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Zivin Family Foundation at a glance

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Zivin Family Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$161k
Granted FY2026still arriving
31
Grants FY2026still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$206kPhilanthropy$122kInternational$80kReligion$55kEducation$14kCivil Rights$12kFood & Nutrition$10kPublic Benefit$10kOther$0
02FY2026 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k26 grants · $88k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $73k
$3,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INC$20,000
JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$15,000
THE INTERNATIONAL WALDENSTROM'S MACROGLOBULINEMIA FOUNDATION INC$15,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$12,500
PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION$10,000
THE ARK$8,750
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$7,500
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
ERIE FAMILY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
NORTH SHORE CONGREGATION ISRAEL$5,000
RAINBOW RAILROAD USA$5,000
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$5,000
LAMBDA LEGAL$4,000
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND$4,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–26, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 14%MCGAW YMCA: $500 → 14%MCGAW YMCA: $500 → 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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$670k · 29 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2026, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
3

Total granted

$670k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+25%

Still filing today

79%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
HealthCivil RightsArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    6× · 2021–2026 · $110k · revenue +33%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INC
    6× · 2021–2026 · $80k · revenue +147%
  • RU
    Rush University Medical Center
    3× · 2021–2024 · $70k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • JS
    J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +25%
  • WB
    WARREN BILLY CHERRY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +86%
  • CW
    CANCER WELLNESS CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +17%
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
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…

Philanthropy
2
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
3
Center for Strategic and International Studies

The center for strategic and international studies (csis) is a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization dedicated to advancing practical ideas to address the world's greatest challenges.

International
4
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
5
Public Health Institute

Public health institute generates and promotes research, leadership and partnerships to build capacity for strong public health policy, programs, systems and practices.

Health
6
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare Group

The elmhurst memorial healthcare group follows the mission of endeavor health (f/k/a ns-ee holdings). the mission of endeavor health is to "help everyone in our communities be their best." central to this mission is a commitment to…

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7
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
8
North Shore Health System Medical Faculty Group Practice

North shore health system medical faculty group practice (the corporation) functions as an extension of the northwell health hospitals by bringing medical care to community settings, providing care to medicare, medicaid, and other…

Health
9
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
10
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
11
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
12
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Erie Family Health Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cea Inc fka Cefm Network Inc. 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

29 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. 29 of the 35 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE INTERNATIONAL WALDENSTROM'S MACROGLOBULINEMIA FOUNDATION INC: $84,000 · HealthTHE INTERNATIONAL WALDENSTROM'S MACRO…Rush University Medical Center: $70,000 · HealthRush University Medical CenterPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $33,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMER…BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · HealthBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCErie Family Health Foundation Inc: $17,000 · HealthErie Family Health Foundation Inc+1 more: $500 · HealthJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $110,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METR…Highland Park Community Foundation: $31,500 · PhilanthropyHighland Park Community Fo…RAINBOW RAILROAD USA INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyRAINBOW RAILROAD USA INCTHE ARK: $33,750 · OtherTHE ARKNORTH SHORE CONGREGATION ISRAEL: $30,000 · OtherNORTH SHORE CONGREGATI…Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recip…CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $8,500 · OtherCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE …CEA INC fka CEFM Network Inc: $8,500 · OtherCEA INC fka CEFM Netwo…Individual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherPFLAG: $6,000 · OtherYOUTH JOB CENTER INC: $5,000 · OtherOPERATION HOPE OF FAIRFIELD INC: $8,500 · OtherOPERATION HOPE OF FAIR…Feeding America: $6,000 · OtherSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $5,000 · Other+5 more: $10,500 · Other+5 moreALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INC: $80,000 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE FOR M…THE ART CENTER OF HIGHLAND PARK: $7,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ART CENTER…HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 · Arts & CultureGLSEN INC: $15,500 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $12,000 · Civil RightsNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $8,000 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $8,000 · Civil RightsPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Public BenefitWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,500 · International
Health$234,500Philanthropy$166,500Other$143,750Arts & Culture$91,500Civil Rights$43,500Public Benefit$20,000International$12,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $110,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL WALDENSTROM'S MACROGLOBULINEMIA FOUNDATION INC: $84,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INC: $80,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $33,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHighland Park Community Foundation: $31,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRAINBOW RAILROAD USA INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetErie Family Health Foundation Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGLSEN INC: $15,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $8,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOPE OF FAIRFIELD INC: $8,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCEA INC fka CEFM Network Inc: $8,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART CENTER OF HIGHLAND PARK: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH JOB CENTER INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY: $4,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWARREN BILLY CHERRY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER WELLNESS CENTER: $500 over 1y, 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…Jewish Federation of …The Kellcie FundMorgan Stanley Global…First Bank Chicago Fo…AbbVie FoundationNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …
The Chicago Community TrustIL16.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Kellcie Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · First Bank Chicago Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Zivin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zivin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 35 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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