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Richard and Diane Weinberg 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.

$424k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2025
37
Organizations funded FY2024
19%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$94,300
Organizations funded a year
6 to 43
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$4.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthCivil RightsOther
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 arriving34$424k15%
FY202437$404k19%
FY202337$403k30%
FY202235$399k37%
FY202143$348k67%
FY202026$92k92%
FY20196$51kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$810kHealth$260kEducation$149kReligion$136kRecreation & Sports$120kInternational$52kCivil Rights$40kCommunity Improvement$17kOther$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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Diane Stilwell Weinberg Foundation$263,0004100%
Learning With a Difference Inc$132,50060%
Camp Kids Are Kids Chicago$120,100721%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$53,75050%
The Joffrey Ballet$50,00040%
Gingold Theatrical Group$50,00045%
Chicago Human Rhythm Project$47,50053%
Temple Sholom of Chicago$44,3806n/a
Anshe Sholom Bnai Israel$41,2006n/a
Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles$40,00041%
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All grantees of Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Diane Stilwell Weinberg Foundation$263,0004100%
Learning With a Difference Inc$132,50060%
Camp Kids Are Kids Chicago$120,100721%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$53,75050%
The Joffrey Ballet$50,00040%
Gingold Theatrical Group$50,00045%
Chicago Human Rhythm Project$47,50053%
Temple Sholom of Chicago$44,3806n/a
Anshe Sholom Bnai Israel$41,2006n/a
Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles$40,00041%
American Jewish Committee$39,85030%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$31,00020%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$30,00060%
Chicago Tap Theatre NFP$30,00044%
Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance Chicago Inc D/B/A Giordano Dance Chicago$30,00031%
The Service Club of Chicago$22,00061%
Timeline Theatre Company$20,00011%
Field Museum of Natural History$20,00030%
McDaniel College Inc$20,00020%
The Newberry Library$17,00030%
Garry Gekhman Foundation Inc$16,0002n/a
Council for Jewish Elderly$15,00030%
Dancing Classrooms Inc$15,00020%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$13,00030%
The Happiness Club$11,50045%
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre$11,00033%
American Friends of Livnot ULehibanot$10,80031%
Orcas Center$10,00011%
La Rabida Children's Hospital$10,00020%
New York Live Arts Inc$10,00020%
Face Autism Inc$10,00042%
Dance Ready Inc$10,00012%
Fuente Latina Inc$7,50020%
Safe Passage Youth Foundation$6,50021%
The Ember Foundation$6,50031%
Theosophical Society in America$6,00020%
Chicago Loop Synagogue$6,0003n/a
Chicago History Museum$5,0001n/a
Congregation Bene Shalom-Hebrew Association of the Deaf$5,0001n/a
Vita Foundation Corp$5,0001n/a
Congregation Beth Judea$5,0001n/a
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$5,00010%
Delegation of Jewish American Students (Dojas)$5,0001n/a
Temple Etz Chaim$4,6002n/a
Truth in Accounting$4,00040%
Israel Policy Forum Inc$3,60010%
Adi Israel Foundation Inc$3,60010%
The Night Ministry$3,00030%
The University of Toledo Foundation$2,50010%
Historic Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly$2,50011%
Captain Planet Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Third Coast Percussion Nfp$2,50010%
Juvenile Protective Association$2,00020%
The Art Institute of Chicago$1,00010%
The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation$1,00010%
Harbor House$1,00010%
University of Chicago$1,00010%
Self-Realization Fellowship Church$1,0001n/a
Chicago Dance Health Fund$1,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$1,00010%
New Art City Theatre$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($775k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 50 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Diane Stilwell Weinberg Foundation: $263,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetLearning With a Difference Inc: $132,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCamp Kids Are Kids Chicago: $120,100 over 7y, 21% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $53,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Joffrey Ballet: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGingold Theatrical Group: $50,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetChicago Human Rhythm Project: $47,500 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetShakespeare Center of Los Angeles: $40,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $39,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $31,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBroadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Tap Theatre NFP: $30,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetGus Giordano's Jazz Dance Chicago Inc D/B/A Giordano Dance Chicago: $30,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe Service Club of Chicago: $22,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTimeline Theatre Company: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetField Museum of Natural History: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMcDaniel College Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Newberry Library: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCouncil for Jewish Elderly: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDancing Classrooms Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetChicago Coalition to End Homelessness: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Happiness Club: $11,500 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetCerqua Rivera Dance Theatre: $11,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetAmerican Friends of Livnot ULehibanot: $10,800 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetOrcas Center: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLa Rabida Children's Hospital: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Live Arts Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFace Autism Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetDance Ready Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFuente Latina Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSafe Passage Youth Foundation: $6,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe Ember Foundation: $6,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTheosophical Society in America: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTruth in Accounting: $4,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetIsrael Policy Forum Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAdi Israel Foundation Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Night Ministry: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Toledo Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHistoric Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCaptain Planet Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThird Coast Percussion Nfp: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJuvenile Protective Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mr Holland's Opus Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHarbor House: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Dance Health Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 50.

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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.

Judd a and Marjorie Weinberg Family FoundationIL36.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Judd a and Marjorie Weinberg Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Chicago Community Trust · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jarvis Foundation · Walder Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Jewish Communal Fund

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 Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation

How much does Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation give?
Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $424,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 43 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Health (15%), Education (9%).
Who are Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Diane Stilwell Weinberg Foundation ($263k), Learning With a Difference Inc ($133k), Camp Kids Are Kids Chicago ($120k).
Does Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Richard and Diane Weinberg 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 Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Judd a and Marjorie Weinberg Family Foundation, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, The Chicago Community Trust.
Where is Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation based?
Richard and Diane Weinberg 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 95 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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