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Norman and Susan Abazoris Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Norman and Susan Abazoris Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$188k
Granted FY2021
31
Grants FY2021
8
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01FY2021 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k24 grants · $88k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$865k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BRIDGE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICE$25,000
INJURED MARINE SEMPER FI FUND$20,000
JOURNEYSTHE ROAD HOME$15,000
THE BALZEKUS MUSEUM OF LITHUANIAN CULTURE$10,000
THE KNIGHTS OF LITHUANIA$10,000
INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-ISU FOUNDATION$10,000
CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING$10,000
THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS$7,500
LUTHERAN SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION$5,000
SAVE A PET$5,000
NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK$5,000
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$5,000
HARMONY HOUSE FOR CATS$5,000
AUTISMUS RHEIN-MAIN EV$5,000
FRIED'S CAT SHELTER$5,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JOURNEYSTHE ROAD HOME: $15k → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
2
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
3
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
4
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
5
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
6
Animal Humane Society

Animal Humane Society (AHS) established in 1878 and incorporated as a nonprofit charitable organization in 1891 works to engage the hearts, hands, and minds of the community to help animals. AHS's vision is to compassionately and…

Animals
7
Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc

Animal care centers of nyc's (acc) mission is to end animal homelessness in nyc.

Animals
8
Cat Adoption Team

To save the lives of homeless, sick and injured cats and to work with our community to provide feline expertise and quality programs and services for people and cats.

Animals
9
Safe Haven for Cats

The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.

Animals
10
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
11
All About Animals Rescue

All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.

Animals
12
Spca of Texas

The spca of texas is dedicated to providing every animal exceptional care and a loving home.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save-a-Pet Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brightfocus Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
19/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BRIDGE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $25,000 · OtherTHE BRIDGE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICESTHE KNIGHTS OF LITHUANIA: $10,000 · OtherTHE KNIGHTS OF LITHUANIATHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INCTHE BALZEKUS MUSEUM OF LITHUANIAN CULTURE: $10,000 · OtherTHE BALZEKUS MUSEUM OF LITHUANIAN CULTURETHE LITHUANIAN JESUIT CENTER: $5,000 · OtherTHE LITHUANIAN JESUIT CENTERAUTISMUS RHEIN-MAIN EV: $5,000 · OtherAUTISMUS RHEIN-MAIN EVTHREE SQUARE FOOD BANK: $5,000 · OtherTHREE SQUARE FOOD BANKNATIONAL HEADACHE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherNATIONAL HEADACHE FOUNDATIONHARMONY HOUSE FOR CATS: $5,000 · OtherHARMONY HOUSE FOR CATS+2 more: $2,000 · OtherSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $20,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S …THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $7,500 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTIN…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & …THE AUTISM COMMUNITY IN ACTION: $3,000 · HealthTHE AUTISM COMMUNITY I…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthSAVE-A-PET INC: $5,000 · AnimalsSAVE-A-PET INCANIMAL HOUSE SHELTER INC: $5,000 · AnimalsANIMAL HOUSE SH…TREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · AnimalsTREE HOUSE HUMA…Frieds Cat Shelter Inc: $5,000 · AnimalsFrieds Cat Shel…PAWS CHICAGO: $2,500 · AnimalsPAWS CHICAGOThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 · AnimalsNEVADA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsPADS TO HOPE DBA-JOURNEYS THE ROAD HOME: $15,000 · Human ServicesPADS TO HO…LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Human ServicesLITTLE CIT…Indiana State University Foundation Inc: $10,000 · EducationNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $5,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $5,000 · Food & NutritionLUTHERAN SENIORLIFE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$82,000Health$36,500Animals$26,500Human Services$18,000Education$10,000Food & Nutrition$10,000Philanthropy$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BRIDGE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPADS TO HOPE DBA-JOURNEYS THE ROAD HOME: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetIndiana State University Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SENIORLIFE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE-A-PET INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANIMAL HOUSE SHELTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL HEADACHE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFrieds Cat Shelter Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE AUTISM COMMUNITY IN ACTION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEVADA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,000 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.

Norman and Susan Abaz…AbbVie FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Motorola Solutions Fo…Chubb Charitable Foun…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Baxter International …The Chicago Community…Synchrony Foundation
Norman and Susan Abazoris FoundationNV30.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Norman and Susan Abazoris Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Baxter International Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Synchrony 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Norman and Susan Abazoris Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Norman and Susan Abazoris Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Autism Society of America Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Norman and Susan Abazoris Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Norman and Susan Abazoris Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 31 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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