· Private foundation
Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $175k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $600k
- $250k+2 grants · $550k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $300,000 |
| University of Chicago | $250,000 |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $200,000 |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $100,000 |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $100,000 |
| Jewish United Fund | $100,000 |
| Jewish United Fund | $50,000 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $50,000 |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $45,000 |
| American Jewish Committee | $25,000 |
| Nicklaus Children's Hospital Foundation | $25,000 |
| Chicago Botanic Gardens | $25,000 |
| DonorsChooseOrg | $20,000 |
| Anti Defamation League | $20,000 |
| Cara Collective | $15,000 |
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 (FY21–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 CHICAGO8× · 2017–2024 · $3.8M · revenue +13%
University of Chicago7× · 2018–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +52%- RIRehabilitation Institute of Chicago7× · 2017–2023 · $875k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $125k
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $125k · revenue +31%- KCKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industryone grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -1%
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.
Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.
We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration, and civic engagement. Through dynamic exhibitions, tours, programs, digital resources, and special events, the Museum connects people to Chicago's history…
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…
Chm decodes technology - its computing past, digital present, and future impact on humanity.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 30 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 COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY ↗
- Who funds University of Chicago ↗
- Who funds Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds Illinois Executive Mansion Association ↗
- Who funds Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry ↗
- Who funds Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago ↗
- Who funds BUZZARDS BAY COALITION ↗
- Who funds ISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema NFP ↗
- Who funds OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Cara Program ↗
- Who funds METROSQUASH NFP ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
How this is measured
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