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Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure

The shure charitable trust (the trust) has been organized to be operated at all times and exclusively to support and carry out the purposes of the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago and the jewish united fund of metropolitan chicago, both of which are illinois not-for-profit corporations organized and operated exclusively for…

$5.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,791,739
Organizations funded a year
25 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$65M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEmploymentCrime & LegalEducationCivil RightsInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving33$4.0M18%
FY202427$2.2M7%
FY202326$2.2M4%
FY202227$2.7M0%
FY202125$2.1M0%
FY202028$2.7M4%
FY201927$3.0M4%
FY201825$2.3M24%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$19MHealth$4.1MArts & Culture$2.6MCivil Rights$1.1MEducation$609kCrime & Legal$455kEmployment$455kAnimals$430kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$13,460,98292%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$2,285,72891%
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership$730,70192%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$660,52090%
The Art Institute of Chicago$620,08080%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$583,33690%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$552,58090%
The Cara Program$455,00081%
Safer Foundation$455,00080%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$430,00790%
Anti-Defamation League$406,50990%
Chicago Community Foundation$275,0006n/a
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation$260,00051%
Youth Services of Glenviewnorthbrook$225,00083%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$220,00390%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$220,00390%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$214,50760%
The Adler Planetarium$196,67290%
Jewish Child and Family Services$190,00080%
Chicago Urban League$165,33890%
The Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Inc$160,33890%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$160,33890%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$152,83890%
American Jewish Committee$142,83890%
Keshet Inc$130,00071%
United Negro College Fund Inc$100,33850%
Metropolitan Family Services$90,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$82,50350%
Equality Illinois Institute$74,00081%
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute$56,67212%
Hebrew Free Loan Society Inc$50,00011%
American Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled$50,00011%
Jewish Free Loan Chicago Inc$45,00035%
Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc$28,33612%
The Menninger Clinic$28,33610%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$20,00010%
Red Tent Fund$20,0001n/a
Window to the World Communications Inc$20,00010%
Compassion & Choices$10,00010%
The Forward Association Inc$10,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $13,460,982 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc: $2,285,728 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetSpertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership: $730,701 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $660,520 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $620,080 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $583,336 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $552,580 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cara Program: $455,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSafer Foundation: $455,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLincoln Park Zoological Society: $430,007 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $406,509 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetChildren First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation: $260,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetYouth Services of Glenviewnorthbrook: $225,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetAmerican Friends of Hebrew University Inc: $220,003 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc: $220,003 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $214,507 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Adler Planetarium: $196,672 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Child and Family Services: $190,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Urban League: $165,338 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetThe Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Inc: $160,338 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $160,338 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $152,838 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $142,838 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetKeshet Inc: $130,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $100,338 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $82,503 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEquality Illinois Institute: $74,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetChicago Psychoanalytic Institute: $56,672 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHebrew Free Loan Society Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJewish Free Loan Chicago Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetAssociated Colleges of Illinois Inc: $28,336 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe Menninger Clinic: $28,336 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWindow to the World Communications Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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 Metropolitan ChicagoIL19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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.

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About Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure

How much does Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure give?
Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure reported 35 grants totaling $5,551,739 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (63%), Health (14%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($13M), United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc ($2.3M), Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership ($731k).
Does Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, The Chicago Community Trust, Polk Bros Foundation Inc.
Where is Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure based?
Shure Charitable Trust Created Uw of Sidney N Shure is based in IL.

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 42 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 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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