Illinois · Nonprofit
CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION
CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,650,001 to it, the largest being ARIE AND IDA CROWN MEMORIAL ($28,500,001). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $81M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $29M
- Net assets
- $513M
What Crown Family Foundation does
Mission
To support and carry out the exempt purposes of the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago and the jewish united fund of metropolitan chicago by such means as the board of directors of the organizations may determine. This is accomplished by providing grants to charitable, educational and scientific organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The foundation made grants to organizations which are exempt under section 501(c)(3) under the internal revenue code. All organizations to which grants were made meet the criteria under which the foundation, the jewish united fund of metropolitan chicago, and the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago were established.
$29,529,740 spentof which $29,529,740 as grants$100,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $29,529,740.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $469M to $376M (−20%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
1% of CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $20M → $2.5M.
From the IRS filings of CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 452 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 452 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 42 related entities
- Albert and Lucille Delighter & Marcella Winston Foundation · exempt
- Bellows Family Foundation · exempt
- Bls Family Foundation · exempt
- Bucksbaum Family Foundation · exempt
- Charles & Audrey Dann Charitable Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION?
- CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,650,001 to it, the largest being ARIE AND IDA CROWN MEMORIAL ($28,500,001). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $28,650,001 in grants to CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION?
- ARIE AND IDA CROWN MEMORIAL is the largest funder on record, with $28,500,001 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing