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Judelson Family Foundation at a glance

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Judelson Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$14k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$9k
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 2024.

Health$470kRecreation & Sports$310kPhilanthropy$112kHuman Services$55kArts & Culture$37kEducation$11kCivil Rights$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$2k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$8,762
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH UNITED FUND$8,762
RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $55k) 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.

area typical 11%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $10k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $18k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $17k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $10k → 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.
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$707k · 8 repeat orgs$297k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
12

Total granted

$707k
$297k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+31%

Still filing today

88%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • Northwestern University
    2× · 2018–2019 · $310k · revenue +33%
  • RU
    Rush University Medical Center
    2× · 2017–2018 · $200k · revenue +51%
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    3× · 2017–2024 · $109k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • EM
    EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $125k
  • SU
    STAND UP TO CANCER
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • JA
    JOHN A MORAN EYE CENTER UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
    one grant, 2017 · $33k
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
Rush Copley Medical Center

To improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
2
Rush System for Health

The mission of Rush University System for Health is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities it serves through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research, and community partnerships.

Health
3
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
4
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
5
Rush Oak Park Hospital Inc

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
6
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
7
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
8
Loyola University of Chicago

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.

Education
9
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
10
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
11
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.

Education
12
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc

The medical college of wisconsin (mcw) is a distinguished leader and innovator in the education and development of the next generation of physicians, (continued in schedule o)

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Contemporary Art; the most unlike its peers is Desert Community Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
15/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Northwestern University: $310,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern UniversityRush University Medical Center: $200,000 · HealthRush University Medical C…DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITU…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthEISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherEISENHOWER MEDICAL CE…JOHN A MORAN EYE CENTER UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $32,500 · OtherJOHN A MORAN EYE CENT…JOHN A MORAN EYE CENTER: $25,000 · OtherJOHN A MORAN EYE CENT…CANADIAN JEWISH POLITICAL AFFAIRS: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $2,000 · OtherJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $108,762 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND…STAND UP TO CANCER: $50,000 · PhilanthropySTAND UP TO CANCER+1 more: $3,500 · PhilanthropyTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $55,000 · Human ServicesRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $14,000 · EducationFrancis W Parker School: $10,000 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $3,000 · EducationPINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $1,000 · EducationBERGEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Arts & CultureLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Recreation & Sports$310,000Health$225,000Other$194,500Philanthropy$162,262Human Services$55,000Education$28,000Arts & Culture$22,000Housing & Shelter$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthwestern University: $310,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $108,762 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $55,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBERGEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $14,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFrancis W Parker School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Judelson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Judelson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Bergen Performing Arts Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Pine Crest Preparatory School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 21 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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