Illinois · Private foundation
Jrm Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2026
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2026
- $106,640
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $462,720
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Jrm Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 5 | $1.5M | 40% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $25k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $61k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $118k | 65% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $76k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, 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 | $333,281 | 2 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $191,640 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $172,640 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago International Film Festival Inc Cinema-Chicago | $120,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Have Dreams | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Am Shalom | $6,450 | 2 | n/a |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $4,580 | 3 | 0% |
| Society for Contemporary Art C-O The Art Institute of Chicago | $4,000 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $333,281 | 2 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $191,640 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $172,640 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago International Film Festival Inc Cinema-Chicago | $120,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Have Dreams | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Am Shalom | $6,450 | 2 | n/a |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $4,580 | 3 | 0% |
| Society for Contemporary Art C-O The Art Institute of Chicago | $4,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Arts Club of Chicago | $1,975 | 3 | 0% |
| Art Encounter | $1,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Chicago Theatre Group Inc | $1,200 | 2 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Leukemia Research Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Writers Theatre Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($934k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jrm Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About Jrm Family Foundation
- How much does Jrm Family Foundation give?
- Jrm Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $1,523,016 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Jrm Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Philanthropy (19%), International (10%).
- Who are Jrm Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($333k), Lyric Opera of Chicago ($192k), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($173k).
- Does Jrm Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jrm Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jrm Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Jrm Family Foundation based?
- Jrm Family Foundation is based in IL.
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