Funding search · EIN 362167761 · Chicago, IL

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan

Name: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

3,352
grants reported: $670.5M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

advised chicago federation jewish metropolitan

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Operating support for Chicago Jewish agencies: senior life, family services
Jewish day schools and Hebrew education in Chicago and Skokie
Refugee resettlement and immigrant services across Illinois
Synagogues, JCCs, and Jewish communal institutions
Israel-related organizations, advocacy, and antisemitism response
Donor-advised gifts to universities, hospitals, and Chicago civic groups

Typical grant

Median grant is $20,000 with the middle half between $10,000 and $50,000, so most of the 3,352 grants are modest pass-throughs from donor advised funds. The money is concentrated at the top: CJE Senior Life took $27.4 million and Jewish Child & Family Services $11.8 million in operating support, and a dozen core Chicago Jewish agencies and day schools absorb most of the dollars. Core agency support repeats year over year; the small donor-advised grants follow individual donors and are less predictable.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“OPERATING SUPPORT”
“JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO GRANTS - OPERATING SUPPORT”
“GRANTS FROM DONOR ADVISED FUNDS- OPERATING SUPPORT”

Positioning adjacent work

Connect to funded themes: refugee resettlement, Jewish education, senior services, or antisemitism and Israel education.
Ask in the $10,000 to $50,000 band unless you are an established Chicago Jewish agency.
Frame the request as general operating support, not a discrete research project.
Emphasize direct service to Chicago-area populations over national scope or academic output.

Worth knowing: This is a federation, so its 990-PF mixes allocations to a fixed roster of Chicago Jewish agencies with thousands of small gifts directed by individual donor advised fund holders. Illinois takes 1,658 of the grants, and university and hospital gifts (University of Chicago, Harvard, Northwestern) arrive through donors rather than any institutional research agenda, meaning access usually runs through a donor relationship.

