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Rosenberg Family Foundation at a glance

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Rosenberg 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.

$358k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$254k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$279kArts & Culture$53kEducation$26kInternational$26kFood & Nutrition$26kCrime & Legal$10kHuman Services$5kCivil Rights$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $104k
  • $250k+1 grant · $254k
$25,893
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$253,810
CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC$26,830
WINDOW TO THE WORLD$25,893
ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$25,542
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$25,500
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $26k → 17%STEPPENWOLF THEATER: $5k → 14%AMERICAN BLUES THEATER: $8k → 14%AMERICAN BLUES THEATER: $6k → 14%RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: $254k → 14%LEGAL AID CHICAGO: $10k → 14%AMERICAN BLUES THEATER: $6k → 14%WINDOW TO THE WORLD: $26k → 14%NEWBERRY LIBRARY: $14k → 14%NEWBERRY LIBRARY: $6k → 14%NEWBERRY LIBRARY: $6k → 14%CHANGING WORLDS: $2k → 14%CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $27k → 14%MERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $1k → 14%CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $150 → 14%CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $150 → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY SENIOR LIFE: $5k → 14%GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $26k → 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.
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 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.

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True Chicago
Arts & Culture
2
Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago opera theater expands the tradition of opera as a living art form by engaging lovers of music and storytelling through innovative experiences, predominantly of new and rarely performed works.

Arts & Culture
3
Chamber Opera of Chicago
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4
Classical Music Chicago

Presenting free high-quality classical music performances and music education experiences in the Chicago metropolitan area for people of all ages and degrees of musical awareness so they can experience how music enriches life.

Arts & Culture
5
The Chicago High School for the Arts

The chicago high school for the arts (chiarts) develops the next generation of diverse, artistically promising scholar-artists through intensive pre-professional training in the arts, combined with a comprehensive college preparatory…

Education
6
Chicago Historical Society

The Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration, and civic engagement. Through dynamic exhibitions, tours, programs, digital resources, and special events, the Museum connects people to Chicago's history…

Arts & Culture
7
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
8
Chicago Humanities Festival

To promote public appreciation, understanding and support of the humanities through festivals and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
9
Chicago Theatre Group Inc

The chicago theatre group is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. by dedicating itself to three guiding principles - quality, equity, and community - the…

Arts & Culture
10
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

The chicagoland chamber of commerce combines the power of people, with our legacy of leadership and business advocacy, to drive a dynamic economy. we focus on delivering value for our members, making chicagoland a world-class place to live…

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11
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute

The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.

Social Science
12
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Public Library Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Rush University Medical Center. 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

12 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. 12 of the 14 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Rush University Medical Center: $253,810 · HealthRush University Medical CenterALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $25,542 · HealthALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INCCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $26,830 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO PUBLIC…AMERICAN BLUES THEATER NFP: $20,218 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN BLUES…STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSTEPPENWOLF TH…+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureWINDOW TO THE WORLD: $25,893 · OtherCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY SENIOR LIFE: $5,000 · OtherTHE NEWBERRY LIBRARY: $26,218 · Education+1 more: $150 · EducationGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $25,500 · Food & NutritionLEGAL AID CHICAGO: $10,000 · Crime & LegalCHANGING WORLDS: $1,500 · Civil RightsCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $150 · Housing & Shelter
Health$279,352Arts & Culture$53,048Other$30,893Education$26,368Food & Nutrition$25,500Crime & Legal$10,000Civil Rights$1,500Housing & Shelter$150

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRush University Medical Center: $253,810 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $26,830 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEWBERRY LIBRARY: $26,218 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $25,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BLUES THEATER NFP: $20,218 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLEGAL AID CHICAGO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHANGING WORLDS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $150 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.

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.

The Chicago Community…Lloyd a Fry FoundationPolk Bros Foundation …John D and Catherine …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Rosenberg Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rosenberg Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
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    How do I get to Rosenberg Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rosenberg Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 14 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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