· Private foundation
Kleinmuntz Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $88k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| University of Chicago Medicine | $25,000 |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $25,000 |
| U of Chicago Laboratory Schools | $15,000 |
| Spertus Institute | $12,500 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | $10,000 |
| KAM Isaiah Israel Congretation | $3,818 |
| U of Chicago Laboratory Schools | $2,500 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | $550 |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | $388 |
| Griffith Museum of Science & Industry | $300 |
| WTTW | $300 |
| Freckles Foundation & Rescue | $250 |
| Field Museum | $250 |
| Jewish United Fund | $236 |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue | $150 |
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 (FY21–22, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
University of Chicago4× · 2021–2024 · $225k · revenue +34%- NMNorthwestern Memorial Foundation6× · 2020–2025 · $120k
- SISpertus Institute4× · 2022–2025 · $45k
Funded once
- UOUniversity of Chicago Pediatricsone grant, 2020 · $100k
- BZBERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOLone grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -8%
- IFInstitute for Operations Research aone grant, 2021 · $17k
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.
To inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature.
The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…
The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…
The Indiana University Foundation (IUF) maximizes private philanthropic support for Indiana University by fostering lifelong relationships with key stakeholders and providing advancement leadership and fundraising services for (Continued…
Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.
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."
Unlocking the secrets of life itself is the driving force behind the salk institute. our team of world-class, award-winning scientists pushes boundaries of knowledge in areas such as neuroscience, cancer research, aging, immunobiology,…
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
Northwestern is committed to excellent teaching, innovative research and the personal and intellectual growth of its students in a diverse academic community.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
See Disclosure Above.
The Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) blends the best elements of foreign higher education with American University requirements and encourages students to explore the unique elements of foreign countries.…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 25 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 University of Chicago ↗
- Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
- Who funds BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SOCIETY FOR JUDGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds Invest for Kids Inc ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND THE MANAGEMENT SCIENCES ↗
- Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds FRECKLES FOUNDATION & ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kleinmuntz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kleinmuntz Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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