Illinois · Public charity
Seder Family Foundation
The foundation is organized to foster, promote, support, develop, and maintain the broad, charitable, educational or religious purpose or functions as authorized by the charter of the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago and the by-laws of the foundation.
- $259k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $218k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Seder Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 | 4 | $174k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $370k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $234k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $151k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $82k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $112k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $90k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $467,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $90,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Children - Chicago | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $59,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $54,667 | 2 | 0% |
| Build Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Child and Family Services | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lawndale Christian Legal Center | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Moms Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $467,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $90,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Children - Chicago | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $59,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $54,667 | 2 | 0% |
| Build Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Child and Family Services | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lawndale Christian Legal Center | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Moms Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee | $36,150 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Abortion Fund | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillel Foundation University of Wisconsin Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Shore Congregation Israel | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Night Ministry | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Seder 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Seder Family Foundation
- How much does Seder Family Foundation give?
- Seder Family Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $218,000, out of $258,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Seder Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (51%), Education (17%), Science & Tech (10%).
- Who are Seder Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($467k), Smithsonian Institution ($150k), Johns Hopkins University ($90k).
- Does Seder Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Seder Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Seder Family Foundation based?
- Seder Family Foundation is based in IL.
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