Illinois · Private foundation
The Saltzman 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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
68% of The Saltzman Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Foundation Of San Diego, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $508k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Saltzman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 4 | $10k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $37k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $48k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $47k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $30k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $29k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $37k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $28,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Bright Futures Foundation | $2,550 | 2 | 1% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Libenu | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation | $1,475 | 1 | n/a |
| Ida Crown Jewish Academy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tucson Hebrew Academy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shalva Inc | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($249k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Saltzman Family Foundation
- How much does The Saltzman Family Foundation give?
- The Saltzman Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $29,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Saltzman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (34%), Philanthropy (16%), Community Improvement (15%).
- Who are The Saltzman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($28k), Bright Futures Foundation ($3k), Chai Lifeline Inc ($2k).
- Does The Saltzman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Saltzman 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 Saltzman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Saltzman Family Foundation based?
- The Saltzman Family Foundation is based in IL.
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