200 grants matching “advise” · $56.8M

$9.2M
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$6.4M
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$2.1M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$2.0M
Grow Greater Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$2.0M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.6M
Friends of Asor Fund US · Lakewood, NJ · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.6M
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.4M
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.4M
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (Fidf) · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.4M
Solomon Schechter Day School of Metro Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.1M
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews · Washington, DC · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.1M
Urban Growers Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.0M
Judaism and Democracy Action Alliance of North America · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.0M
Proofing Station · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$737,280
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$677,245
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School · Deerfield, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$545,706
World Jewish Congress American Section · Merrifield, VA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$544,850
Rabbi Sacks Legacy Corp · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$515,360
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$509,140
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$501,700
The Conservation Fund · Arlington, VA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$501,429
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$492,698
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$377,285
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$366,811
American Friends of Magen David Adom · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$348,634
Jewish Child and Family Services Jcfs · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$321,436
The Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$313,349
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$300,350
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of Ny · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$262,102
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$253,600
Erase Ptsd Now · Schaumberg, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$253,130
Chabad of East Boca · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$243,934
American Friends of Chabad of Thailand · Port Washington, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$243,000
Eisenhower Medical Center · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$234,200
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$227,366
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$223,000
Curators of the University of Missouri Special Trust · Columbia, MO · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$203,300
Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$200,000
Endowment Foundation for Hillels of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$195,100
Wolcott School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$194,398
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$193,407
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$184,686
Spertus Inst for Jewish Learning and Leadership · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$181,015
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$176,800
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$171,602
Jewish National Fund - Keren Kayemeth Leisrael · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$169,820
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$169,095
Amer Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$156,054
Amer Society for Technion - Israel Inst for Tech · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$154,350
Israel Policy Forum · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$153,868
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$153,482
Chicago Jewish Day School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$150,000
Sounds Good Choir · Downers Grove, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$143,293
American Friends of Leket Israel · Teaneck, NJ · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$138,600
Chabad of Champaign-Urbana · Champaign, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$135,380
American Friends of Hakav Hameached · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$133,706
Camp Ramah in Wisconsin · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$130,610
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$130,446
Am Shalom · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$129,720
Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School · Skokie, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$129,206
International Beit Din · Providence, RI · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$126,840
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$126,830
Israel Emergency Alliance Stand With US · Northfield, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$125,038
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$124,000
Teach for Israel · Columbus, OH · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$122,968
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$116,720
Sefaria · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$114,490
Friends of Duvdevan · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$112,550
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$109,992
Ravinia Festival Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$109,700
Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$109,600
Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$109,350
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$107,333
Congregation Or Torah · Skokie, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$106,250
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$105,200
Chicago Furniture Bank · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$103,600
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$102,920
Ida Crown Jewish Academy · Skokie, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$101,500
Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$101,300
Better Government Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$100,730
Etzion Foundation · Teaneck, NJ · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$100,650
Timeline Theater Company · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$100,464
Beth Emet the Free Synagogue · Evanston, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$100,100
Chicago a Cappella · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$100,000
Beit T'Shuvah · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$100,000
Pga Tour First Tee Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$99,898
American Cancer Society - National Office · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$99,500
United Way of Miami-Dade · Miami, FL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$96,595
Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$95,000
Shalom School · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$95,000
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$94,540
North Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$92,765
Amit Children · Skokie, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$91,900
Zichron Tzvi Elimelech · Fresh Meadows, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$90,451
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago Jcc · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$90,098
Lake Shore Drive Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$90,000
Project Torah and Biblical Sscholarship · Bronx, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$89,206
Union for Reform Judaism - Osrui · Oconomowoc, WI · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$86,000
Intonation Music Workshop · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$85,981
American Friends of the Torah Leadership Institute · Skokie, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$85,018
Cje Seniorlife · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$85,000
Baker Senior Center Naples · Naples, FL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$84,960
Mazon Inc a Jewish Response To Hunger · Albert Lea, MN · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$83,064
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$82,512
Temple Sholom of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$82,315
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$78,480
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$78,300
University of Illinois Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$76,240
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Hias · Washington, DC · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$76,000
Jcc Association of North America · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$75,870
Chicago Center for Torah & Chesed · Lincolnwood, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$75,700
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$75,570
Religious Zionist Youth Movement -Bnei Akiva of the US & Canada · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$74,883
Kurt Warner First Things First Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$72,000
Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$72,000
Shavei Hevron Institutions · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$71,055
Window To the World Communications (Wfmt Wttw) · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$70,500
Jewish Graduate Student Initiative · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$69,260
70 Faces Media · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$69,170
Camp Moshava of Wild Rose · Skokie, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$69,050
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$69,000
Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$68,740
Misericordia Home · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$68,300
18doors · Reading, MA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$67,000
Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School · Skokie, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$66,753
Jewish Federation of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$65,720
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County - Boca · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$64,150
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Dc · North Bethesda, MD · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$64,095
Congregation B'Nai Tikvah · Deerfield, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$63,260
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$62,520
Chabad of Hyde Park · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$62,000
Barbara Sinatra Children'S Center · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$60,880
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$60,300
La Rabida Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$60,000
Montessori Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$60,000
American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$59,504
Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob Synagogue · Skokie, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$58,955
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$58,077
Israel Center for Excellence Through Education · Homer Glen, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$57,980
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$57,600
Israeli American Council Israeli Leadership Club · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$57,580
Shalva · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$57,480
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$56,940
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$55,800
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$55,760
Opendor Media · Sunrise, FL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$55,000
Rebecca a Copeland Fund for Social Justice · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$53,258
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$53,020
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$53,000
One Lawndale Children'S Discovery Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$53,000
Tides Foundation · El Monte, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$51,900
Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,750
The Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,250
Forward Association · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Friends of Ir David · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Ivymount School · Rockville, MD · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Israel Healthcare Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Woodlawn Food Security Health & Human Services Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Mothers' Milk Bank of Western Great Lakes · Elk Grove Village, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe of the Diocese of La Crosse · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Seton Education Partners · Bronx, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
American Friends of Kishorit · West Hartford, CT · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Usher Iii Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Israel Baseball Americas · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Becket Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Israel Advocacy Group · Springhouse, PA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Peninsula Temple Beth El · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Center for Entrepreneurial Jewish Philanthropy · New Rochelle, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$50,000
National Alliance for Research On Schizophrenia and Depression · Great Neck, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$48,590
Anshe Sholom B'Nai Israel Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$48,500
Chicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$48,223
American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$47,200
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School · Riverdale, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$47,020
Yeshiva Kollel Torah Mitzion · Skokie, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$46,000
Caring Friends · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$46,000
Global Peace Film Festival · Orlando, FL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$45,000
Gulfshore Playhouse · Naples, FL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$44,925
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$44,700
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$43,602
Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$43,000
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$42,750
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$42,435
Temple Jeremiah - Northfield · Northfield, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$42,070
Chicago Community Kollel · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$42,000
St Luke'S Anglican Church of Hilton Head · Hilton Head, SC · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$41,750
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$41,350
Thresholds · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$41,260
Chai Lifeline · Lakewood, NJ · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$40,879
Trustees of Tufts College · Boston, MA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$40,800
Greater Miami Jewish Federation · Miami, FL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$40,800
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$40,700
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations · Evanston, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$40,650
College of the Desert Foundation · Palm Desert, CA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$40,548
Hadassah Women'S Zionist Organization of America · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$40,250
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$40,000
Yeshivas Emek Hatorah · Howell, NJ · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$40,000
Transplant Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Cje Senior Life2 grants · $47.0M
Jfmc Facilities Corporation2 grants · $46.8M
Cje Senior Life2 grants · $40.1M
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies2 grants · $34.4M
Ida Crown Jewish Academy4 grants · $29.1M
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago2 grants · $24.2M
Jewish Child & Family Services2 grants · $23.2M
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago2 grants · $18.6M
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School4 grants · $17.9M
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago2 grants · $16.9M

