Illinois · Private foundation
Zuckerman Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $171k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2024
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 46
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Zuckerman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 40 | $170k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $213k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 44 | $184k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 41 | $207k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $222k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $206k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 35 | $246k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 36 | $316k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, 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 | $320,125 | 8 | 0% |
| National Parkinson Foundation Inc | $204,750 | 8 | n/a |
| Erikson Institute | $200,000 | 8 | 0% |
| North Suburban Synagogue Beth El | $108,817 | 8 | n/a |
| American Jewish Committee | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Facing History & Ourselves Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Rett Syndrome Research Trust Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Invest for Kids Inc | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Merit School of Music | $45,000 | 8 | 1% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($272k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Zuckerman Family 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Kovler Family Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Zuckerman Family Foundation
- How much does Zuckerman Family Foundation give?
- Zuckerman Family Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $171,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Zuckerman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (21%), Philanthropy (19%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are Zuckerman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($320k), National Parkinson Foundation Inc ($205k), Erikson Institute ($200k).
- Does Zuckerman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zuckerman 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Zuckerman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Kovler Family Foundation.
- Where is Zuckerman Family Foundation based?
- Zuckerman Family Foundation is based in IL.
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