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Funding search · EIN 364267872 · Chicago, IL

George and Sarah Ohlhausen 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.

50
grants reported
$720,000
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
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.

What they fund

discretionaryreceiving

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Funding pattern

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50 grants matching “receiving” · $720,000

  • $30,000

    Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $20,000

    Friends of Idf · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    Michigan Hillel · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    University of Wisconsin Hillel Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $12,500

    Friends of Elnet · New York, NY · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    World Ort · New York, NY · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    Yeshiva University · New York, NY · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    Joan Bachs Bais Yaakov · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Jcfs · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    The Jewish Agency for Israel · New York, NY · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $2,500

    Courtroom 600 · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $2,500

    Boundless Israel · Lone Tree, CO · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $20,000

    Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    Israel Defense Fd · New York, NY · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    Michigan Hillel · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    University of Wisconsin Hillel Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    Yeshiva University · New York, NY · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    World Ort · New York, NY · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    Friends of Elnet · New York, NY · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Joan Bachs Bais Yaakov · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Jcfs · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $90,000

    Juf Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $22,500

    Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $17,500

    The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    Michigan Hillel · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    University of Wisconsin Hillel Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    Yeshiva University · New York, NY · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    National Coalition Supporting Erasian Jewry · Washington, DC · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    World Ort · New York, NY · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Joan Bachs Bais Yaakov · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Israel Defense Fd · New York, NY · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Jcfs · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Friends of Elnet · New York, NY · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

Top recipients

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

  • Juf Metropolitan Chicago1 grant · $90,000
  • Anti-Defamation League3 grants · $77,500
  • Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center3 grants · $75,000
  • Wttw3 grants · $75,000
  • Jewish National Fund3 grants · $55,000
  • American Jewish Committee3 grants · $40,000
  • Michigan Hillel3 grants · $40,000
  • University of Wisconsin Hillel Foundation3 grants · $40,000
  • The Ark3 grants · $32,500
  • Yeshiva University3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$270,000
2022
$210,000
2023
$240,000
2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

  • $90,000

    Juf Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $30,000

    Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $25,000

    Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $22,500

    Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $20,000

    Friends of Idf · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $20,000

    Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $17,500

    The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    Michigan Hillel · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    University of Wisconsin Hillel Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    Israel Defense Fd · New York, NY · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    Michigan Hillel · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $15,000

    University of Wisconsin Hillel Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $12,500

    Friends of Elnet · New York, NY · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    World Ort · New York, NY · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    Yeshiva University · New York, NY · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    Friends of Elnet · New York, NY · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    World Ort · New York, NY · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    Yeshiva University · New York, NY · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    Michigan Hillel · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    University of Wisconsin Hillel Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $10,000

    Yeshiva University · New York, NY · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    Joan Bachs Bais Yaakov · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $7,500

    National Coalition Supporting Erasian Jewry · Washington, DC · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Jcfs · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    The Jewish Agency for Israel · New York, NY · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Jcfs · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Joan Bachs Bais Yaakov · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Friends of Elnet · New York, NY · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Israel Defense Fd · New York, NY · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Jcfs · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    Joan Bachs Bais Yaakov · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $5,000

    World Ort · New York, NY · 2022

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $2,500

    Boundless Israel · Lone Tree, CO · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving organization

  • $2,500

    Courtroom 600 · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary use by receiving 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.