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The Goldblatt Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$80k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2025
47
Organizations funded FY2024
9%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
38 to 53
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$227k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Goldblatt Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $800 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
AnimalsEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureOther
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 arriving44$79k14%
FY202447$139k9%
FY202353$147k21%
FY202244$143k18%
FY202145$153k9%
FY202038$112k11%
FY201939$140k28%
FY201840$110k57%
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What it funded, over time

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

Health$305kEnvironment$223kAnimals$149kEducation$147kArts & Culture$104kReligion$73kFood & Nutrition$33kPhilanthropy$28kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
ID
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
AZ
DC
TX

Top grantees

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

Show all 53 grantees
All grantees of The Goldblatt Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$180,00090%
University of Chicago$73,25050%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$49,00090%
University of Chicago Medical Center$38,00040%
Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc$30,00020%
High Jump$28,50090%
Chikaming Open Lands$24,70091%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$21,50060%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$20,50090%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$18,25090%
Evans Scholars Foundation$15,00060%
Neighbor by Neighbor$12,80041%
Williams College$12,50090%
Kestrel Foundation of Maine$10,00024%
Bulamu International$10,00060%
Field Museum of Natural History$8,00050%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$6,00080%
Shedd Aquarium Society$6,00080%
Sierra Club Foundation$5,00010%
Openlands$4,70050%
Academy for Urban School Leadership$4,50020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$4,00040%
Bat Conservation International$4,00070%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$3,50080%
Francis W Parker School$2,50020%
National Audubon Society Inc$2,50080%
Humane World for Animals Inc$2,5001n/a
Michiana Humane Society Inc$2,50010%
International Crane Foundation Inc$2,00080%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$2,00010%
Paws Chicago$2,00040%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$2,00010%
Erikson Institute$1,50010%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$1,50020%
Interlochen Center for the Arts$1,00010%
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc$1,00010%
Habitat for Humanity Chicago$95030%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$75030%
Spca International Inc$75030%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$50010%
Save Our Shores$50010%
DePauw University$50010%
Friends of Berrien County Trails$50010%
Limitless Horizons Ixil Inc$5001n/a
Common Ground Foundation Inc$5001n/a
AARP Foundation$41020%
National Parks Conservation Association$35020%
Defenders of Wildlife$30020%
The Wilderness Society$30020%
Christopher House$25010%
Free Spirit Media Nfp$2501n/a
Teach Rwanda$2501n/a
American Rivers Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($475k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Goldblatt Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEnvironmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest: $180,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $73,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $49,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago Medical Center: $38,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHigh Jump: $28,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetChikaming Open Lands: $24,700 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $21,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $20,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $18,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEvans Scholars Foundation: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNeighbor by Neighbor: $12,800 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetWilliams College: $12,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetKestrel Foundation of Maine: $10,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetBulamu International: $10,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetField Museum of Natural History: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Park Zoological Society: $6,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetShedd Aquarium Society: $6,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpenlands: $4,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAcademy for Urban School Leadership: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBat Conservation International: $4,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $3,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFrancis W Parker School: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $2,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMichiana Humane Society Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Crane Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws Chicago: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetErikson Institute: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Foundation of America Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInterlochen Center for the Arts: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Chicago: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpca International Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave Our Shores: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDePauw University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Berrien County Trails: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAARP Foundation: $410 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristopher House: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Rivers Inc: $100 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 48.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL16.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Berrien Community Foundation Inc · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust

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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Find your warmest path to The Goldblatt Family 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.

About The Goldblatt Family Foundation

How much does The Goldblatt Family Foundation give?
The Goldblatt Family Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $79,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 53 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Goldblatt Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (28%), Environment (20%), Animals (14%).
Who are The Goldblatt Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest ($180k), University of Chicago ($73k), Lyric Opera of Chicago ($49k).
Does The Goldblatt Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Goldblatt Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Goldblatt Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Berrien Community Foundation Inc, Robert R McCormick Foundation.
Where is The Goldblatt Family Foundation based?
The Goldblatt Family Foundation 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 95 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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