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Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$121kArts & Culture$85kReligion$73kHealth$69kHuman Services$9kEducation$1kCommunity Improvement$1kCivil Rights$500Other$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$11k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AM SHALOM$15,960
DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$9,425
LYNN SAGE FOUNDATION$8,200
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MU$5,000
RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE DESERT$1,975
MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION$1,500
SPECIAL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES$1,500
CHABAD JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$1,000
PCD FOUNDATION$1,000
PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM$500
ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND$500
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$500
FOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION$500
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$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 (FY19–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TRI-CON CHILD CARE CENTER: $250 → 8%TRI-CON CHILD CARE CENTER: $250 → 8%MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%MISERICORDIA FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%OPERATION SAFEHOUSE: $300 → 11%INVEST FOR KIDS: $500 → 14%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

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
IN
CA
CO
DC
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$346k · 23 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
36

Total granted

$346k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+39%

Still filing today

57%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    5× · 2019–2023 · $78k · revenue +57%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    6× · 2019–2024 · $26k · revenue +21%
  • RM
    RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • MO
    MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -12%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • PS
    PALM SPRINGS FILM FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
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
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
2
The Richard H Driehaus Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…

Human Services
4
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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5
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
6
Children's Hospital of Chicago Medical Center

We are dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for the northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a leader in: -pediatric health care delivery…

Health
7
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
8
Rush Copley Medical Center

To improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
9
Children's Cancer Research Fund

Children's cancer research fund fuels transformational research to bring better treatments and cures to children with cancer.

Philanthropy
10
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
11
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
12
Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc

The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Greenfield Family Foundation Inc. 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

32 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. 32 of the 66 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
21/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AM SHALOM: $70,425 · OtherAM SHALOMLYNN SAGE FOUNDATION: $45,839 · OtherLYNN SAGE FOUNDATIONMCCALLUM THEATRE: $35,500 · OtherMCCALLUM THEATREJEWISH FEDERATION OF THE DESERT: $13,950 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF THE DESERTIndividual grant recipient: $13,747 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Other+32 more: $28,782 · Other+32 moreJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $78,398 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPO…DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $18,600 · PhilanthropyDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+3 more: $4,100 · PhilanthropyThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $25,900 · Arts & CultureThe United…PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $7,500 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRIN…MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $2,500 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF …+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $10,000 · EducationWORKING IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $1,000 · EducationChiArts Foundation: $500 · EducationEisenhower Medical Center: $4,660 · HealthPCD KS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,400 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthRush University Medical Center: $500 · Health+4 more: $650 · HealthMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $4,250 · Human ServicesInvest for Kids Inc: $500 · Human ServicesTRI-CON CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $500 · Human ServicesOPERATION SAFE HOUSE INC: $300 · Human ServicesCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $135 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $100 · International
Other$226,243Philanthropy$101,098Arts & Culture$36,400Education$11,500Health$10,210Human Services$5,550Environment$135International$100

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $78,398 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLYNN SAGE FOUNDATION: $45,839 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $25,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $18,600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $4,660 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Children's Charities: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $4,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION: $3,350 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPCD KS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORKING IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRI-CON CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENFIELD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SAFE HOUSE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetI AM ALS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighland Park Community Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMERMAN ANGELS: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $135 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds LYNN SAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds Special Children's Charities ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ↗
  • Who funds PCD KS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds Invest for Kids Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRI-CON CHILD CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ChiArts Foundation ↗

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 …The Chicago Community…Jarvis FoundationSacks Family Foundati…Rochman Charitable Fo…Kovler Family Foundat…Arie and Ida Crown Me…The Ayco Charitable F…John D and Catherine …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL25.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard & Liliann Zisook Family Fou. 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.

    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 66 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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