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Sisyphus Supporting Foundation at a glance

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Sisyphus Supporting 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.

$200k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Health$515kHuman Services$273kPhilanthropy$179kScience & Tech$135kFood & Nutrition$60kHousing & Shelter$50kCommunity Improvement$40kCivil Rights$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $105k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AND CARE NETWORK$105,000
THE ARK$30,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$30,000
ERIE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER$25,000
JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$10,000
02The need
03

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 (FY17–25, $273k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%The Night Ministry: $15k → 14%The Night Ministry: $15k → 14%The Night Ministry: $15k → 14%Jewish Community Centers of Chicago- EZRA MSC: $23k → 14%Jewish Community Centers of Chicago- EZRA MSC: $20k → 14%Jewish Community Centers of Chicago - EZRA MSC: $9k → 14%Jewish Community Centers of Chicago - EZRA MSC: $9k → 14%Jewish Community Centers of Chicago - EZRA MSC: $9k → 14%THE ARK: $30k → 14%THE ARK: $30k → 14%The ARK: $23k → 14%The ARK: $20k → 14%The ARK: $20k → 14%The ARK: $12k → 14%The ARK: $8k → 14%The ARK: $8k → 14%The ARK: $8k → 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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 10 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
2

Total granted

$1.2M
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+37%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentHousing & 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

  • SR
    SCHWAB REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AND CARE NETWORK
    3× · 2019–2025 · $315k · revenue +22%
  • EF
    Erie Family Health Center Inc
    5× · 2018–2025 · $200k · revenue +98%
  • TA
    THE ARK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $159k · revenue +151%

Funded once

  • AT
    AVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +37%
  • RM
    Role Model Movement Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue -78%
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
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
2
Jewish Child and Family Services

JCFS Chicago services and programs support wellbeing for children, teens, adults and families regardless of race, culture, religion, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or…

Human Services
3
Council for Jewish Elderly

The mission of cje seniorlife is to enhance quality of life and facilitate independence of older adults. cje seniorlife values statement at cje seniorlife, we fulfill our mission and realize our vision for and on behalf of our clients, our…

Human Services
4
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group

Northwestern memorial healthcare is an integrated healthcare system, consisting of multiple hospitals (including northwestern memorial hospital, an academic medical center) and networks of physicians and healthcare professionals, where the…

Health
5
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc

To empower new yorkers, providing integrated mental health and social services with compassion and expertise.

Human Services
6
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
7
Hatzalah Chicago

Hatzalah chicago is a non-profit volunteer emergency medical services tht provides emergency medical response 24 hours per day 365 days a year to all who need it, regardless of race, religion or ethnicity. hatzalah chicago's mission is to…

Health
8
Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center

As a member of sinai health system, mount sinai hospital medical center's mission is to improve the health of the individuals and communities it serves by providing comprehensive medical, surgical, pediatric, psychiatric, and intensive…

Health
9
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
10
Miami Jewish Health Systems Inc

Miami jewish health systems, inc. was incorporated to provide shelter for the elderly and develop social & health programs relating to their care. in addition, research & educational programs are conducted for the elderly to enhance their…

Human Services
11
Jewish Vocational Service & Employment Center

Since 1884, Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) Chicago has been committed to improving life through employment and productivity, recognizing that personal development is a lifetime endeavor. JVS Chicago serves more than 2,300 employees,…

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12
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation

To provide with compassion and dedication superior quality health care and rehabilitation for adults and to directly or indirectly coordinate arrangements and provision for comprehensive health care and social support services to frail…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Ark; the most unlike its peers is Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and Care Network. 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

13 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.

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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHWAB REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AND CARE NETWORK: $315,000 · HealthSCHWAB REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AND CARE NETWO…Erie Family Health Center Inc: $200,000 · HealthErie Family Health Center IncTHE ARK: $158,700 · Human ServicesTHE ARKJewish Community Centers of Chicago: $69,500 · Human ServicesJewish Community Centers…THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $45,000 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINISTRYBulletin of the Atomic Scientists: $135,000 · OtherBulletin of the A…NOURISHING HOPE: $59,500 · OtherNOURISHING HOPEJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $93,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATI…JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $86,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED F…THE BOULEVARD OF CHICAGO INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterJewish Council on Urban Affairs: $40,000 · Community ImprovementAVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $8,000 · Youth Development
Health$515,000Human Services$273,200Other$194,500Philanthropy$179,000Housing & Shelter$50,000Community Improvement$50,000Youth Development$8,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSCHWAB REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AND CARE NETWORK: $315,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetErie Family Health Center Inc: $200,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARK: $158,700 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBulletin of the Atomic Scientists: $135,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $93,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $86,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Centers of Chicago: $69,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $59,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOULEVARD OF CHICAGO INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Council on Urban Affairs: $40,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetAVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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…Jewish Federation of …National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL16.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Sisyphus Supporting Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sisyphus Supporting 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Sisyphus Supporting Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Sisyphus Supporting Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 13 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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