Funding search · EIN 362670190 · Deerfield, IL
Perlman Family Foundation Founded By Anita and Louis Perlman
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 61
- grants reported
- $2.9M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $30,000
- 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
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Funding pattern
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4 grants matching “elaine” · $180,000
- $45,000
Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic & social
- $45,000
Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic & social
- $45,000
Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civic & social
- $45,000
Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics · Chicago, IL · 2022
Civic & social
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 · $556,100
- Ohr Torah Stone4 grants · $460,000
- Weizmann Institute of Science4 grants · $400,000
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital3 grants · $250,000
- Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics4 grants · $180,000
- Alain Locke Charter School4 grants · $135,000
- Impact Israel3 grants · $135,000
- US Holocaust Museum3 grants · $116,800
- Jewish Federation of Broward County4 grants · $111,000
- Jewish National Fund3 grants · $85,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 61 reported grants, largest first.
- $139,100
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Civic & social
- $139,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic & social
- $139,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic & social
- $139,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civic & social
- $120,000
Ohr Torah Stone · New York, NY · 2025
Civic & social
- $120,000
Ohr Torah Stone · New York, NY · 2024
Civic & social
- $120,000
Ohr Torah Stone · New York, NY · 2023
Civic & social
- $100,000
Weizmann Institute of Science · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic & social
- $100,000
Weizmann Institute of Science · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic & social
- $100,000
Weizmann Institute of Science · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civic & social
- $100,000
Ohr Torah Stone · New York, NY · 2022
Civic & social
- $100,000
Weizmann Institute of Science · Chicago, IL · 2022
Civic & social
- $84,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic & social
- $84,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civic & social
- $82,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic & social
- $50,000
US Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois · Skokie, IL · 2025
Civic & social
- $50,000
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
Civic & social
- $50,000
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Civic & social
- $47,500
Impact Israel · Needham, MA · 2025
Civic & social
- $45,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Civic & social
- $45,000
Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic & social
- $45,000
Impact Israel · Needham, MA · 2024
Civic & social
- $45,000
Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic & social
- $45,000
Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civic & social
- $45,000
Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics · Chicago, IL · 2022
Civic & social
- $42,500
Impact Israel · Needham, MA · 2023
Civic & social
- $39,000
Alain Locke Charter School · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic & social
- $36,000
Alain Locke Charter School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic & social
- $31,000
Jewish Federation of Broward County · Davie, FL · 2025
Civic & social
- $30,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
Civic & social
- $30,000
Jewish Federation of Broward County · Davie, FL · 2024
Civic & social
- $30,000
Alain Locke Charter School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civic & social
- $30,000
Alain Locke Charter School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Civic & social
- $26,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
Civic & social
- $26,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
Civic & social
- $25,000
Institute for Jewish Spirituality · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Civic & social
- $25,000
Bbyo International Office · Washington, DC · 2024
Civic & social
- $25,000
Jewish Federation of Broward County · Davie, FL · 2023
Civic & social
- $25,000
Jewish Federation of Broward County · Davie, FL · 2022
Civic & social
- $24,000
Fiedler Hillel at Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
Civic & social
- $20,000
College Bound Opportunities · Deerfield, IL · 2025
Civic & social
- $20,000
Fiedler Hillel at Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Civic & social
- $20,000
Fiedler Hillel at Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Civic & social
- $20,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Civic & social
- $20,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Civic & social
- $16,800
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
Civic & social
- $15,000
College Bound Opportunities · Deerfield, IL · 2024
Civic & social
- $15,000
Israel Parasport Center · Northfield, IL · 2024
Civic & social
- $15,000
College Bound Opportunities · Deerfield, IL · 2023
Civic & social
- $15,000
College Bound Opportunities · Deerfield, IL · 2022
Civic & social
- $15,000
Fiedler Hillel at Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Civic & social
- $10,000
Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Civic & social
- $10,000
Jcc Association of North America · New York, NY · 2025
Civic & social
- $10,000
Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Civic & social
- $10,000
Jcc Association of North America · New York, NY · 2024
Civic & social
- $10,000
Jcc Association of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Civic & social
- $10,000
Jcc Association of North America · New York, NY · 2022
Civic & social
- $7,500
Jewish Community Center-Soref · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Civic & social
- $7,500
Jewish Community Center-Ft Lauderdale · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2024
Civic & social
- $7,500
Jewish Community Center-Ft Lauderdale · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2023
Civic & social
- $7,500
Jewish Community Center-Ft Lauderdale · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Civic & social
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
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- The Chicago Community Trust14,939 grants · $5.82B
- The Big Ten Conference60 grants · $3.91B
Similar purposes
- Open Society Action Fund582 grants · $498.4M
- The Pew Charitable Trusts1,692 grants · $571.8M
- California Community Foundation8,086 grants · $1.34B
Similar grant size
- The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
- Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
- Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
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