Funding search · EIN 203870052 · Chicago, IL
Golub Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 48
- grants reported
- $889,875
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
educationoutreachdepartmentemergencyhungerneurologicalpatientresearch
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Funding pattern
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1 grant matching “chicagoans” · $5,000
- $5,000
Chicago Furniture Bank · Chicago, IL · 2025
Intermediary between chicagoans with extra furniture and those who need it. They provide furnishing packages to clients
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Jewish United Fund4 grants · $260,000
- The Goldie Initiative4 grants · $126,500
- Northwestern University1 grant · $100,000
- Northwestern Memorial Foundation4 grants · $90,000
- Cleveland Clinic Florida3 grants · $61,875
- Lurie Childrens Hospital4 grants · $60,000
- Crew Network Foundation2 grants · $55,000
- Giordana Dance Chicago4 grants · $25,000
- Bernies Book Bank3 grants · $17,500
- Nami Chicago3 grants · $15,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 48 reported grants, largest first.
- $100,000
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $65,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution to outreach and hunger help
- $65,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution to outreach and hunger help
- $65,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution to outreach and hunger help
- $65,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution to outreach and hunger help
- $49,000
The Goldie Initiative · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2025
General support
- $30,000
The Goldie Initiative · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2024
General support
- $30,000
Crew Network Foundation · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
- $25,000
The Goldie Initiative · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Crew Network Foundation · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
- $22,500
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Neurological surgery department (research)
- $22,500
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Neurological surgery department (research)
- $22,500
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Neurological surgery department (research)
- $22,500
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Neurological surgery department (research)
- $22,500
The Goldie Initiative · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2022
General support
- $20,625
Cleveland Clinic Florida · Weston, FL · 2024
General support
- $20,625
Cleveland Clinic Florida · Weston, FL · 2023
General support
- $20,625
Cleveland Clinic Florida · Weston, FL · 2022
General support
- $17,500
Lurie Childrens Hospital · Chcago, IL · 2025
Patient emergency fund
- $17,500
Lurie Childrens Hospital · Chcago, IL · 2024
Patient emergency fund
- $12,500
Lurie Childrens Hospital · Chcago, IL · 2023
Patient emergency fund
- $12,500
Lurie Childrens Hospital · Chcago, IL · 2022
Patient emergency fund
- $10,000
Giordana Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Nami Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Sponsorship of the 2023 light the darkness gala supporting mental health advocacy, education & support
- $10,000
Chicago Architecture Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $9,333
Southeast Side Experience Incubator · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $7,500
Tgthr · Boulder, CO · 2025
Connect with youth living in unsafe conditions with stable housing and to end youth homelessness
- $7,500
Bernies Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Chicago Furniture Bank · Chicago, IL · 2025
Intermediary between chicagoans with extra furniture and those who need it. They provide furnishing packages to clients
- $5,000
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicin · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Bernies Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Giordana Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicin · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Giordana Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Israel Tennis Center · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2023
Grant to help provide scholarships and services for at-risk children & families in israel
- $5,000
Bernies Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Giordana Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Luries Childrens Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $4,667
Southeast Side Experience Incubator · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $4,000
Aspen Music Festival · Aspen, CO · 2025
Classical music education
- $4,000
Aspen Music Festival · Aspen, CO · 2024
Classical music education
- $4,000
Music Associates of Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2023
Education and outreach programs
- $4,000
Music Associates of Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2022
Education and outreach programs
- $3,000
Revolution Workshop · Chicago, IL · 2025
Provide training and job placement in construction to individuals from chicago's most under-resourced neighborhoods
- $3,000
Revolution Workshop · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General support
- $2,500
Nami Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Sponsorship of the 2025 light the darkness gala supporting mental health advocacy, education & support
- $2,500
Nami Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Sponsorship of the 2024 light the darkness gala supporting mental health advocacy, education & support
- $500
Scope Midwest · Astoria, NY · 2022
General support
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