Illinois · Private foundation
The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $98k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k 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 | 13 | $98k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $89k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $64k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $42k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $113k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $70k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $65k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Project Mumbai | $95,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Rochelle Zell Jewish High School | $57,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Chicago Jewish Day School | $38,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Camp Ramah in Wisconsin Inc | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Moriah Congregation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Child and Family Services | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Libenu | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Svivah Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Project Mumbai | $95,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Rochelle Zell Jewish High School | $57,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Chicago Jewish Day School | $38,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Camp Ramah in Wisconsin Inc | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Moriah Congregation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Child and Family Services | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Libenu | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Svivah Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hinda Institute | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| No Shame on U Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Footsteps Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacred Spaces | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hazon Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($383k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust
- How much does The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust give?
- The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust reported 13 grants totaling $98,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (26%), Education (25%), International (19%).
- Who are The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Gabriel Project Mumbai ($95k), Rochelle Zell Jewish High School ($58k), Chicago Jewish Day School ($38k).
- Does The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust based?
- The Wilfred J Minkus Charitable Trust is based in IL.
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