Illinois · Private foundation
The David and Lynne Weinberg Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $435k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 77%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 77% of the organizations The David and Lynne Weinberg Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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 | 14 | $430k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $254k | 77% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $325k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brookings Institution | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Commercial Club Foundation | $195,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| PKD Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $19,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Thornwillow Institute Ltd | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Harvest Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brookings Institution | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Commercial Club Foundation | $195,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| PKD Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $19,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Thornwillow Institute Ltd | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Harvest Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Shore Congregation Israel | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Cook County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Erikson Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cps Lives Nfp | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($418k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The David and Lynne Weinberg 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.
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How this is measured
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About The David and Lynne Weinberg Family Foundation
- How much does The David and Lynne Weinberg Family Foundation give?
- The David and Lynne Weinberg Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $435,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The David and Lynne Weinberg Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Social Science (31%), Community Improvement (15%).
- Who are The David and Lynne Weinberg Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Brookings Institution ($400k), The Commercial Club Foundation ($195k), Council on Foreign Relations Inc ($110k).
- Does The David and Lynne Weinberg Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The David and Lynne Weinberg Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The David and Lynne Weinberg Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The David and Lynne Weinberg Family Foundation based?
- The David and Lynne Weinberg Family Foundation is based in IL.
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