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Scott and Penny Anixter Family Foundation at a glance

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Scott and Penny Anixter Family Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$66k
Granted FY2019
24
Grants FY2019
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Health$121kReligion$17kPhilanthropy$12kArts & Culture$9kHuman Services$4kInternational$4kYouth Development$3kSocial Science$3kOther$0
02FY2019 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k21 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$1,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$965k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CO$10,000
RORY DAVID DEUTSCH FOUNDATION$10,000
ANN & ROBERT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$10,000
MOADON KOL CHADASH$7,250
PCD FOUNDATION$5,000
LYNN SAGE CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$2,850
FOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION$2,500
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL$2,500
CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA (ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER)$2,500
ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,600
BAGS OF FUN$1,500
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$1,200
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$1,167
RENEE ISRAEL FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY17–19, $5k) 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%THE CHICK MISSION: $530 → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO: $2k → 12%SHARE OUR SPARE: $500 → 17%THE CHICK MISSION: $500 → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $1k → 12%SHARE OUR SPARE: $500 → 17%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

MN
IL
NY
CA
CO
MO
AL
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of Scott and Penny Anixter Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 61% of the giving stays in IL; by stated purpose, 0%.

Scott and Penny Anixter Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$126k · 15 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +107% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
21

Total granted

$126k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+107%
+20%

Still filing today

73%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
HealthPhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CH
    Children's Hospital Colorado
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +86%
  • PK
    PCD KS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $13k · revenue +135%
  • LS
    LYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $12k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +4%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one 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.

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
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
2
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
3
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Ann & robert h. lurie children's hospital of chicago is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a…

Health
4
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
5
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…

Human Services
6
Children's Cancer Research Fund

Children's cancer research fund fuels transformational research to bring better treatments and cures to children with cancer.

Philanthropy
7
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
8
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
9
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
10
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
11
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
12
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Lyon Family Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 47 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
22/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Children's Hospital Colorado: $20,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital ColoradoRORY DAVID DEUTSCH FOUNDATION: $16,000 · HealthRORY DAVID DEUTSCH FOUNDATIONPCD KS FOUNDATION: $12,700 · HealthPCD KS FOUNDATIONCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INCBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC+3 more: $1,150 · HealthANN & ROBERT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $26,550 · OtherANN & ROBERT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CO: $10,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CONORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $4,900 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONFRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherUNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL: $2,500 · OtherAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR WEIZMAN: $2,500 · Other+20 more: $13,249 · Other+20 moreJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UN…FOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyFOR AUTIS…RENEE ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyRENEE ISR…THE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE OVARI…MOADON KOL CHADASH: $11,310 · EducationMOADON KO…Erikson Institute: $2,000 · EducationErikson I…AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $1,000 · EducationAFTER SCH…LYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $12,315 · Housing & ShelterJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $3,167 · Human ServicesTHE CHICK MISSION INC: $1,030 · Human ServicesShare our Spare: $1,000 · Human ServicesROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Health$64,850Other$65,199Philanthropy$14,500Education$14,310Housing & Shelter$12,315Human Services$5,197Recreation & Sports$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRORY DAVID DEUTSCH FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetPCD KS FOUNDATION: $12,700 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $12,315 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMOADON KOL CHADASH: $11,310 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $3,167 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetErikson Institute: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LYON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,675 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICK MISSION INC: $1,030 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShare our Spare: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER WELLNESS CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRENEE ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for Education in Honduras: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp for All Kids: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $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.

Jewish Federation of …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Scott and Penny Anixter Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Scott and Penny Anixter Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
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
    6report 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.

    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 47 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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