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Perlstein 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.

$99k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0190% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$62kEnvironment$36kHealth$30kEducation$21kHousing & Shelter$21kPhilanthropy$20kFood & Nutrition$18kCrime & Legal$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 26 grants below total $86,500 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $98,500 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $12,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $77k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$3,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$528k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Northwestern University Settlement House$10,000
St. Luke's Wood River Foundation$5,000
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$5,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$5,000
National Park Foundation$5,000
The Hunger Coalition$5,000
Higher Ground Sun Valley$4,000
Reclaim 13$4,000
Lawrence University$3,750
Housing Opportunities for Women Inc.$3,500
Anti-Defamation League$3,250
Ukrainian American Freedom Foundation$3,250
4 Anna Foundation$3,000
Sun Valley Music Festival$3,000
JCC Chicago (Camp Chi)$2,950
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$249k · 20 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships — 19 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
12

Total granted

$249k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+24%

Still filing today

95%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthEducationEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    4× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +13%
  • SL
    ST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $19k · revenue +98%
  • BC
    BLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $18k · revenue +172%

Funded once

  • NU
    Northwestern University Settlement House
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • AS
    ANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -25%
  • AF
    Advocates for the Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
    one grant, 2017 · $3k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources

The organization pursues higher standards of news coverage of natural resources and the environment -- standards of accuracy, fairness, balance, depth and context.

Arts & Culture
2
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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3
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
4
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
5
Indian Child Welfare Act Law Center

The mission of the icwa law center is to strengthen, preserve and reunite indian families consistent with the mandates and spirit of the indian child welfare act through the culturally relevant delivery of the highest quality of legal…

Civil Rights
6
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
7
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
8
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
9
American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa

The union works to advocate and advance a public policy agenda to support and protect the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of iowa. it works to maintain throughout the united states the rights of free…

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10
The Wildlife Society

The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.

Animals
11
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
12
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Council for Youth Services and the most unlike its peers is Trout Unlimited Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Advocacy and …Community FoundationsChristian Outreach Ministri…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Classical Music OrchestrasPregnancy Support CentersCharter and Independent Sch…Food Pantries and AssistanceChildhood Cancer SupportYouth Sports ProgramsVeteran Support ServicesCommunity Hospital SystemsAnimal Rescue and ShelterJewish Community Federations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%13%5–10yr18%8%10–20yr15%25%20–35yr14%29%35–55yr22%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%6%5–10yr18%5%10–20yr15%23%20–35yr14%32%35–55yr22%35%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/28
the rest of the field
12%
8,891/72,331

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 35 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $15,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION4 ANNA FOUNDATION — $11,250 · Other4 ANNA FOUNDATIONUKRAINIAN AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC — $11,250 · OtherUKRAINIAN AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION INCNorthwestern University Settlement House — $10,000 · OtherNorthwestern University Settlement HouseTROUT UNLIMITED INC — $7,800 · OtherTROUT UNLIMITED INCCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN — $12,000 · OtherCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDRENHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN INC — $10,500 · OtherHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN INCSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC — $9,000 · OtherSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INCNORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND — $6,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $6,000 · OtherJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL — $5,000 · Other+13 more — $33,500 · Other+13 moreNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION — $35,500 · Human ServicesNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY…COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY — $12,800 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDE…Jewish Community Centers of Chicago — $11,850 · Human ServicesJewish Community Center…ST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC — $18,500 · HealthST LUKE'S W…Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression — $10,000 · HealthErikas Ligh…THE JACKSON CHANCE FOUNDATION — $1,000 · HealthJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO — $20,000 · PhilanthropyBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC — $18,000 · Food & NutritionLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN — $11,250 · EducationLANDMARK SCHOOL INC — $4,000 · EducationHIGHER GROUND USA INC — $15,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$137,300Human Services$60,150Health$29,500Philanthropy$20,000Food & Nutrition$18,000Education$15,250Recreation & Sports$15,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION — $35,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC — $18,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC — $18,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHIGHER GROUND USA INC — $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY — $12,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN — $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Community Centers of Chicago — $11,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN — $11,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUKRAINIAN AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC — $11,250 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN INC — $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetErikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression — $10,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC — $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC — $7,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND — $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE — $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLANDMARK SCHOOL INC — $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COUNCIL FOR YOUTH SERVICES — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADVOCATES FOR THE WEST INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JACKSON CHANCE FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE NETWORK INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropi…AbbVie FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…The Chicago Community…Charities Aid Foundat…The Ayco Charitable F…The Blackbaud Giving …Baird Foundation IncNetwork for GoodGs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
National Philanthropic TrustPA15.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · AbbVie Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 35 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $99k 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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