· Private foundation
Zollie & Elaine Frank Fund Dba Mrs Zollie S Frank Fund
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $188k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION | $42,500 |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF CHICAGO | $42,500 |
| CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $30,000 |
| LYRIC OPERA | $30,000 |
| NORTH SHORE CONGREGATION ISRAEL | $30,000 |
| INTRINSIC SCHOOL | $12,500 |
| EISENHOWER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| COLLEGE OF THE DESERT FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL 1199 FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $383k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JCJewish Community Centers of Chicago8× · 2018–2025 · $333k · revenue +14%
RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION8× · 2018–2025 · $303k · revenue +50%- CSChicago Symphony Orchestra8× · 2018–2025 · $270k · revenue +54%
Funded once
- EMEISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $12k
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGOone grant, 2024 · $12k · revenue -5%
- HUHEBREW UNION COLLEGEone grant, 2018 · $10k
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.
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.
The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.
We believe in the life-changing, transformational, revelatory power of great art and opera. Lyric Opera of Chicago exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to the Chicago region and the nation, and to advance the…
The Jewish Council on Urban Affair's (JCUA) longstanding mission is to combat poverty, racism and antisemitism working in partnership with diverse communities. JCUA uses a community organizing model to engage the Jewish community in the…
We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…
Since 1884, Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) Chicago has been committed to improving life through employment and productivity, recognizing that personal development is a lifetime endeavor. JVS Chicago serves more than 2,300 employees,…
To facilitate and promote philanthropy through donor advised funds.
We convene, connect, invest, and protect jewish life in colorado, israel, and around the world.
San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.
JCFS Chicago services and programs support wellbeing for children, teens, adults and families regardless of race, culture, religion, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or…
The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.
Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.
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…
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Jewish Community Centers of Chicago ↗
- Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra ↗
- Who funds INTRINSIC SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago ↗
- Who funds College of the Desert Foundation ↗
- Who funds Jewish Federation of Ventura County ↗
- Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Zollie & Elaine Frank Fund Dba Mrs Zollie S Frank Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zollie & Elaine Frank Fund Dba Mrs Zollie S Frank Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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