Illinois · Private foundation
Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd
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.
- $3k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 1 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $118k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $80k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $136k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $130k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $103k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $105k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $86k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $203,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $67,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $65,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $48,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Three Square | $47,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Shalva Inc | $30,400 | 6 | 1% |
| Minneapolis College of Art and Design | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Keshet | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $203,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $67,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $65,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $48,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Three Square | $47,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Shalva Inc | $30,400 | 6 | 1% |
| Minneapolis College of Art and Design | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Keshet | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Thresholds | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| A Silver Lining Foundation | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Acoustic Neuroma Association | $600 | 6 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($235k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd
- How much does Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd give?
- Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd reported 1 grants totaling $3,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Food & Nutrition (28%), Religion (21%).
- Who are Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Council for Jewish Elderly ($204k), Greater Chicago Food Depository ($67k), Northern Illinois Food Bank ($65k).
- Does Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd 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.
- Where is Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd based?
- Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd is based in IL.
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