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Jsj Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$17k
Granted FY2017
26
Grants FY2017
21
Organizations funded FY2017
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61% of Jsj Family Foundation’s FY2018 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2018 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Jsj Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $17k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

9
’17
6
’18

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2017
$500
Largest grant, FY2017
$3,150
States reached, FY2017
7
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Philanthropy$22kHealth$8kArts & Culture$3kScience & Tech$2kCivil Rights$2kHuman Services$1kCommunity Improvement$500Recreation & Sports$250Other$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
PA
CA
MD
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 13 grantees
All grantees of Jsj Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$5,93020%
Human Rights Campaign Inc$1,50010%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$1,00010%
National Parkinson Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Rory David Deutsch Foundation$1,00010%
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs$50010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$50010%
Chicago Children's Museum$35020%
Beber Camp Property Inc$25010%
The Family Institute$25010%
Council for Jewish Elderly$22510%
Cancer Wellness Center$22510%
American Brain Tumor Association$10010%

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($14k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jsj Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $5,930 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Campaign Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRory David Deutsch Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJewish Council on Urban Affairs: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Children's Museum: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeber Camp Property Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Institute: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil for Jewish Elderly: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Wellness Center: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 12.

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.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA9.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

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About Jsj Family Foundation

How much does Jsj Family Foundation give?
Jsj Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $17,432 in its FY2017 IRS filing.
What does Jsj Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Philanthropy (52%), Health (19%), Arts & Culture (8%).
Who are Jsj Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($6k), Human Rights Campaign Inc ($2k), Cradles to Crayons Inc ($1k).
Does Jsj 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 Jsj Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
Where is Jsj Family Foundation based?
Jsj Family Foundation is based in IL.

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 29 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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