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Podolsky Family 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.

$207k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
83
Grants FY2025
94
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$27,603
Organizations funded a year
68 to 95
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$3.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Podolsky Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyCivil RightsEducationOther
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 arriving80$195k24%
FY202494$184k24%
FY202395$172k32%
FY202284$141k36%
FY202168$201k63%
FY202079$196kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$275kEducation$225kReligion$172kArts & Culture$103kInternational$70kFood & Nutrition$43kHealth$33kPublic Safety & Disaster$31kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MI
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IN
PA
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CA
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FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 142 grantees
All grantees of Podolsky Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$158,68860%
Congregation Beth Shalom$146,0196n/a
Roycemore School$38,25050%
Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation Inc$30,00040%
Equal Justice Initiative$23,00030%
Telluride Council for the Arts and Human Dba Telluride Arts$20,00021%
Coast Guard Mutual Assistance$13,75060%
Jewish Council for Youth Services$12,50010%
National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc$11,00020%
Glencoe Junior Kindergarten and Nursery School$10,00040%
Eastside College Preparatory School Inc$10,00010%
Countryside Montessori Schools Inc$10,00050%
Coast Guard Foundation Inc$9,75060%
Waukegan Water Safety Association$8,6935n/a
Artis-Naples Inc$7,55050%
Start Early$7,5001n/a
Lake Forest Open Lands Association$7,25060%
Project Hood Community Development Corporation$7,00020%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$7,00030%
Feeding America$6,50050%
Friends of the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse$6,50033%
Feed My Starving Children Inc$6,05050%
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center$6,00030%
Telluride Hospital District$6,0001n/a
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$5,55360%
Tellluride Emergency Technicians Assoc$5,50055%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$5,50010%
The Institute on Religion and Public Life Inc$5,00010%
Second Chance Humane Society Inc$5,00060%
The Tikvah Fund$5,00010%
University of Illinois Foundation$5,00040%
Amy Gustafson Seeley Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc$5,0001n/a
Balaker Media Foundation$5,00011%
San Miguel Resource Center (Smrc)$4,75050%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$4,50040%
Ouray County Food Pantry$4,3756n/a
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$4,20030%
LINK Unlimited Scholars$4,00020%
The Pfap Foundation Inc$3,9322n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$3,50020%
Telluride Adaptive Sports Program$3,00010%
Drug Policy Alliance$3,00010%
The Lambs Farm Inc$2,75040%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$2,75020%
Lone Cone Library Foundation$2,75059%
Actblue Charities Inc$2,50010%
Rebuilding Together North Suburban Chicago$2,5001n/a
Greater Chicago Food Depository$2,50030%
Telluride Historical Museum Inc$2,15060%
Experience Camps$2,12660%
The Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida Inc$2,00030%
Integrative Healers Action Network$2,0003n/a
Michael Thompson Clemency Project$2,00013%
Chicago Children's Museum$2,00010%
Delegation of Jewish American Students (Dojas)$2,00020%
Navy Pier Inc$2,0001n/a
Shoresh Inc$2,00020%
American Jewish Committee$1,75030%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$1,70030%
Shedd Aquarium Society$1,61560%
Theatrezoneinc$1,60050%
Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago Inc$1,59050%
Chicago Horticultural Society$1,58940%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$1,55060%
Evanston Art Center$1,50030%
Jewish Child and Family Services$1,50010%
The Carl Safina Center Inc the Safina Center$1,50030%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,50040%
The Ecumenical Community Food Pantry of Norwood Inc$1,37510%
American Cancer Society Inc$1,30040%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,30040%
Waukegan To College NFP$1,25140%
Open Heart Magic$1,25030%
Telluride Mountain Club$1,10020%
American Diabetes Association$1,05020%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$1,01920%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$1,00020%
Luminarts Cultural Foundation the Union League Club of Chicago$1,00010%
Placerville Volunteer Fire Department Company Inc$1,0001n/a
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago$1,00010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$1,00010%
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism$1,0001n/a
Union for Reform Judaism$1,0001n/a
Medical Debt Resolution Inc$1,00010%
Chicago Coalition for Family Building$1,0001n/a
Shoreland Lutheran High School Federation Inc$1,0001n/a
Paralyzed Veterans of America$80040%
Planting Seeds International$75020%
Window to the World Communications Inc$75020%
Disabled Veterans National Foundation$75030%
Pat Tillman Foundation$71430%
Human Rights Campaign Inc$70010%
Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation$68030%
Museum of Contemporary Art$65030%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$65020%
North Shore Senior Center$57040%
The Hadassah Foundation Inc$55010%
Friends of Roger C Sullivan High School$5001n/a
The Bloc$50010%
Friends of the Wilkinson Public Library$5001n/a
Chicago Public Media Inc$50010%
Birthright Israel Foundation$50010%
The Morgan Adams Foundation$50010%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$50010%
The Pinhead Institute$50010%
The Mad Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc$50010%
Just For Kids Foundation Inc$41620%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$40020%
