Crown Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3330462. Reported 144 grants totalling $159.1M to 58 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Crown Family Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T700).
- How spread out its giving is. 58 distinct organizations, with 40% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 60% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $192,187. Half of what it reported fell between $100,000 and $600,000; the smallest was $7,500 and the largest $16.9M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $64.3M | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Covenant Foundation | New York, NY | $29.4M | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $15.2M | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jerusalem Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $6,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | New York, NY | $4,950,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School | Skokie, IL | $3,452,514 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $2,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago | Northbrook, IL | $2,283,336 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chicago Jewish Day School | Chicago, IL | $1,617,315 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Ark | Chicago, IL | $1,600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $1,550,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Tel Aviv University Inc | New York, NY | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Family and Childrens Service Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | Chicago, IL | $1,380,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School | Chicago, IL | $1,026,063 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Keshet | Northbrook, IL | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies Inc | Paramus, NJ | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rochelle Zell Jewish High School | Deerfield, IL | $946,875 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School | Chicago, IL | $866,137 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Shalva Inc | Chicago, IL | $755,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Bar-Ilan University Inc | New York, NY | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University Inc | New York, NY | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Society for Technion- Israel Institute of Technology Inc | New York, NY | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Society of the University of Haifa | New York, NY | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | New York, NY | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago | Skokie, IL | $700,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Ecopeace Middle East Environmental Ngo Forum | Washington, DC | $700,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Beit Tshuvah | Los Angeles, CA | $675,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago Inc | Northbrook, IL | $650,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arie Crown Hebrew Day School | Skokie, IL | $631,250 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Ida Crown Jewish Academy Inc | Skokie, IL | $631,250 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | Cincinnati, OH | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $595,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish National Fund -Keren Kayemeth Leisrael- Inc | Rockville Ctr, NY | $505,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Facing History & Ourselves Inc | Boston, MA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yeshivat Maharat Inc | Bronx, NY | $440,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Elnet | Skokie, IL | $422,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Matan Inc | Bronx, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Afsnc Inc | New York, NY | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Child and Family Services | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Clal-the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Inc | New York, NY | $135,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Enrichment Center | Chicago, IL | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aspen Jewish Center | Aspen, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Atzum Inc | Skokie, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Hap Foundation Inc | Oakbrook Ter, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bnai Brith Youth Organization Inc | Washington, DC | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Israel Policy Forum Inc | New York, NY | $62,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Centers of Chicago | Northbrook, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Civic Leadership Foundation | Northbrook, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Clubhouse Center for Respite and Inclusion Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
33 of 58 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
Hebrew language instruction, Bridge Tech in the Negev and Kfar Kassem, physician fellowships, Co-Tech Program, High-tech Entrepreneurship and for Hassoub garage capital project, Diversity in High-Tech in Acre and Hura, AlKavsaa program for Negev and East Jerusalem, Summer Camps in FSU, Enter High-Tech and Excel in High-Tech, The Admas program for Ethiopian Israeli STEM university students, Portland Trust for Arab high-tech employment, Aaron Institute's Center for Economic Policy for the Israeli Arab Society, Netivot Campus - capital grant, Full Stack and DevNet Courses, training in the periphery, and general operating support CRM system. - Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago Jewish Day School Capital Campaign, LiveSecure, EZRA Passthrough, Holocaust Community Services- CJE Passthrough, Israel Studies on Campus, Israel Education Center - Jerusalem Foundation
General operating support and Rebecca Crown Theatre - Jewish Federations of North America
LiveSecure ($3mil); Israel Action Network ($250K) - Birthright Israel Foundation
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND TOUR EDUCATOR TRAINING & ONWARD ISRAEL - American Friends of Tel Aviv University
Scholarships and General operating support
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 50 of 58 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 31 | $19.4M | $150,000 |
| 2021 | 29 | $35.3M | $150,000 |
| 2022 | 35 | $46.2M | $450,000 |
| 2023 | 25 | $28.8M | $125,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $29.5M | $217,187 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
62% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $192,187 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Illinois.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Crown Family Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 24 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 30 South Wells Street 4049, Chicago, IL, 60606.
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