· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND | $3,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $244k) 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.
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 +37% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down.
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, 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
Backed again, and grew
- CFCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY8× · 2017–2024 · $204k · revenue +8%
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY5× · 2020–2024 · $67k · revenue +17%- NINORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK7× · 2017–2023 · $65k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- MCMINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGNone grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +18%
- CTCRADLES TO CRAYONS INCone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +22%
- ALANTI-DFEMATION LEAGUEone grant, 2023 · $5k
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.
Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…
To realize our vision of a hunger free community we will provide more food, healthy food and better access to food. we will leverage our own resources and also work with partners in the community.
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…
Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…
Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.
The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.
Engaging the community to end hunger
To end hunger in communities throughout new york city. (see schedule o)to end hunger in communities throughout new york city. we do this through food rescue and distribution, education, and other practical, innovative solutions.
Gleaners' mission is to be a leader in the fight against hunger. we do this by joining with others to optimize equitable access to nutritious food for those of us facing hunger and working to overcome the conditions causing food insecurity.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
Green city market is securing the future of food by deepening support for sustainable farmers, educating our community, and expanding access to locally-grown food.
How this is measured
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 24 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 COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
- Who funds THREE SQUARE ↗
- Who funds SHALVA INC ↗
- Who funds MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN ↗
- Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds KESHET ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
- Who funds THE THRESHOLDS ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Acoustic Neuroma Association ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lois Simon Charitable Foundation Ltd. Bigger dots raise more.
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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