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Michael & Karyn Lutz Family Foundation at a glance

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Michael & Karyn Lutz Family Foundation

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.

$906k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$483k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$2.5MPhilanthropy$1.3MEducation$147kHealth$65kRecreation & Sports$53kInternational$52kArts & Culture$44kReligion$34kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 30 grants below total $844,979, the rows itemized in this filing. The $905,929 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $60,950 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $250k+2 grants · $758k
$500
Median grant
9
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS$483,213
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM$275,000
CBO COLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES$25,000
MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$15,000
ADL (ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE)$10,000
NORTH SUBURBAN SYNAGOGUE BETH EL ENDOWMENT FUND INC$6,500
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER$6,400
CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC$5,000
AIPAC$2,500
SUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION$2,500
RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER$2,500
JEWISH COUNCIL FOR YOUTH SERVICES$2,000
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
HALLIE 225 FOUNDATION$500
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 35 repeat orgs$175k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
30

Total granted

$2.8M
$162k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+15%

Still filing today

51%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • AS
    AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +24%
  • MR
    MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $31k · revenue +7%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $21k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • SD
    SUNRISE DAY CAMP CHICAGO
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • AP
    Albany Park Theater Project
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -26%
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.

03Its field

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.

1
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
7
The Adler Planetarium

The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…

Arts & Culture
8
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
9
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
10
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
11
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
12
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

43 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. 43 of the 77 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/43
Grantees still filing
32/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $2,527,060 · EducationAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC+6 more: $6,468 · EducationVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $1,240,267 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PRO…+2 more: $15,500 · PhilanthropyCBO COLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES: $135,000 · OtherCBO COLLE…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE: $50,000 · OtherFRIENDS O…SUNRISE DAY CAMP CHICAGO: $50,000 · OtherSUNRISE D…MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $31,180 · OtherMELANOMA …TEMPLE EMANU-EL OF PALM BEACH INC: $14,580 · Other+47 more: $71,617 · Other+47 moreAlbany Park Theater Project: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentREADING POWER INC: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentJEWISH COUNCIL FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $2,180 · Youth DevelopmentBERNIE'S BOOK BANK: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $20,500 · Civil Rights+1 more: $100 · Civil RightsNORTH SUBURBAN SYNAGOGUE BETH EL ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $14,500 · ReligionMANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $2,000 · ReligionThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 · Arts & CultureINSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $2,600 · Arts & CultureWINDY CITY PLAYHOUSE: $1,500 · Arts & CultureLyric Opera of Chicago: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSTEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $1,000 · Arts & CultureWriters Theatre Inc: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & Culture
Education$2,533,528Philanthropy$1,255,767Other$352,377Youth Development$32,180Civil Rights$20,600Religion$16,500Arts & Culture$12,200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $2,527,060 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $1,240,267 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $31,180 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAlbany Park Theater Project: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $20,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighland Park Community Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetREADING POWER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC: $2,600 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH COUNCIL FOR YOUTH SERVICES: $2,180 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $2,118 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERNIE'S BOOK BANK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINDY CITY PLAYHOUSE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,454 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER WELLNESS CENTER: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $1,118 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWriters Theatre Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCHELLE ZELL JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $536 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVE HANNA INC: $360 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $325 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMacular Degeneration Association: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIARWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $118 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $118 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJustice Action Center: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Jewish Federation of …Arie and Ida Crown Me…AbbVie FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · AbbVie Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 77 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $939k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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