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The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp

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.

$40k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
31
Organizations funded FY2024
58%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$516
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,698
Organizations funded a year
16 to 35
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$414k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 58% of the organizations The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyAnimalsArts & 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 arriving30$40k63%
FY202431$39k58%
FY202335$45k83%
FY202227$25k63%
FY202124$28k71%
FY202022$24k73%
FY201922$12k64%
FY201816$19k69%
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$79kHealth$44kReligion$33kInternational$12kPhilanthropy$6kHuman Services$5kCivil Rights$3kAnimals$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
CA
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
TX
FL

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 65 grantees
All grantees of The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School$58,75470%
Central Synagogue$31,8786n/a
The Latin School of Chicago$25,10440%
Mission in Pink Inc$9,01432%
Usher 1F Collaborative Inc$8,53360%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$8,03020%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$5,70730%
Head Strong Project Inc$2,00010%
Equality Illinois$1,20011%
Pcd Ks Foundation$1,09360%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$1,06870%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$93220%
The Chick Mission Inc$63810%
Yedidim USA Inc$55510%
Angel Watching Over Me Inc$54012%
American Friends of Israeli Navy Seals Inc$51510%
NAMI Chicago$50010%
Students For Sensible Drug Policy Foundation$50010%
Chicago Gateway Green Committee$46310%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$41220%
Wildlife Conservation Society$40010%
Temple Sholom of Chicago$3711n/a
Aventura Shul Corp$3601n/a
Gio's Garden Inc$2841n/a
Best Buddies International Inc$25010%
Imerman Angels$24410%
American Heart Association Inc$22020%
Paws Chicago$22020%
Rush University Medical Center$20010%
The Women's Law Center of Md Inc$20020%
Children's Museum of the East End I$20010%
Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago Inc$19310%
Breakthrough T1d$18010%
NAMI National$18010%
Project 613 Nfp$18010%
Mdrc$18010%
The Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee$17010%
Chabad of Tribeca$1501n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10010%
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago$10010%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$10010%
Steven M Perez Foundation Inc$1001n/a
For the Future Chicago$752n/a
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$7510%
American Friends of Natal Inc$741n/a
Chai Lifeline Inc$7410%
Center on Halsted$5910%
Michigan Humane Society$5410%
Aunt Martha's Health and Wellness Inc$5210%
North Shore Congregation Israel$501n/a
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$5010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$5010%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$5010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$5010%
Ronald McDonald House Global$3610%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$3610%
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras$3610%
Inner-City Education Program$3610%
Mothers Trust Foundation$2710%
Apna Ghar Inc$2610%
Howard Brown Health Center$2510%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$2310%
Small Business Advocacy Council$2010%
Friends of Petraits$201n/a
Window to the World Communications Inc$510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 95 recipients with no EIN on record ($88k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School: $58,754 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Latin School of Chicago: $25,104 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMission in Pink Inc: $9,014 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetUsher 1F Collaborative Inc: $8,533 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $8,030 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $5,707 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHead Strong Project Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEquality Illinois: $1,200 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPcd Ks Foundation: $1,093 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Park Zoological Society: $1,068 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $932 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chick Mission Inc: $638 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYedidim USA Inc: $555 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAngel Watching Over Me Inc: $540 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israeli Navy Seals Inc: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI Chicago: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStudents For Sensible Drug Policy Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Gateway Green Committee: $463 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $412 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetImerman Angels: $244 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPaws Chicago: $220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Women's Law Center of Md Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Museum of the East End I: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaot Chitim of Greater Chicago Inc: $193 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject 613 Nfp: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMdrc: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee: $170 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All Foundation: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChai Lifeline Inc: $74 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter on Halsted: $59 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMichigan Humane Society: $54 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAunt Martha's Health and Wellness Inc: $52 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $36 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $36 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Youth Symphony Orchestras: $36 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 55.

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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 ChicagoIL16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp

How much does The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp give?
The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp reported 30 grants totaling $39,573 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Health (21%), Religion (15%).
Who are The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School ($59k), Central Synagogue ($32k), The Latin School of Chicago ($25k).
Does The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp 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 Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, The Chicago Community Trust, Circle of Service Foundation.
Where is The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp based?
The Milton L Fish Jr Family Foundation Nfp 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 160 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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