· Private foundation
Richman - Zalkind Family Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $4,500 |
| JEWISH UNITED FUND | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| ROLFE FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| CANCER WELLNESS CENTER | $1,000 |
| R KATZ FOUNDATION | $500 |
| AMERICAN OCCUPATION THERAPY FOUNDATION | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $350 |
| EVAN JOSEPH GERSTEIN FOUNDATION | $300 |
| MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA | $300 |
| IL HOLOCAUST MUSEUM | $250 |
| RONALD MCDONALS HOUSE | $200 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $200 |
| PARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE | $200 |
| FRIENDS OF HP LIBRARY | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
78 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO6× · 2017–2024 · $9k · revenue +13%
Rocky Mountain Institute3× · 2021–2023 · $5k · revenue +52%- CWCANCER WELLNESS CENTER5× · 2020–2024 · $3k · revenue +81%
Funded once
- NMNORTHWESTERN MEDICAL FUNDone grant, 2023 · $3k
- AVASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -60%
- FOFRIENDS OF WHITNEY M YOUNG HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue -2%
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.
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.
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.
Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
How this is measured
57 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. 57 of the 141 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Rocky Mountain Institute ↗
- Who funds Highland Park Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds CANCER WELLNESS CENTER ↗
- Who funds ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Endeavor Health Clinical Operations ↗
- Who funds WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation ↗
- Who funds MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF WHITNEY M YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JRM FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds FAMILY SERVICE OF LAKE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds EVAN JOSEPH GERSTEIN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
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 · AbbVie Foundation · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Richman - Zalkind Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richman - Zalkind Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc: 63% of income from government
- The National Federation of the Blind: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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