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Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund

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.

$17k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
37%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$300
Largest grant, FY2025
$4,913
Organizations funded a year
16 to 35
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$66k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving19$17k32%
FY202419$17k37%
FY202316$15k6%
FY202225$14k40%
FY202118$10k28%
FY202025$13k36%
FY201932$12k25%
FY201835$16kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$32kPhilanthropy$20kFood & Nutrition$14kEducation$8kReligion$7kArts & Culture$5kAnimals$5kHousing & Shelter$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
DC
LA
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 52 grantees
All grantees of Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Christopher Reeve Foundation$12,51850%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$12,04080%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$8,86370%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$3,24080%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,99020%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,85470%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,82250%
American Heart Association Inc$2,64080%
Challenge Aspen$2,59040%
Dfw Humane Society of Irving Inc$2,32250%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$2,12151%
Feeding America$2,07410%
Project for Pride in Living Inc$1,80020%
The Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial$1,80050%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,7221n/a
Jazz Institute of Chicago$1,50010%
Gillette Children's Hospital Foundation$1,40740%
Give Back Yoga Foundation$1,23710%
The Colorado College$1,20030%
United Way of Lake County Inc$1,19030%
Chicago Horticultural Society$1,11350%
The Art Institute of Chicago$1,02060%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,00010%
Arizona Food Bank Network$1,00010%
Boulder Crest Foundation$1,00010%
Miami University$1,0002n/a
SPCA of Texas$97810%
American Jewish Committee$95020%
Paws Chicago$82730%
The Art Center of Highland Park$75030%
Common Pantry$68430%
Lake County Crisis Center$60910%
Young Men's Christian Association - Camp Olson$58320%
Friends of the Mississippi River$50010%
Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc$50010%
Northwestern University$50010%
Prison Yoga Project Inc$4781n/a
National Park Foundation$46510%
Arts for Animals Inc$33413%
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign$33410%
Second Harvest Heartland$32810%
Kerem Shalom Inc$3001n/a
Moraine Township Charitable Fund Charitable Fund$30010%
Listeners Community Radio of Utah Inc$30010%
United Way of Lake County Inc$27510%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$25010%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$25010%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$20010%
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc$20010%
Celebrate Highwood$15010%
Ravinia Festival Association$10610%
American Lung Association$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChristopher Reeve Foundation: $12,518 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $12,040 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $8,863 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,240 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $2,990 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $2,854 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,822 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,640 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChallenge Aspen: $2,590 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDfw Humane Society of Irving Inc: $2,322 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Inc: $2,121 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFeeding America: $2,074 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject for Pride in Living Inc: $1,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial: $1,800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJazz Institute of Chicago: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGillette Children's Hospital Foundation: $1,407 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGive Back Yoga Foundation: $1,237 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Colorado College: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Lake County Inc: $1,190 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $1,113 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $1,020 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Food Bank Network: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoulder Crest Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $978 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPaws Chicago: $827 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Center of Highland Park: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Pantry: $684 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLake County Crisis Center: $609 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association - Camp Olson: $583 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Mississippi River: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $465 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts for Animals Inc: $334 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetAmerican Wild Horse Preservation Campaign: $334 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $328 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMoraine Township Charitable Fund Charitable Fund: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetListeners Community Radio of Utah Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Lake County Inc: $275 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Foundation of America Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCelebrate Highwood: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRavinia Festival Association: $106 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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.

Baxter International FoundationIL13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baxter International Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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.

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About Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund

How much does Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund give?
Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund reported 19 grants totaling $17,359 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Philanthropy (15%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
Who are Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Christopher Reeve Foundation ($13k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($12k), Northern Illinois Food Bank ($9k).
Does Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund 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 Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baxter International Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
Where is Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund based?
Milton H & Lillian Z Schwartz Schwartz Family Fund is based in MN.

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 81 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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