Funding search · EIN 237028857 · Chicago, IL

Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation

Name: Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

463
grants reported: $13.0M
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.

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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.

2 grants matching “historic preservation” · $50,000

$25,000
Historical Preservation Society Black Panther Party Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Historical Preservation Society of the Il Chapter Black Panther Party · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization

Top recipients

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

West Coast Sports Medicine Foundation4 grants · $826,100
Friends of Elnet4 grants · $775,000
Connections for the Homeless4 grants · $700,000
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine2 grants · $435,000
Imagine Englewood If4 grants · $345,382
Dovetail Project4 grants · $325,000
Better Government Association4 grants · $325,000
Lookingglass Theatre Company4 grants · $290,000
Echoes of Hope4 grants · $285,000
National Public Housing Museum3 grants · $275,000

Giving over time

$3.5M

2022

$3.4M

2023

$3.3M

2024

$2.7M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 463 grants.

$450,000
Connections for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$325,000
Friends of Elnet · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$250,000
Friends of Elnet · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$235,310
Mother Jones Foundation for National Progress · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$225,000
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$225,000
Feinberg School of Medicine Batlle Discretionary · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$225,000
Feinberg School of Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$215,000
West Coast Sports Medicine Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$210,000
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$205,000
West Coast Sports Medicine Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$205,000
West Coast Sports Medicine Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$201,100
West Coast Sports Medicine Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$200,000
National Public Housing Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$150,000
Connections for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$125,000
Covenant House Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$115,000
Lookingglass Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$110,000
Imagine Englewood If · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$105,000
Collaboraction Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Dovetail Project · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Echoes of Hope · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Friends of Elnet · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Iola'S Lyceum · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Better Government Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Cornell University · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Dovetail Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Friends of Elnet · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Young Chicago Authors · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Better Government Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Dovetail Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Legal Action Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Better Government Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Echoes of Hope · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Kings Care Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Reader Institute for Community Journalism · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$85,000
Imagine Englewood If · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$75,382
Imagine Englewood If · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$75,000
Chamah · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$75,000
Echoes of Hope · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$75,000
Imagine Englewood If · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$75,000
Lookingglass Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$75,000
Chamah · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$75,000
Lookingglass Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$60,000
Timeline Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$60,000
Timeline Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$52,500
Reader Institute for Community Journalism · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$52,500
Young Chicago Authors · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$52,200
Injustice Watch · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$52,082
Girls 4 Science · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$52,000
Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$51,850
Girls 4 Science · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$51,000
Girls 4 Science · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Communityhealth · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Connections for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Girls 4 Science · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Heritage Retreats · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Ignite · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
King'S Care Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
People'S Music School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Canine Lymphoma Education Awareness & Research · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Communityhealth · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Heritage Retreats · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Ignite · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
National Public Housing Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
People'S Music School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Chicago Reader · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Communityhealth · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Ignite · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Maui Humane Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Maui United Way · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
People'S Music School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Young Chicago Authors · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Boulevard · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Chabad of Calabasas · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Communityhealth · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Connections for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Ignite · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
People'S Music School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$43,500
Chicago Hopes for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$40,000
Collaboraction Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$40,000
Canine Lymphoma Education Awareness & Research · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$40,000
Canine Lymphoma Education Awareness & Research · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$40,000
Timeline Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$35,000
City of Hope · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$35,000
La Rabida Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$35,000
Challah & Soul · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$35,000
Kings Care Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$31,000
Chicago Arts and Music Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Greater Englewood Chamber Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Uptown People'S Law Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.