Illinois · Public charity
The Swartzbergzoller Family Foundation
The foundation is organized to foster, promote, support, develop, encourage and maintain the broad charitable, educational or religious purpose or functions of the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago charter and the by-laws of the foundation.
- $288k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations The Swartzbergzoller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 | 5 | $235k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $268k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $208k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $205k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $203k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $221k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $283k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $168k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 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 | $1,050,365 | 9 | 0% |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $579,200 | 9 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $82,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School | $68,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Texas Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Mexico School for the Arts - Arts Institute | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Anshe Emet Synagogue | $17,430 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $1,050,365 | 9 | 0% |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $579,200 | 9 | 0% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $82,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School | $68,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Texas Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Mexico School for the Arts - Arts Institute | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Anshe Emet Synagogue | $17,430 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvard-Westlake School | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lymediseaseorg | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jac Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Francis W Parker School | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Swartzbergzoller 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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Swartzbergzoller Family Foundation
- How much does The Swartzbergzoller Family Foundation give?
- The Swartzbergzoller Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $287,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Swartzbergzoller Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Human Services (20%), Health (6%).
- Who are The Swartzbergzoller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($1.1M), Council for Jewish Elderly ($579k), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ($83k).
- Does The Swartzbergzoller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Swartzbergzoller Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Swartzbergzoller Family Foundation based?
- The Swartzbergzoller Family Foundation is based in IL.
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