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Landau Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$445k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2025.

Civil Rights$680kInternational$367kCommunity Improvement$359kHousing & Shelter$330kArts & Culture$259kReligion$200kEmployment$125kEnvironment$88kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$40,000
ARISE CHICAGO$35,000
CHANGING WORLDS$35,000
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN UPTOWN$30,000
IL COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS$30,000
AMERICANS FOR PEACE NOW$25,000
LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO$25,000
LIVING JAZZ$25,000
NATIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING MUSEUM$25,000
PALENQUE LSNA$20,000
CHICAGO RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP NETWORK$20,000
CHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS$20,000
LATINOS PROGRESANDO$20,000
SILK ROAD RISING$15,000
ONE NORTHSIDE$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $115k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO: $25k → 14%LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO: $20k → 14%LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO: $20k → 14%LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO: $15k → 14%LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO: $15k → 14%INTERFAITH COMMUNITY FOR DETAINED IMMIGRANTS: $10k → 14%INTERFAITH COMMUNITY FOR DETAINED IMMIGRANTS: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.2M · 28 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
2

Total granted

$2.2M
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+63%

Still filing today

89%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • VO
    VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN UPTOWN INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $130k · revenue +333%
  • IC
    ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS
    5× · 2021–2025 · $130k · revenue +54%
  • ARISE CHICAGO
    5× · 2021–2025 · $125k · revenue +261%

Funded once

  • QC
    QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +63%
  • Alliance for Global Justice Corp
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -91%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
2
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc

Secure racial equity and economic opportunity for all

Crime & Legal
3
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
4
Chicago Refugee Coalition

The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.

Human Services
5
Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice Northwest

The jewish coalition builds a jewish voice in the pacific northwest advancing immigrant justice and domestic policy, following the leadership of impacted community.

Human Services
6
Live Free Chicago

Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…

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7
Parliament of the Worlds Religions

The vision of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions is of a just, peaceful and sustainable world in which: *Religious and spiritual communities live in harmony and contribute to a better world from their riches of wisdom…

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8
Nijc Nfp

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is a leader in advancing immigrant rights through its unique strategy drawing on its legal services to promote legal reform through litigation, advocacy and strategic communications.

Crime & Legal
9
Chicago Votes

Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government,…

Civil Rights
10
Public Interest Law Initiative

PILI engages, inspires and empowers those advancing equal access to justice.

Crime & Legal
11
Detroit Jews for Justice

Djj advances racial and economic justice by developing metro detroit jews as community organizers who fight for transformative policy change in deep partnership with neighbors

Civil Rights
12
International Women Associates Inc

By engaging in cross-cultural exchange, community service, dialogue and friendship, IWA creates connections among people of diverse international backgrounds and works toward a more just and peaceful world.

Housing & Shelter

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crossroads Fund Inc and the most unlike its peers is Living Jazz. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr19%38%20–35yr15%38%35–55yr14%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr19%41%20–35yr15%36%35–55yr14%10%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
13%
8,719/64,661

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
18/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $105,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WOR…NEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC — $100,000 · InternationalNEW JEWISH NARRATIV…NEW ISRAEL FUND — $100,000 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUNDGilloury Institute — $75,000 · InternationalGilloury InstituteINTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM — $40,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL LABOR…SEEDS OF PEACE INC — $20,000 · International+1 more — $5,000 · InternationalCHICAGO RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP NETWORK — $100,000 · OtherCHICAGO RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP NETWORKOrganizing Neighborhoods For Equality Northside — $72,000 · OtherOrganizing Neighborhoods For Equality Nor…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVE SHALOMWAHAT AL-SALAM INC — $42,000 · OtherGLOBAL LABOR JUSTICE-INTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM — $40,000 · OtherCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $40,000 · OtherSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW — $120,000 · OtherSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAWLatino Union of Chicago — $95,000 · OtherLatino Union of ChicagoJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC — $100,000 · OtherJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INCAlbany Park Theater Project — $90,000 · OtherAlbany Park Theater ProjectInfact DBA Corporate Accountability — $88,000 · OtherInfact DBA Corporate Accountability+6 more — $152,500 · Other+6 moreCHANGING WORLDS — $185,000 · Civil RightsCHANGING WORL…ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS — $130,000 · Civil RightsILLINOIS COAL…Jewish Council on Urban Affairs — $180,000 · Community ImprovementJewish Counci…Logan Square Neighborhood Association — $77,000 · Community ImprovementLogan Square …AVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC — $50,000 · Community ImprovementAVODAH THE JE…VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN UPTOWN INC — $130,000 · Housing & ShelterVOICE OF …CHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS — $90,000 · Housing & ShelterCHICAGO C…The National Public Housing Museum — $110,000 · Arts & CultureThe Natio…GICHIGAMIIN INDIGENOUS NATIONS MUSEUM INC — $49,000 · Arts & CultureGICHIGAMI…Living Jazz — $25,000 · Arts & CultureLiving Ja…Latinos Progresando — $20,000 · Arts & CultureLatinos P…BLACK ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIGRATION — $15,000 · Arts & CultureBLACK ALL…ARISE CHICAGO — $125,000 · Employment
International$445,000Other$939,500Civil Rights$315,000Community Improvement$307,000Housing & Shelter$220,000Arts & Culture$219,000Employment$125,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHANGING WORLDS — $185,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetJewish Council on Urban Affairs — $180,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetVOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN UPTOWN INC — $130,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS — $130,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetARISE CHICAGO — $125,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW — $120,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe National Public Housing Museum — $110,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $105,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC — $100,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC — $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND — $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLatino Union of Chicago — $95,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetAlbany Park Theater Project — $90,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS — $90,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability — $88,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLogan Square Neighborhood Association — $77,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGilloury Institute — $75,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetOrganizing Neighborhoods For Equality Northside — $72,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetAVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC — $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGICHIGAMIIN INDIGENOUS NATIONS MUSEUM INC — $49,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVE SHALOMWAHAT AL-SALAM INC — $42,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS FORUM — $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCROSSROADS FUND INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PEOPLE'S LOBBY EDUCATION INSTITUTE — $30,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLiving Jazz — $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO — $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEEDS OF PEACE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetIllinois Community for Displaced Immigrants — $20,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetLatinos Progresando — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Field Foundation of I…Polk Bros Foundation …The Chicago Community…John D and Catherine …The Pierce Family Cha…Chicago Foundation fo…United Way of Metropo…The Albert Pick Jr Fu…Woods Fund of ChicagoAlphawood FoundationGrand Victoria Founda…Lloyd a Fry Foundation
Field Foundation of IllinoisIL32.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Field Foundation of Illinois · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Pierce Family Charitable Foundation · Chicago Foundation for Women · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Albert Pick Jr Fund · Woods Fund of Chicago · Alphawood Foundation · Grand Victoria Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Landau Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Landau Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Landau Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
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the interactive map of money crossing state lines