· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k32 grants · $46k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $125k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ERIKSON INSTITUTE | $25,000 |
| NATIONAL PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| JEWISH UNITED FUND | $15,000 |
| MERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC | $10,000 |
| RETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE | $10,000 |
| FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| NORTH SUBURBAN SYNAGOGUE BETH EL | $10,000 |
| GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY | $5,000 |
| US HOLOCAUST MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| SUSAN SPECTOR FUND | $5,000 |
| RAVINIA FESTIVAL | $5,000 |
| WTTW CHANNEL 11 | $4,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $93k) 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +24% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
51 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO8× · 2017–2024 · $320k · revenue +13%
- EIErikson Institute8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +5%
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +116%
Funded once
- WSWOLCOTT SCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +35%
- EPEVANSTON POLICE & FIRE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $5k
- HAHEARTLAND ALLIANCEone grant, 2017 · $3k
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.
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…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…
The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
Ann & robert h. lurie children's hospital of chicago is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.
The norton & elaine sarnoff center for jewish genetics (the center) is an educational resource for hereditary cancers and jewish genetic disorders. working closely with clergy, health care professionals, support organizations and dedicated…
How this is measured
40 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. 40 of the 65 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 UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds Erikson Institute ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
- Who funds FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC ↗
- Who funds RETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds Invest for Kids Inc ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds MERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC ↗
- Who funds Cornell University ↗
- Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Jewish Community Centers of Chicago ↗
- Who funds SHALVA INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SNOW CITY ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE GIFT OF LIFE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds SOUTH HAVEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WOLCOTT SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds FAMILY FOCUS LEGACY ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds DISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTITUTE INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Zuckerman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zuckerman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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