Illinois · Private foundation
Milstein 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.
- $45k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $21,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $168k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 73% of the organizations Milstein Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% 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 | 16 | $45k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $76k | 73% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $99k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $51k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $36k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $28k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $168k | 13% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy | $144,350 | 8 | n/a |
| Hebrew Theological College | $90,957 | 7 | n/a |
| Yeshiva University | $27,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Chesed Fund | $17,350 | 4 | 0% |
| Ida Crown Jewish Academy Inc | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Arie Crown Hebrew Day School | $7,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Nesivos Chaim | $4,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago Rabbinical College Telshe-Chicago | $3,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Amit Children Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Riverdale Minyan | $2,925 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy | $144,350 | 8 | n/a |
| Hebrew Theological College | $90,957 | 7 | n/a |
| Yeshiva University | $27,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Chesed Fund | $17,350 | 4 | 0% |
| Ida Crown Jewish Academy Inc | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Arie Crown Hebrew Day School | $7,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Nesivos Chaim | $4,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago Rabbinical College Telshe-Chicago | $3,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Amit Children Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Riverdale Minyan | $2,925 | 1 | n/a |
| The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ne Eman Foundation USA | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Sharsheret Inc | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Darche Noam Inc - David Shapell College of Jewish Studies | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Libenu | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School of Chicago | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Campaign | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Women Charity Players | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Israel Fund Ltd | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($499k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Milstein 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 Communal Fund · The Novick Family Foundation · Elliott and Ronni Charitable Fdn · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Milstein Foundation
- How much does Milstein Foundation give?
- Milstein Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $44,902 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Milstein Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (33%), Religion (26%), Education (26%).
- Who are Milstein Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy ($144k), Hebrew Theological College ($91k), Yeshiva University ($28k).
- Does Milstein Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Milstein 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 Milstein Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Novick Family Foundation, Elliott and Ronni Charitable Fdn.
- Where is Milstein Foundation based?
- Milstein Foundation is based in IL.
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