Funding search · EIN 363566107 · Chicago, IL
Jentes 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.
- 79
- grants reported
- $1.8M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $15,778
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Hyde Park Art Center3 grants · $303,058
- Bryn Mawr College3 grants · $226,593
- Stratford Festival3 grants · $89,504
- The Art Institute of Chicago2 grants · $84,136
- Metropolitan Family Services2 grants · $79,651
- 826 Chi3 grants · $60,820
- Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $52,257
- Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival1 grant · $51,515
- Chicago Shakespear Theather1 grant · $51,040
- Planned Parenthood3 grants · $47,840
Giving over time
Grant history
All 79 reported grants, largest first.
- $101,152
Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $101,101
Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $100,805
Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $76,609
Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2023
To further progrem services
- $75,102
Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022
To further progrem services
- $74,882
Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2024
To further progrem services
- $54,002
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $52,433
Stratford Festival · 2022
To further program services
- $51,515
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $51,040
Chicago Shakespear Theather · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $50,160
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $46,138
Blair Thomas · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $33,976
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $26,408
Macalester College · St Paul, MN · 2022
To further program services
- $26,408
The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $25,832
Stratford Festival · 2023
To further program services
- $25,710
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $25,649
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $25,535
Chicago Parks Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $25,121
826 Digital · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To further program services
- $25,101
Chi Arts High School · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $23,423
826 National · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To further program services
- $22,630
Grant Park Orchestral Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $21,507
Unknown · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $20,943
Metropolitan Peace Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $20,898
826 National · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To further program services
- $20,805
The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $20,677
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
To further program services
- $20,506
826 Chi · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $20,300
826 Chi · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $20,299
Chi Arts High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $20,204
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $20,204
Macalester · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
To further program services
- $20,014
826 Chi · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $20,000
Cabinet of Curiosity · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $16,075
Links Hall · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $16,056
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
To further program services
- $16,056
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $16,006
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $15,778
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $15,524
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
To further program services
- $15,353
Window To the World · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $15,109
Chicago Capital Llc · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $15,109
Propublica · New York, NY · 2022
To further program services
- $11,253
Greater Food Chicago Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $11,253
Propublica · New York, NY · 2024
To further program services
- $11,253
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $11,239
Chicago Reader · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $11,239
Stratford Festival · 2024
To further program services
- $10,919
The Solti Foundation US · Evanston, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $10,919
Young Chicago Authors · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $10,465
Grant Park Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $10,465
Greater Food Chicago Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $10,410
Greater Food Chicago Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $10,410
Propublica · New York, NY · 2023
To further program services
- $10,410
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $10,000
Cabinet of Curiosity · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $9,634
Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $8,304
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $8,238
Young Chicago Authors · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $8,028
Young Chicago Authors · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $8,000
Facets · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $7,981
Artsalliance · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $7,915
Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $6,422
Solti Foundation US · Evanston, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $6,422
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $5,864
Solti Foundation US · Evanston, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $5,760
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $5,713
Old Town Folk · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $5,442
Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $5,132
Links Hall · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $5,118
Ice- International Contemporary Ensemble Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To further program services
- $5,000
Cool Classics Inc Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $5,000
Links Hall · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $4,788
Institute for Nonviolence · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further program services
- $3,563
The Chicago Council of Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $3,000
Cabinet of Curiosity · Oak Park, IL · 2022
To further program services
- $1,193
Facets · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further program services
- $209
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further program services
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Similar purposes
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