Humane World for Animals Inc$40020%
Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago Inc$37520%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$26310%
The Jackson Chance Foundation$2571n/a
American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation$25010%
Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$25010%
Telluride Synchronized Ski Team$2501n/a
Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago$2501n/a
Inspiration Corporation$25010%
La Rabida Children's Hospital$25010%
Illinois Conservation Foundation$25010%
Save-A-Pet Inc$25010%
Elem Youth in Distress Inc$25010%
March of Dimes Inc$25010%
Baileys Harbor Historical Society$2501n/a
Baltimore Zionist District Inc$25010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$25010%
The Hektoen Institute of Medicine$25010%
American Legion Post 365$2001n/a
Interfaithfamilycom Inc$18510%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$18010%
Moadon Kol Chadash$18010%
Special Olympics Inc$16010%
Gulfshore Playhouse Inc$15010%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$15010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$15010%
NAMI National$15010%
Special Olympics Illinois$12510%
Oligo Nation$10010%
I Grow Chicago NFP$10010%
Stand Up to Cancer$1001n/a
Montgomery Hospice Inc$10010%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 82 recipients with no EIN on record ($347k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Podolsky Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $158,688 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRoycemore School: $38,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMarine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTelluride Council for the Arts and Human Dba Telluride Arts: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCoast Guard Mutual Assistance: $13,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Council for Youth Services: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Coast Guard Museum Association Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGlencoe Junior Kindergarten and Nursery School: $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEastside College Preparatory School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCountryside Montessori Schools Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCoast Guard Foundation Inc: $9,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetArtis-Naples Inc: $7,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest Open Lands Association: $7,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetProject Hood Community Development Corporation: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse: $6,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetFeed My Starving Children Inc: $6,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOshman Family Jewish Community Center: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $5,553 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTellluride Emergency Technicians Assoc: $5,500 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute on Religion and Public Life Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Chance Humane Society Inc: $5,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Tikvah Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBalaker Media Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSan Miguel Resource Center (Smrc): $4,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $4,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLINK Unlimited Scholars: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTelluride Adaptive Sports Program: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDrug Policy Alliance: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lambs Farm Inc: $2,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLone Cone Library Foundation: $2,750 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetActblue Charities Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTelluride Historical Museum Inc: $2,150 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetExperience Camps: $2,126 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMichael Thompson Clemency Project: $2,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetChicago Children's Museum: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDelegation of Jewish American Students (Dojas): $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetShoresh Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $1,750 over 3y, 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 118.

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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.

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL38.2× affinity19 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Circle of Service Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Lisa and Victor Nemeroff Foundation · The Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation · Telluride Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Dalton Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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 Podolsky Family Foundation

How much does Podolsky Family Foundation give?
Podolsky Family Foundation reported 83 grants totaling $207,038 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 68 and 95 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Podolsky Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (24%), Education (19%), Religion (15%).
Who are Podolsky Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($159k), Congregation Beth Shalom ($146k), Roycemore School ($38k).
Does Podolsky Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Podolsky Family 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 Podolsky Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Circle of Service Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
Where is Podolsky Family Foundation based?
Podolsky Family 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 230 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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