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Rhoda & Henry Frank Family Foundation at a glance

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Rhoda & Henry Frank Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$96k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$574kPhilanthropy$86kReligion$85kRecreation & Sports$41kAnimals$8kHousing & Shelter$6kHealth$5kEducation$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $46k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$979k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION$50,000
CONGREGATION EMANU-EL OF WAUKESHA$9,887
SPRINGSONG MUSEUM$7,000
BETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE$6,500
CHICAGO MARITIME MUSEUM$5,000
JUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILING FOUNDATION$5,000
PIECE OF MIND$3,000
MILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC$2,500
ANGELICA VILLAGE$2,000
JAM FOR JAMAICA INC$2,000
PAWS PRAYERS AND PROMISES$1,000
DREAMSCAPE INC RESCUE$1,000
AMERICAN SADDLEBRED LEGACY FOUNDATION$1,000
CHICAGO LOOP SYNAGOGUE$500
02The need
03

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 (FY24–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE HARRY & ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 17%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

IL
WI
MI
NY
CO
KY
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$696k · 14 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
20

Total granted

$696k
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+28%

Still filing today

50%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CS
    Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    8× · 2017–2025 · $291k · revenue +58%
  • LO
    Lyric Opera of Chicago
    4× · 2017–2022 · $207k · revenue +33%
  • JG
    JUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILING FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $41k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    one grant, 2017 · $56k · revenue +13%
  • TN
    THE NORTH CAROLINA THEATRE
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue -24%
  • SC
    SOUTH CAROLINA REPERTORY THEATRE (FKA PERFORMING ARTS RENAISSANCE THEATRE)
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
How this is measured

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

04Its 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
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University ("The Auditorium"), an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, is committed to presenting the finest in international, cultural, community and educational programming to Chicago and to the…

Arts & Culture
2
Chamber Opera of Chicago
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3
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
4
The Chicago Philharmonic Society

To excite, engage, and transform diverse audiences with the beauty and power of music.

Arts & Culture
5
Jewish War Veterans of the Usa National Memorial Inc

The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…

Arts & Culture
6
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
7
Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc
Arts & Culture
8
Classical Music Chicago

Presenting free high-quality classical music performances and music education experiences in the Chicago metropolitan area for people of all ages and degrees of musical awareness so they can experience how music enriches life.

Arts & Culture
9
Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation

The foundation is organized to foster, promote, support, develop, encourage and maintain the broad charitable, educational and/or religious purpose of, the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago, and the foundation as authorized in…

Philanthropy
10
Chicago Sinfonietta Inc

Chicago Sinfonietta is a professional orchestra dedicated to modeling and promoting diversity, inclusion, and both racial and cultural equity in the arts through the universal language of symphonic music. Our core values are built around…

Arts & Culture
11
Music Institute of Chicago

The music institute of chicago ("music institute") leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music, by providing widely accessible resources for high quality music teaching, performing, and service activities.

Arts & Culture
12
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra's mission as a professional orchestra is to utilize the universal expression of music to create profound, inspiring, and personal connections between the people and communities of Chicagos Southland.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grant Park Orchestral Association; the most unlike its peers is The American Saddlebred Legacy Foundatio. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 38 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
18/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Chicago Symphony Orchestra: $291,141 · Arts & CultureChicago Symphony OrchestraLyric Opera of Chicago: $206,873 · Arts & CultureLyric Opera of Chicago+4 more: $1,650 · Arts & CultureBETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE: $30,600 · OtherBETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUELEAGUE OF THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $30,500 · OtherLEAGUE OF THE CHICAGO SY…CHICAGO LOOP SYNAGOGUE: $27,400 · OtherCHICAGO LOOP SYNAGOGUECONGREGATION EMANU EL: $24,137 · OtherCONGREGATION EMANU ELCHICAGO MARITIME MUSEUM: $15,000 · OtherCHICAGO MARITIME MUSEUMSPRINGSONG MUSEUM: $12,000 · OtherSPRINGSONG MUSEUMPeace of Mind Inc: $6,000 · Other+18 more: $32,800 · Other+18 moreJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $56,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNIT…MILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $29,500 · PhilanthropyMILWAUKEE J…JUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILING FOUNDATION: $40,500 · Recreation & SportsANGELICA VILLAGE: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $1,500 · AnimalsThe American Saddlebred Legacy Foundatio: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE: $1,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$499,664Other$178,437Philanthropy$85,500Recreation & Sports$40,500Housing & Shelter$6,000Animals$2,500Human Services$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $291,141 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $206,873 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $56,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILING FOUNDATION: $40,500 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetMILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $29,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO MARITIME MUSEUM: $15,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetPeace of Mind Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetANGELICA VILLAGE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINA THEATRE: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTREETERVILLE ORGANIZATION OF ACTIVE RESIDENTS: $150 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Jewish Federation of …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Rhoda & Henry Frank Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rhoda & Henry Frank Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Rhoda & Henry Frank Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rhoda & Henry Frank Family 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 38 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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