Organization · EIN 36-2167034 · Chicago, IL · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Who funds Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago?

222 private foundations reported paying Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago $18.4M on returns for tax year 2023.

222 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 222

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$2,650,000 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
Filed as “JEWISH UNITED FUND”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Chicago, IL
$1,643,809
5 grant lines
GENERAL OPERATING +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sacks Family Foundation
Highland Park, IL · Preselected only
$1,176,000 PROGRAM SUPPORT
Filed as “JEWISH UNITED FUND”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Joseph L & Emily K Gidwitz Memorial Foundation
Chicago, IL
$900,000
4 grant lines
Israel Emergency Fund +3 more
Filed as “Jewish United Fund”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Matthew & Carolyn Bucksbaum Family Found
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$750,000 ALL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE FOR THE INTENT ESTABLISHED BY THE VARIOUS CHARITIES
Filed as “JEWISH UNITED FUND”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Owings Mills, MD
$650,000
4 grant lines
TO SUPPORT RENOVATIONS TO THE BERNARD HORWICH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES A RANGE OF DIRECT SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME JEWISH HOUS… +3 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Circle of Service Foundation
Chicago, IL
$509,600
2 grant lines
JEWISH COMMUNITY +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Vivo Foundation
Northbrook, IL · Preselected only
$500,000 TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE DONEE
Filed as “JEWISH UNITED FUND”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Glen and Wendy Miller Family Foundation
Deerfield, IL · Preselected only
$500,000 RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
Filed as “JEWISH UNITED FUND”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Walder Foundation
Wilmington, DE · Preselected only
$360,000
8 grant lines
Israel Emergency Response fund +7 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
J S Frank Foundation
Deerfield, IL · Preselected only
$350,000 GENERAL FUND RAISING
Filed as “JEWISH UNITED FUND”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Howard B Bernick Foundation
Chicago, IL
$300,000 GENERAL SUPPORT
Filed as “JEWISH UNITED FUND”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$285,000 CHARITY
Filed as “JEWISH UNITED FUND”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Polk Bros Foundation
Chicago, IL
$263,500
5 grant lines
Special Projects +2 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
The Levitt Foundation
Potomac, MD · Preselected only
$250,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$212,763 IN ORDER TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES.
Filed as “JEWISH UNITED FUND”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Takiff Family Foundation
Glencoe, IL
$206,050 General operating Support
Filed as “Jewish United Fund”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Loewenberg Charitable Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$200,000 EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
Filed as “Jewish United Fund”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Hecktman Family Foundation
Northbrook, IL · Preselected only
$200,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation
Northbrook, IL · Preselected only
$200,000 UNRESTRICTED
Filed as “Jewish United Fund”
Same address 0.67 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $710K to them
  2. GE Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $118K to them
  3. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $58.6K to them
  4. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $836K to them
  5. Sirius Fund Chicago, IL
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $44.4K to them
  6. Baxter International Foundation Deerfield, IL
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $840K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $1.45M to them
  8. The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $15.2M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Ravinia Festival Association Highland Park, IL
    50 shared funders · 167 funders in all
  2. Greater Chicago Food Depository Chicago, IL
    53 shared funders · 341 funders in all
  3. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Washington, DC
    51 shared funders · 614 funders in all
  4. Friends of the Israel Defense Forces New York, NY
    52 shared funders · 868 funders in all
  5. The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
    42 shared funders · 238 funders in all
  6. The Ark Chicago, IL
    35 shared funders · 75 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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