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Weisman Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$10k
Granted FY2022
81
Grants FY2022
19
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Arts & Culture$10kPhilanthropy$6kFood & Nutrition$4kInternational$2kHealth$2kReligion$1kEnvironment$990Human Services$760Other$0
02FY2022 · 81 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50
Median grant
19
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION PB COUNTY$1,800
JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$1,059
PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS$658
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$350
NORTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER$300
STAND WITH US$300
CHICAGO LOOP SYNAGOGUE SERVICE$300
HIAS$275
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO$255
CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM$255
NATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE FOLKSBIENE$250
CHICAGO CULTURAL ALLIANCE$220
JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE$200
NEWBERRY LIBRARY$150
MEALS ON WHEELS$135
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $50 → 9%METRO DALLAS HOMELAND ALLIANCE: $25 → 14%NORTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER: $300 → 9%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $100 → 11%SEEING EYE: $25 → 4%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $25 → 7%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $50 → 9%METRO DALLAS HOMELAND ALLIANCE: $25 → 14%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $100 → 11%SEEING EYE: $25 → 4%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $25 → 7%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $25 → 9%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $100 → 11%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $50 → 14%BLUE CARD: $50 → 17%BLUE CARD: $50 → 17%BLUE CARD: $25 → 17%ENVISION UNLIMTED: $50 → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $35 → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $25 → 14%CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $25 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
MD
AZ
NM
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23k · 98 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

98 repeat relationships: 68 still active in FY2022, 30 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

98
60

Total granted

$23k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+28%

Still filing today

66%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22
Arts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AJ
    A JUST HARVEST
    3× · 2020–2022 · $1k · revenue +59%
  • TJ
    THE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $1k · revenue +57%
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • BR
    BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue -16%
  • TA
    THE ARMORY ART CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +29%
  • M
    MISCELLANEOUS
    one grant, 2020 · $185
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
2
The Jewish Women's Archive Inc

The jewish women's archive documents jewish women's stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change.jwa is dedicated to expanding and transforming the historical narrative by restoring jewish women and gender…

Arts & Culture
3
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
4
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
7
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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10
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
11
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
12
Chicago Historical Society

The Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration, and civic engagement. Through dynamic exhibitions, tours, programs, digital resources, and special events, the Museum connects people to Chicago's history…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is The National Museum of Women in the Arts. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

103 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 103 of the 172 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
101/103
Grantees still filing
88/103
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION PB COUNTY: $3,550 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION PB COUNTYCHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM: $885 · OtherCHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUMART ENCOUNTER: $775 · OtherCHICAGO LOOP SYNAGOGUE SERVICE: $600 · Other+104 more: $9,914 · Other+104 moreTHE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $1,158 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR T…BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART: $1,080 · Arts & CultureBOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ARTTHE ARMORY ART CENTER INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ARMORY ART CENTER INCPALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $858 · Arts & CulturePALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INCWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $500 · Arts & CultureWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNI…NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $465 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INCJEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE: $400 · Arts & CultureJEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA I…The People's Music School: $325 · Arts & CultureChicago Cultural Alliance: $280 · Arts & Culture+14 more: $1,383 · Arts & Culture+14 moreISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $400 · InternationalHIAS INC: $375 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $325 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $225 · InternationalFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $175 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $125 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $125 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $100 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $100 · International+6 more: $345 · InternationalA JUST HARVEST: $1,239 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $175 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 · HealthTHE KIDNEY CANCER ASSOCIATION: $100 · HealthTHE JOSSELYN CENTER NFP: $75 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $75 · Health+1 more: $25 · HealthJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $1,109 · PhilanthropyMORAINE TOWNSHIP CHARITABLE FUND CHARITABLE FUND: $135 · PhilanthropyADAM DON FOUNDATION: $50 · PhilanthropyMIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP: $300 · Human ServicesNORTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER: $300 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $125 · Human ServicesTHE BLUE CARD INC: $125 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC: $50 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $50 · Human ServicesTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $50 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $50 · Human ServicesEnvision Unlimited: $50 · Human ServicesHOUSING FORWARD: $50 · Human Services+2 more: $60 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS: $335 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $300 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $225 · Food & NutritionCRYSTAL LAKE FOOD PANTRY INC: $100 · Food & Nutrition
Other$15,724Arts & Culture$7,449International$2,295Health$1,789Philanthropy$1,294Human Services$1,210Food & Nutrition$960

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetA JUST HARVEST: $1,239 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $1,158 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $1,109 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART: $1,080 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARMORY ART CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $858 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetART ENCOUNTER: $775 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $465 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $375 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $335 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe People's Music School: $325 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $325 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Cultural Alliance: $280 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY INC: $261 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Architecture Foundation: $240 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $234 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $225 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $175 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $175 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $175 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS INC: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEWBERRY LIBRARY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORAINE TOWNSHIP CHARITABLE FUND CHARITABLE FUND: $135 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $132 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLUE CARD INC: $125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $122 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $120 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL: $110 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $101 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCRYSTAL LAKE FOOD PANTRY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO: $100 over 3y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Chicago Community…AbbVie FoundationJewish Federation of …John D and Catherine …ForefrontLloyd a Fry FoundationBaxter International …Tawani Charitable Dis…First Bank Chicago Fo…Reva and David Logan …Helen V Brach Foundat…Field Foundation of I…
The Chicago Community TrustIL24.3× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Forefront · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Reva and David Logan Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Weisman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Weisman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Armory Art Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 172 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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