Illinois · Public charity
Wagner Descendant's Foundation
The foundation is organized to foster, promote, support, develop, and maintain the broad, charitable, educational or religious purpose or functions as authorized by the charter of the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago and the by-laws of the foundation.
- $70k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Wagner Descendant's Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 1 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $366k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $284k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $272k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $20k | n/a |
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, FY2020 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 | $395,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $302,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of Elnet | $120,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $64,800 | 3 | 0% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Entrepreneurial Jewish Philanthropy Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Prager University Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Jewish Day School Endowment Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Jewish Day School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $395,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $302,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of Elnet | $120,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $64,800 | 3 | 0% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Entrepreneurial Jewish Philanthropy Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Prager University Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Jewish Day School Endowment Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Jewish Day School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wagner Descendant's 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 · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Wagner Descendant's Foundation
- How much does Wagner Descendant's Foundation give?
- Wagner Descendant's Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $70,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Wagner Descendant's Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (56%), International (41%), Education (2%).
- Who are Wagner Descendant's Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($395k), Washington Institute for Near East Policy ($302k), Friends of Elnet ($120k).
- Does Wagner Descendant's Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wagner Descendant's Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Wagner Descendant's Foundation based?
- Wagner Descendant's Foundation is based in IL.
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