Illinois · Private foundation
Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $1.3M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $1.1M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $1.0M | 8% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $1.0M | 29% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $987k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $927k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $3,760,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $1,008,900 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $1,000,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $875,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $400,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $225,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $160,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $160,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $3,760,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $1,008,900 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $1,000,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $875,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $400,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $225,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $160,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $160,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Executive Mansion Association | $100,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc | $35,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema NFP | $30,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Old Town School of Folk Music | $27,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Florida State Parks Foundation Inc | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Cara Program | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metrosquash Nfp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($723k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation
- How much does Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation give?
- Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $1,337,556 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (42%), Education (12%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($3.8M), Council for Jewish Elderly ($1.0M), University of Chicago ($1.0M).
- Does Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation based?
- Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation is based in IL.
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