Funding search · EIN 366076088 · Chicago, IL

Arie and Ida Crown Memorial

Name: Arie and Ida Crown Memorial grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

2,428
grants reported: $303.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $60,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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

Jewish education, camp, Israel travel and campus life nationally
Chicago K-12 public schools, teacher pipelines, college access
Scholarships and college completion for Chicago students
Chicago human services: homelessness, domestic violence, immigrants
Climate, clean energy and Great Lakes conservation
Capital projects for Chicago civic, arts and medical institutions

Typical grant

Median grant is $60,000 and the middle half falls between $25,000 and $140,000, so most of the portfolio is modest and operational. The seven-figure checks go to a narrow set: capital campaigns run through Chicago Community Foundation, scholarship intermediaries like Scholarship America, and national Jewish infrastructure such as Birthright Israel, Hillel and Moishe House. With 2,428 grants to 809 recipients across three years, the average grantee is funded roughly three times, and the pattern is clearly annual renewal rather than one-off support.

Their words

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

“GENERAL OPERATING”
“PROGRAM”
“CAPITAL”
“ENDOWMENT”
“GENERAL OPERATING;PROGRAM”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor to a named Chicago education theme: early learning, teacher pipeline, or college completion, not generic youth services.
Ask $50,000 to $150,000 first. Seven figures goes to institutions they have funded for years.
Request general operating support outright. They fund it constantly and label it that way themselves.
If the work is Jewish education or Israel engagement, show national reach; that portfolio funds NY and DC heavily.

Worth knowing: This is a Chicago funder first, with 1,379 of 2,428 grants in Illinois, and the out-of-state money is concentrated in national Jewish organizations headquartered in New York, Washington and the Bay Area. A small group of repeat grantees, including Chicago Community Foundation, University of Chicago, Hillel, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and Children First Fund, absorbs a large share of the dollars, and the giving reads as relationship-driven and renewed annually.

8 grants matching “ascend” · $287,000

$85,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$65,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating
$42,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program
$5,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating
$65,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating

Top recipients

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

Scholarship America10 grants · $11.0M
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation35 grants · $10.0M
Chicago Community Foundation17 grants · $8.8M
Crown Family Foundation3 grants · $8.5M
University of Chicago30 grants · $6.2M
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life12 grants · $5.6M
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago15 grants · $5.5M
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago40 grants · $5.2M
Chicago Public Education Fund11 grants · $4.5M
Board of Jewish Education5 grants · $4.3M

Giving over time

$102.2M

2022

$88.4M

2023

$112.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,428 grants.

$5.0M
Crown Family Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program
$3.0M
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capital
$2.9M
Scholarship America · St Peter, MN · 2023
Program
$2.5M
Crown Family Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program
$2.5M
Scholarship America · St Peter, MN · 2022
Program
$2.0M
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating;program
$2.0M
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capital
$1.9M
Scholarship America · St Peter, MN · 2024
Program
$1.6M
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program
$1.5M
Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School · Skokie, IL · 2024
Program
$1.5M
Scholarship America · St Peter, MN · 2024
Program
$1.5M
Board of Jewish Education · New York, NY · 2023
Program
$1.5M
Board of Jewish Education · New York, NY · 2022
Program
$1.4M
North Lawndale Employment Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating
$1.4M
Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation (Dba Jim Joseph Foundation) · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program
$1.4M
Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation (Dba Jim Joseph Foundation) · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program
$1.3M
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program
$1.3M
Scholarship America · St Peter, MN · 2022
Program
$1.3M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program
$1.2M
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program
$1.2M
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$1.2M
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating
$1.2M
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating
$1.1M
Moishe House (Dba Mem Global) · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General operating;program
$1.1M
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program
$1.1M
Shalom Hartman Institute of North America · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$1.0M
Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program
$1.0M
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$1.0M
Crown Family Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program
$1.0M
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating
$1.0M
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Washington, DC · 2024
Program
$1.0M
Jewish Community Centers Assoc of North America · New York, NY · 2024
Program
$1.0M
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Capital
$1.0M
One Lawndale Childrens Discovery Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capital
$1.0M
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program
$1.0M
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program
$1.0M
Jewish Community Centers Assoc of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Program
$1.0M
Jewish Community Centers Assoc of North America · New York, NY · 2022
Program
$1.0M
One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program
$1.0M
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2022
Capital
$850,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program
$850,000
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Washington, DC · 2023
Program
$850,000
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2022
Program
$805,000
Ucan · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating
$800,000
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Washington, DC · 2022
Program
$765,000
Shalom Hartman Institute of North America · New York, NY · 2022
General operating;program
$750,000
Board of Jewish Education · New York, NY · 2024
Program
$750,000
Israel Education Resource · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General operating;program
$750,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program
$750,000
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program
$750,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating
$675,000
Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools · New York, NY · 2024
General operating;program
$650,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating;program
$650,000
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating
$650,000
Moishe House · Encinitas, CA · 2022
General operating;program
$650,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating;program
$625,000
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program
$625,000
Honeymoon Israel Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating;program
$625,000
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program
$625,000
Honeymoon Israel Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General operating;program
$618,993
Scholarship America · St Peter, MN · 2023
Program
$600,000
Springboard Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program
$600,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program
$600,000
Springboard Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Program
$600,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program;capital
$600,000
Sarah'S Circle · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating;capital
$581,887
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program
$570,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program
$562,500
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating
$550,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program
$550,000
Repair the World · New York, NY · 2022
General operating;program
$527,000
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program
$500,000
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · Chicago, IL · 2024
Endowment
$500,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating;capital
$500,000
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program
$500,000
Foundation for Jewish Camp · New York, NY · 2024
Program
$500,000
Honeymoon Israel Foundation · Dunwoody, GA · 2024
General operating;program
$500,000
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$500,000
Inner-City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program
$500,000
Kids First Chicago for Education · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$500,000
M2 the Institute for Experiential Jewish Education · New York, NY · 2024
General operating;program
$500,000
Medic Mobile · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program
$500,000
Repair the World · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$500,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capital
$500,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program
$500,000
Steppenwolf Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capital
$500,000
Teach for America · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$500,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capital
$500,000
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · Chicago, IL · 2023
Endowment
$500,000
Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program
$500,000
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program
$500,000
Inner-City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating
$500,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capital
$500,000
Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools · New York, NY · 2023
General operating;program
$500,000
Teach for America · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating
$500,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
Capital
$500,000
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · Chicago, IL · 2022
Endowment
$500,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
$500,000
Chicago Cred · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program
$500,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program

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