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Paul and Pearl Caslow 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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
165
Grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$333,000
States reached, FY2024
29
Total assets, FY2024
$39M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$4.3MHealth$373kPhilanthropy$358kReligion$200kInternational$152kEducation$129kHuman Services$77kArts & Culture$69kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 104 grantees
All grantees of Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$50,00010%
Work Play Love Inc$28,000114%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$25,50010%
Camp Gan Israel$25,0001n/a
Rush University Medical Center$22,00010%
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc$20,00010%
La Casa Norte$20,00010%
Israel Childrens Cancer Foundation Inc$20,00011%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20,00010%
Teens Inc$20,00010%
NAMI Chicago$20,00010%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$15,00010%
Paws Chicago$15,00010%
Israel Emergency Alliance$10,00010%
Chai Lifeline Inc$10,00010%
Hebrew Theological College$10,0001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00010%
Lubavitch Chabad of Glenview Inc$10,0001n/a
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired$10,00010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$10,00010%
National Jewish Health$10,00010%
Lighthouse International$10,00010%
Colel Chabad$10,0001n/a
Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America$10,00010%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$10,00010%
Menachem Education Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Birthright Israel Foundation$10,00010%
The National Children's Cancer Society$10,00010%
American Kidney Fund Inc$10,00010%
Brightfocus Foundation$10,00010%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$10,00010%
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc$10,00010%
Kitchen Possible Inc$10,00018%
Food for the Poor Inc$10,00010%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$9,50010%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$9,00010%
One Family Fund$8,00010%
Diskin Orphan Home of Israel Inc$8,00012%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$8,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America$8,00010%
Helen Keller International$7,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$7,00010%
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc$7,00010%
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc$7,00010%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$7,00010%
St Labre Indian School$6,0001n/a
Finca International Inc$6,00010%
St Josephs Indian School$6,0001n/a
Schi Disability Services Inc$5,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5,00010%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$5,00010%
Soaring Eagle$5,00010%
Jewish Childrens Museum$5,00010%
Shuvu Return Inc$5,00010%
Grameen Foundation USA$5,00010%
Perkins School for the Blind$5,00010%
Note Karacel United Together$5,000119%
The Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation$5,00010%
Legal Aid Chicago$5,00010%
Shalva Inc$5,00010%
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly$5,00010%
Building Peaceful Bridges$5,00011%
Orphan Hospital Ward of Israel Inc$5,0001n/a
Operation Smile Inc$5,00010%
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc$5,00010%
Tzivos Hashem$5,0001n/a
Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School Inc$5,0001n/a
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc$5,00010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$5,00010%
Ezer Mizion$5,00010%
Chamah$5,0001n/a
Move With Gr$5,0001n/a
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$5,00010%
Israel Special Kids Fund$5,00011%
United Service Organizations Inc$5,00010%
Feed the Children Inc$4,00010%
Mirrer Yeshiva Central Institute$4,0001n/a
The Omaha Home for Boys$4,00010%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$4,00010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$4,00010%
Lupus Foundation of America Inc$3,50010%
Chai 4ever Inc$3,50010%
Braille Institute of America Inc$3,00010%
Handicap International$3,00010%
Yeshivath Beth Moshe-The Milton Eisner Yeshiva High School Of$3,0001n/a
Jerusalem Open House$3,0001n/a
United Charity of Jerusalem$3,00011%
Oxfam-America Inc$3,00010%
Noam Shabbos Inc$3,00010%
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc$3,00010%
Zion Orphan Home$3,000113%
Yeshiva Derech Chaim$2,00010%
Hell In A Handbag Productions$2,00011%
Jewish Sacred Society Inc$2,00012%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$2,00010%
United Soup Kitchens Inc$2,00011%
Nechomas Yisroel$2,0001n/a
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc$2,00010%
Pearl Blau Learning Center Inc$2,00010%
Arachim Inc$1,5001n/a
Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation$1,00010%
National Wildlife Federation$1,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 60 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWork Play Love Inc: $28,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $25,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBar Ilan University in Israel Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLa Casa Norte: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIsrael Childrens Cancer Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeens Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNAMI Chicago: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChicago Coalition to End Homelessness: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPaws Chicago: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChai Lifeline Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Jewish Health: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLighthouse International: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMenachem Education Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe National Children's Cancer Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Kidney Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrightfocus Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKitchen Possible Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuscular Dystrophy Association Inc: $9,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne Family Fund: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDiskin Orphan Home of Israel Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of America: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelen Keller International: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Yad Sarah Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIsrael Cancer Research Fund Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSchi Disability Services Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSoaring Eagle: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Childrens Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 88.

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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.

The Setton FoundationNY29.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Setton Foundation · Gertrude and Morris Bienenfeld Charitable Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Moses and Miriam Vogel Charitable Foundation Tr · The Sorala Foundation · The Ojc Fund · F G Foundation · The Nathan and Marilyn Silberman Fdn · Allen I Gross Charitable Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Fjc · Jack Adjmi Family 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 Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation

How much does Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation give?
Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation reported 165 grants totaling $1,759,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (56%), Health (5%), Philanthropy (5%).
Who are Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($50k), Work Play Love Inc ($28k), The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($26k).
Does Paul and Pearl Caslow 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 Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Setton Foundation, Gertrude and Morris Bienenfeld Charitable Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
Where is Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation based?
Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation is based in IL.

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 166 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.

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