Funding search · EIN 346549129 · Chicago, IL

The Akers Foundation

Name: The Akers 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.

126
grants reported: $132,703
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $330
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

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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.

4 grants matching “comunnity” · $26,000

$8,000
Jewish Federation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
To serve comunnity
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To serve comunnity
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To serve comunnity
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To serve comunnity

Top recipients

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

Jewish Federation of Chicago4 grants · $26,000
Congregationor Shalom4 grants · $17,759
Jewish United Fund4 grants · $17,526
Brandeis University4 grants · $8,500
Temple Or Shalom3 grants · $5,810
Israel Cancer Research Fund4 grants · $5,104
Temple Shomer Emunim4 grants · $4,490
Conserv Jerusalem Music & Dance1 grant · $3,600
Cranbrook Horizons Upward Bound1 grant · $3,500
Temple Sholom1 grant · $3,205

Giving over time

$27,950

2022

$36,601

2023

$30,493

2024

$37,659

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 126 grants.

$11,800
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
To serve the community
$8,000
Jewish Federation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
To serve comunnity
$7,304
Congregationor Shalom · Vernon Hills, IL · 2025
Religious institution
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To serve comunnity
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To serve comunnity
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To serve comunnity
$4,069
Congregationor Shalom · Vernon Hills, IL · 2024
Religious institution
$3,770
Congregationor Shalom · Vernon Hills, IL · 2022
Religious institution
$3,600
Conserv Jerusalem Music & Dance · Jerusalem Israel, IL · 2024
To promote education
$3,500
Cranbrook Horizons Upward Bound · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2025
To promote education
$3,205
Temple Sholom · Chicago, IL · 2025
Religious institution
$3,000
Uniting Voices Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Music education
$3,000
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2023
To promote education
$3,000
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2022
To promote education
$3,000
Cranbrook Schools · Detroit, MI · 2022
To promote education
$2,616
Congregationor Shalom · Vernon Hills, IL · 2023
Religious institution
$2,575
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2022
To promote cancer research
$2,513
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
To serve the community
$2,340
Temple Or Shalom · Vernon Hills, IL · 2024
Religious institution
$1,818
Or Shalom Congregation · Vernon Hills, IL · 2023
Religious institution
$1,790
Temple Or Shalom · Vernon Hills, IL · 2023
Religious institution
$1,700
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
To serve the community
$1,680
Temple Or Shalom · Vernon Hills, IL · 2022
Religious institution
$1,650
Temple Shomer Emunim · Sylvania, OH · 2023
Religious institution
$1,553
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2025
To promote cancer research
$1,513
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
To serve the community
$1,500
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2024
To promote education
$1,401
Solomon Schechter Day School · Northbrook, IL · 2025
To promote education
$1,111
Faces of October 7 · San Diego, CA · 2024
To promote jewish identity
$1,030
Jcc Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2023
To serve the community
$1,029
Zamarin Community Center · Yaakov Israel, IL · 2023
To serve the community
$1,000
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2025
To promote education
$1,000
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School · Deerfield, IL · 2025
To promote education
$1,000
Temple Shomer Emunim · Sylvania, OH · 2025
Religious institution
$1,000
Cranbrook School · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
To promote education
$1,000
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School · Deerfield, IL · 2024
To promote education
$1,000
Temple Shomer Emunim · Sylvania, OH · 2024
Religious institution
$1,000
Hadassah · New York, NY · 2023
To serve the community
$1,000
Solomom Schachter Day School · Northbrook, IL · 2023
To promote education
$874
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Support community
$840
Temple Shomer Emunim · Sylvania, OH · 2022
Religious institution
$776
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To promote cancer research
$750
Midwest Young Artist Mya · Highwood, IL · 2024
To serve the community
$523
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2025
Children health and education
$515
Jewish Rock Radio · Chesterfield, MO · 2024
To promote jewish identity
$500
Educ Foundation of Sarasota County · Sarasota, FL · 2025
To promote education
$500
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support research & care
$500
Brightisrael · New York, NY · 2024
To promote jewish identity
$500
Horizons Upward Bound Hub · Chicago, IL · 2024
To promote education
$500
Hub Horizons Upward Bound · Chicago, IL · 2024
To promote education
$500
Standford University · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To promote education
$500
Harvard University · Boston, MA · 2023
To promote education
$500
Standford University · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To promote education
$500
Harvard University · Boston, MA · 2022
To promote education
$500
Jewish Rock Radio · Chesterfiled, MO · 2022
To strengthen jewih idty music
$500
Neue Galerie · New York, NY · 2022
To promote art
$500
Stanford School Business · Stanford, CA · 2022
To promote education
$450
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
To promote the arts
$400
Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2024
Museum
$370
Solomom Schachter Day School · Northbrook, IL · 2024
To promote education
$360
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To serve the community
$355
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
To educate on museum
$350
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
To promote the arts
$310
Art Institue of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To promote the arts
$302
Brookfield Zoo · Brookfield, IL · 2025
To promote education
$250
Brightisrael · New York, NY · 2025
To promote jewish identity
$250
Furever Home Dog Sanctuary · Deerfield, IL · 2024
To serve the community
$250
Compeer Sarasota · Buffalo, NY · 2023
To promote mental health
$250
Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2023
Museum
$250
Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
To feed the homeless
$250
Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2022
To feed the homeless
$250
Streetwise · Chicago, IL · 2022
To promote social services
$225
John G Shedd Aquariam · Chicago, IL · 2025
To serve the community
$200
American Writers Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
To promote education
$200
Congregation Etz Chayim · Toledo, OH · 2025
Religous institution
$200
Educ Foundation of Sarasota County · Sarasota, FL · 2024
To promote education
$200
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To promote cancer research
$195
Museum of Science & Industry · Chicago, IL · 2024
To promote education
$190
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
To serve the community
$187
Swim Across America · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Cancer research
$184
B'Nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim · Deerfield, IL · 2024
To promote jewish identity
$180
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2025
Religous institution
$180
Higland Park Sisters Cities Foundat · Highland Park, IL · 2023
To serve the community
$180
Anshe Emet Synagouge · Chicago, IL · 2022
Religious institution
$180
Bergen Hatzalah Emer Center · Englewood, NJ · 2022
Medical center
$180
Jewish Telegraphic Agency · New York, NY · 2022
To serve the community
$180
Shalva · Chicago, IL · 2022
To promote social services
$167
L'Chaim Center · Deerfield, IL · 2025
Support community
$163
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2025
To promote education
$160
Art Institue of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To promote the arts
$150
Art Institue of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To promote the arts
$125
American Heart · Chicago, IL · 2022
To promote medical research
$124
End of Prostate Cancer · Alexandria, VA · 2022
To promote medical research
$118
Temple Beth El · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Religious institution
$110
Educ Center Temple Beth Israel · Longboat Key, FL · 2024
To promote education
$106
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2024
Ms support
$104
Aunt Martha'S Health & Wellness · Olympia Fields, IL · 2024
To promote health
$103
Chicago Chesed Fund · Lincolnwodd, IL · 2022
To promote social services
$103
Hias · Silver Springs, MD · 2022
To promote social services
$103
Jewish Federation of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2022
To serve the community

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