Illinois · Private foundation
Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou
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.
- $55k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,960
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 35
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $45k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $63k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $83k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $50k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $48k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $83k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $78,398 | 5 | 0% |
| Am Shalom | $70,425 | 6 | n/a |
| Lynn Sage Foundation | $45,839 | 6 | 4% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $25,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Rancho Mirage Writers Festival | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Palm Springs Art Museum | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $4,660 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Children's Charities | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Misericordia Foundation | $4,250 | 3 | 0% |
| For Autistic Kids Foundation | $3,350 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($102k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Chicago Community Trust · Jarvis Foundation · Sacks Family Foundation · Rochman Charitable Foundation · Kovler Family Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
Compare Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou with peer funders
About Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou
- How much does Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou give?
- Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou reported 20 grants totaling $54,760 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 35 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (31%), Arts & Culture (22%), Religion (19%).
- Who are Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($78k), Am Shalom ($70k), Lynn Sage Foundation ($46k).
- Does Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou 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 & Liliann Zisook Family Fou?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, The Chicago Community Trust, Jarvis Foundation.
- Where is Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou based?
- Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou is based in IL.
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