Giving over time

$155.8M

2021

$171.4M

2022

$176.8M

2023

$166.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 3,352 grants.

$33.9M
Jfmc Facilities Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$32.6M
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies · Chicago, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$28.8M
Ida Crown Jewish Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$27.4M
Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$23.1M
Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$19.6M
Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$17.0M
Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$15.0M
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$13.3M
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School · Skokie, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$12.9M
Jfmc Facilities Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$11.8M
Jewish Child & Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$11.8M
Jewish Child and Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$11.7M
Jewish Child & Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$11.4M
Jewish Child & Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$10.5M
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School · Skokie, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$10.3M
Mandeko Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$9.3M
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
$9.3M
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$9.3M
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$9.2M
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$7.6M
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
$7.3M
Jfmc Facilities Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$7.2M
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$6.8M
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$6.4M
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$5.4M
Refugeeone · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$5.0M
Windward Fund · Melville, NY · 2021
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
$4.6M
World Relief of Dupage and Aurora · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$4.5M
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School · Skokie, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$4.1M
Heartland Human Care · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$3.5M
Refugeeone · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$3.5M
World Relief of Dupage and Aurora · Carol Stream, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$3.4M
Associated Talmud Torahs · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$3.3M
Associated Talmud Torahs · Chicago, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$3.3M
Associated Talmud Torahs · Skokie, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$3.2M
Associated Talmud Torahs · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$3.1M
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$3.0M
Jfmc Facilities Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$3.0M
Solomon Schechter Day School · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$2.6M
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$2.5M
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$2.5M
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$2.4M
World Relief - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$2.1M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$2.1M
Refugeeone · Chicago, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$2.1M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$2.1M
Ida Crown Jewish Academy · Skokie, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$2.1M
Ida Crown Jewish Academy · Chicago, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$2.1M
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$2.1M
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$2.1M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
$2.1M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
$2.0M
Grow Greater Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$2.0M
Grow Greater Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$2.0M
Grow Greater Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2022
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
$2.0M
Grow Greater Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2021
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
$2.0M
Chicago Jewish Day School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$2.0M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.9M
Chicago Jewish Day School · Chicago, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$1.8M
The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary · Jupiter, FL · 2022
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
$1.8M
Friends of Asor Fund US · Lakewood, NJ · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.7M
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies · Chicago, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$1.6M
Friends of Asor Fund US · Lakewood, NJ · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.6M
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.5M
Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$1.5M
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2021
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
$1.5M
Windward Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.4M
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.4M
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (Fidf) · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.4M
World Relief of Dupage and Aurora · Carol Stream, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$1.4M
World Relief - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$1.4M
Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$1.4M
Solomon Schechter Day School of Metro Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.4M
Solomon Schechter Day School · Northbrook, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$1.3M
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.3M
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Highland Park, IL · 2021
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
$1.3M
Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.3M
Heartland Human Care · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$1.2M
Shorashim · Chicago, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$1.1M
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews · Washington, DC · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.1M
Urban Growers Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.1M
Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
$1.1M
Solomon Schechter Endowment Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$1.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.0M
Judaism and Democracy Action Alliance of North America · New York, NY · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.0M
Proofing Station · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$1.0M
Proofing Station · Chicago, IL · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$977,000
Woodlawn Community Charter School Dba I3 Academy · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$972,358
Israelnow Education Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$969,292
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (Fidf) · New York, NY · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$960,000
Denver Jewish Day School · Denver, CO · 2023
Grants from donor advised funds- operating support
$959,431
Ark · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$959,175
Ark · Chicago, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$914,309
World Relief Quad Cities · Moline, IL · 2024
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$904,000
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2021
Grants from Donor Advised Funds - Operating Support
$872,636
Shorashim · Chicago, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$855,805
Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support
$842,897
Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$824,224
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies · Chicago, IL · 2023
Jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
$823,654
Ark · Chicago, IL · 2022
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Grants - Operating Support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.