Funding search · EIN 260173765 · Arlington Heights, IL

Gurtz Family Foundation

Name: Gurtz Family 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.

95
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
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

oprerations

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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 “oprerations” · $7,000

$5,000
Parkinson'S Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose oprerations
$2,000
Parkinson'S Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose oprerations

Top recipients

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

Zacharias Center4 grants · $172,500
Northwestern Memorial Foundation2 grants · $150,000
St Jude Hospital4 grants · $130,000
Feldman Family Foundation4 grants · $120,000
Ronald McDonald House4 grants · $115,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation4 grants · $115,000
Lurie Childrens Hospital Fdn2 grants · $100,000
City of Hope1 grant · $95,000
Rory David Deutch Foundation4 grants · $95,000
American Heart Association6 grants · $90,000

Giving over time

$400,000

2022

$400,000

2023

$495,000

2024

$620,000

2025

Grant history

All 95 reported grants, largest first.

$95,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$75,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$75,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Lurie Childrens Hospital Fdn · Carol Stream, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Zacharias Center · Gurnee, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Lurie Childrens Hospital Fdn · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Zacharias Center · Gurnee, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Sos Children'S Villages Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Zacharias Center · Gurnee, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$40,000
Feldman Family Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$40,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$40,000
Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$32,500
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$30,000
Feldman Family Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$30,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$30,000
Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$30,000
St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Rory David Deutch Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Saturday Place · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Rory David Deutch Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
American Heart Association · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Bowa Gives Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Feldman Family Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
American Heart Association · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Feldman Family Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Rory David Deutch Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$22,500
Zacharias Center · Gurnee, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
Charlie Project Dog Rescue · Twin Lakes, WI · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
Hfs Chicago Scholars · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
The Well Resource Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
Saturday Place · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
Rory David Deutch Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Dancering While Cancering · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Heartland Animal Shelter · Wheeling, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Jewish United Fund of Metro Chgo · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
The Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Dancering While Cancering · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Heartland Animal Shelter · Wheeling, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Jewish United Fund of Metro Chgo · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
The Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Charlie Project Dog Rescue · Twin Lakes, WI · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Dancering While Cancering · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$12,500
Lurie Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Chicago Coalition To End Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Chicago Greater Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Hire 360 · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Charlie Project Dog Rescue · Twin Lakes, WI · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Chicago Coalition To End Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Chicago Greater Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
The Well Resource Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Dancering While Cancering · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Heartland Animal Shelter · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
The Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Heartland Animal Shelter · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Jennifer Lynn Snyder Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Lne Alexa R Weiss Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
The Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$7,500
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$7,500
Parkinson'S Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$7,500
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$7,500
Parkinson'S Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$7,500
Clayco Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Chicagoland Lab Rescue · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Jennifer Lynn Snyder Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Chicagoland Lab Rescue · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Jennifer Lynn Snyder Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Chicagoland Lab Rescue · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Jennifer Lynn Snyder Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Parkinson'S Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose oprerations
$5,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Executive Construction Foundation · Hillside, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$2,000
Chicagoland Lab Rescue · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$2,000
Parkinson'S Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose oprerations
$1,000
Chest Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations

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