Illinois · Private foundation
Weissbrot Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $799k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of Weissbrot Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Metropolitan Chicago, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $757,043
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Weissbrot Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $42k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $30k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School | $95,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Chabad Ocean Synagogue Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
About Weissbrot Family Foundation
- How much does Weissbrot Family Foundation give?
- Weissbrot Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $799,043 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Weissbrot Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (93%).
- Who are Weissbrot Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School ($95k), Chabad Ocean Synagogue Inc ($7k).
- Does Weissbrot Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Weissbrot Family 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.
- Where is Weissbrot Family Foundation based?
- Weissbrot Family Foundation is based in IL.
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