Illinois · Private foundation
The Sheba Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 51
- Grants FY2024
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 74%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,879
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 34
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $45M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 74% of the organizations The Sheba Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $365k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 48 | $4.3M | 73% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $1.1M | 74% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $3.0M | 31% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $3.4M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $2.5M | 13% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $2.9M | 21% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $2.4M | 17% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $2.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush University Medical Center | $12,835,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $3,328,224 | 8 | 1% |
| North Suburban Synagogue Beth El | $1,100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $345,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Chicago Theatre Group Inc | $253,668 | 8 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $244,363 | 8 | 0% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $222,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $160,040 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Elnet | $113,393 | 2 | 1% |
| Clarion Project Inc | $110,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 51 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sheba 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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Circle of Service Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About The Sheba Foundation
- How much does The Sheba Foundation give?
- The Sheba Foundation reported 51 grants totaling $4,355,519 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sheba Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (65%), Philanthropy (15%), Religion (5%).
- Who are The Sheba Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rush University Medical Center ($13M), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($3.3M), North Suburban Synagogue Beth El ($1.1M).
- Does The Sheba Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 74% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sheba 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 Sheba Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Sheba Foundation based?
- The Sheba Foundation is based in IL.
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