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Schwarzbach Family Foundation at a glance

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Schwarzbach 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.

$100k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$85kYouth Development$47kArts & Culture$23kHealth$22kHuman Services$21kReligion$19kCivil Rights$5kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $68k
$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund$37,881
BUILD Chicago$15,250
Jewish United Fund$15,000
Ravinia Festival$5,000
Megan Butz Legacy of Hope$5,000
Am Shalom$3,850
Anti-Defamation Leage$3,000
Chicago Furniture Bank$3,000
Active Minds$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,395
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Family Services of Glencoe$1,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository$500
National MS Society of IL$500
Planned Parenthood$350
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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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%NORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTER: $500 → 14%North Shore Senior Center: $350 → 14%NORTHSHORE SENIOR CTR: $200 → 14%NORTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER: $100 → 14%FAMILY SERVICE OF GLENCOE: $2k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE OF GLENCOE: $2k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE OF GLENCOE: $2k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE OF GLENCOE: $2k → 14%Family Services of Glencoe: $2k → 14%LET IT BE US: $5k → 14%LET IT BE US: $5k → 14%LET IT BE US: $1k → 14%Chicago Furniture Bank: $3k → 14%CHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $1k → 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

IL
NY
MA
CA
UT
AZ
DC
GA
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$192k · 23 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
28

Total granted

$192k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+36%

Still filing today

78%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • BI
    BUILD INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $47k · revenue +162%
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    4× · 2020–2024 · $45k · revenue +13%
  • RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2020–2024 · $13k · revenue +251%

Funded once

  • DIRECT RELIEF
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +8%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • GF
    GREATER FOOD DEPOSITORY
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
2
Lincoln Park Zoological Society

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…

Animals
3
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

—
4
National Opinion Research Center

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…

Social Science
5
Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area On Aging

We strive to make aging easier through the development of a network of services for older persons designed to optimize the quality of their lives.

Food & Nutrition
6
Aids Foundation of Chicago

The aids foundation of chicago mobilizes communities to create equity and justice for people living with and vulnerable to hiv and related chronic disease.

Health
7
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
8
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
9
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center

The chicago children's advocacy center unites public, private, and community partners to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of abused children.

Crime & Legal
10
Alzheimer's Family Services Center

To improve the quality of life for families challenged by alzheimer's disease or another dementia, through services tailored to meet individual needs.

—
11
Junior Achievement of Chicago

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

International
12
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Shore Senior Center; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

33 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. 33 of the 60 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
26/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BUILD INC: $46,850 · OtherBUILD INCAM SHALOM: $18,350 · OtherAM SHALOMIndividual grant recipient: $11,425 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRAVINIA: $8,000 · OtherRAVINIA+40 more: $23,800 · Other+40 moreJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $45,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHI…BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $37,881 · PhilanthropyBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD+1 more: $2,500 · PhilanthropyLET IT BE US: $11,000 · Human ServicesLET IT BE U…FAMILY SERVICE OF GLENCOE: $8,124 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERV…CHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $4,000 · Human ServicesCHICAGO FUR…NORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTER: $1,150 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $13,000 · Arts & CultureWriters Theatre Inc: $800 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $325 · Arts & CultureActive Minds Inc: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $300 · HealthMEGAN BUTZ LEGACY OF HOPE: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,150 · Civil Rights
Other$108,425Philanthropy$85,381Human Services$24,774Arts & Culture$14,125Health$10,300Youth Development$5,000Civil Rights$3,150

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBUILD INC: $46,850 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $37,881 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLET IT BE US: $11,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetActive Minds Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF GLENCOE: $8,124 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMEGAN BUTZ LEGACY OF HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKESHET: $3,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHighland Park Community Foundation: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $2,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THRESHOLDS: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTER: $1,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWriters Theatre Inc: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $325 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORPHANS OF THE STORM: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $50 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…George M Eisenberg Fo…Polk Bros Foundation …Jewish Federation of …AbbVie FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
The Chicago Community TrustIL15.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · AbbVie Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 60 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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