· Private foundation
S Edward Marder 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k24 grants · $50k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $32k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC | $12,000 |
| FIDELITY CHARITABLE | $10,000 |
| FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES | $6,000 |
| PAWS CHICAGO | $5,000 |
| EVERGREEN SHARED HOUSING | $5,000 |
| CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS | $4,000 |
| FRANK LENTZ FOUNDATION LTD | $3,000 |
| ACLU FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | $3,000 |
| HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH | $2,500 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | $2,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT | $2,000 |
| YOUTHBUILD LAKE COUNTY | $2,000 |
| FEEDING AMERICA | $2,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $93k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% 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.
31 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PSPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC9× · 2017–2025 · $106k · revenue +111%
- FRFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER D/B/A ADOPTION CENTER OF ILLINOIS9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +11%
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES9× · 2017–2025 · $29k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- ARAMERICAN RED CROSS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDSone grant, 2017 · $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.
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.
We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.
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.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…
Steadfast in jesus christ as revealed in the holy scriptures, concordia university chicago promotes academic rigor in its liberal arts and professional programs; grounds students in objective truth, integrity, and excellence; and practices…
To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.
Education and Research
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
Chicago sun-times serves the public interest by strengthening the well-being of our local communities and our democracy through independent local journalism.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 37 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 PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER D/B/A ADOPTION CENTER OF ILLINOIS ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS ↗
- Who funds YOUTHBUILD LAKE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds Evergreen Shared Housing Nfp ↗
- Who funds FRANK LENTZ FOUNDATION LTD ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF LAKE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds MOBILITY SERVICE DOGS INC ↗
- Who funds OFF CAMPUS WRITERS WORKSHOP ↗
- Who funds Storycatchers ↗
- Who funds THE PILGRIM CHAMBER PLAYERS ↗
- Who funds ORPHANS OF THE STORM ↗
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: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization S Edward Marder Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from S Edward Marder Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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