Illinois · Private foundation
M & J Eisenberg Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $14k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $46k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations M & J Eisenberg Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $28k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $20k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $39k | 85% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Jewish Committee | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $10,250 | 2 | 0% |
| College Possible Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $5,650 | 3 | 0% |
| Enchanted Backpack | $5,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid-North Association | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Prentice | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Goldie B Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative | $1,458 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget M & J Eisenberg 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: The Chicago Community Trust · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About M & J Eisenberg Family Foundation
- How much does M & J Eisenberg Family Foundation give?
- M & J Eisenberg Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $13,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does M & J Eisenberg Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (21%), Civil Rights (17%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are M & J Eisenberg Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Jewish Committee ($18k), The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($10k), College Possible Inc ($10k).
- Does M & J Eisenberg Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does M & J Eisenberg Family Foundation 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as M & J Eisenberg Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Where is M & J Eisenberg Family Foundation based?
- M & J Eisenberg Family Foundation is based in IL.
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