Illinois · Public charity
Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation
The foundation is organized to foster, promote, support, develop, and maintain the broad charitable, educational, and/or religious purpose or functions as authorized by the charter of the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago and the by-laws of the foundation.
- $180k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $120k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 55% of the organizations Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $173k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $101k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $219k | 55% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $65k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $43k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $127k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $125k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $66k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $45k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for | $131,720 | 5 | 6% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Build Inc | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $42,500 | 3 | 0% |
| I Grow Chicago NFP | $35,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Center for Enriched Living Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Vocational Service & Employment Center | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The People's Music School | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation 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: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Impact Grants Chicago · Circle of Service Foundation · Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation · Michael Reese Health Trust · All Chicago Making Homelessness History · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Reva and David Logan Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group
How this is measured
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About Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation
- How much does Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation give?
- Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $119,500, out of $180,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (19%), Education (17%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for ($132k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($100k), Build Inc ($95k).
- Does Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation.
- Where is Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation based?
- Robert U and Roberta Goldman Family Foundation is based in IL.
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