9y, 85% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $29,349,952 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCHICAGO JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $27,537,719 over 9y, 59% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $20,448,125 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetREFUGEEONE: $14,105,597 over 9y, 37% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $11,657,264 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $11,635,911 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ARK: $11,471,262 over 9y, 19% of budgetTHE MANDEKO FOUNDATION: $10,250,000 over 1y, 91% of budgetGROW GREATER ENGLEWOOD INC: $8,000,000 over 4y, 85% of budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $8,000,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC: $7,650,132 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetWINDWARD FUND: $7,500,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $6,597,905 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $6,315,863 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetKESHET: $6,298,185 over 9y, 14% of budgetNorthwestern University: $6,230,437 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $5,873,935 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFOREFRONT: $5,480,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $5,410,524 over 7y, 22% of budgetJGIVE-FRIENDS OF ASOR FUND USA INC: $4,893,534 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $4,703,736 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSHORASHIM INC: $4,553,322 over 9y, 45% of budgetJewish Vocational Service & Employment Center: $4,480,923 over 3y, 26% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $4,272,265 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $3,984,451 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetROCHELLE ZELL JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL: $3,681,871 over 9y, 10% of budgetAMIT CHILDREN INC: $3,438,480 over 9y, 12% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $2,949,071 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL: $2,753,028 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $2,691,010 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEthiopian Community Association of Chicago Inc: $2,643,333 over 7y, 25% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $2,499,420 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $2,489,496 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $2,387,750 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $2,252,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSOLOMON SCHECHTER ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $2,139,903 over 5y, 89% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $2,058,573 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $2,056,811 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetPROOFING STATION: $2,000,000 over 2y, 75% of budgetJEWISH COUNCIL FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $1,997,447 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: $1,980,216 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,949,913 over 9y, 0.5% 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 COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY ↗
  • Who funds JFMC FACILITIES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Child and Family Services ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Community Centers of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds SPERTUS INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO JEWISH DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEEONE ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE ARK ↗
  • Who funds THE MANDEKO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GROW GREATER ENGLEWOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds WINDWARD FUND ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds KESHET ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds FOREFRONT ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS ↗
  • Who funds JGIVE-FRIENDS OF ASOR FUND USA INC ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds SHORASHIM INC ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Vocational Service & Employment Center ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds ROCHELLE ZELL JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds AMIT CHILDREN 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.

Circle of Service Fou…Arie and Ida Crown Me…Jarvis FoundationTodd a and Raphaela S…Bitton Family Foundat…Walder FoundationAj & Sl Stern Family …Kovler Family Foundat…The Shimon Ben Joseph…The Jewish Federation…Polk Bros Foundation …Jewish United Fund of…
Circle of Service FoundationIL104.6× affinity115 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Circle of Service Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jarvis Foundation · Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation · Bitton Family Foundation Inc · Walder Foundation · Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation · Kovler Family Foundation · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago

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 Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Babson College: 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 1750 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 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
The DAF merry-go-round
$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