Illinois · Public charity
Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation
The foundation is organized to foster, promote, support, develop, encourage and maintain the broad charitable, educational and/or religious purpose of, the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago, and the foundation as authorized in their by-laws.
- $783k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $764k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $148,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $44M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $445k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $600k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $486k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $554k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $412k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $270k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $232k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, 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 | $1,703,340 | 9 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $480,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $451,200 | 9 | 0% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Israel Policy Forum Inc | $132,200 | 4 | 1% |
| North Suburban Synagogue Beth El | $110,180 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of the Heschel Center Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Secure Community Network Inc | $61,000 | 3 | 0% |
| 4G44 ESports Inc Lost Tribe | $60,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Abrahamic House | $46,000 | 3 | 5% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Leonard and Diane Sherman 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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation
- How much does Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation give?
- Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation reported 17 itemized grants totaling $764,000, out of $783,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (51%), International (19%), Science & Tech (14%).
- Who are Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($1.7M), Birthright Israel Foundation ($480k), Council for Jewish Elderly ($451k).
- Does Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation based?
- Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation is based in IL.
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