Funding search · EIN 364473692 · Chicago, IL

Modestus Bauer Foundation

Name: Modestus Bauer 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.

566
grants reported: $4.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

1 grant matching “cdga” · $3,000

$3,000
Cdga Foundation · Lemont, IL · 2022
General charitable use

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 · $343,000
Northshore University Health System4 grants · $180,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois4 grants · $145,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund4 grants · $103,000
Highland Park Community Foundation4 grants · $102,500
Mayo Foundation4 grants · $80,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation4 grants · $80,000
Cn Foundation4 grants · $76,000
Partners in Health4 grants · $75,000
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $73,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2022

$1.0M

2023

$1.0M

2024

$1.0M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 566 grants.

$109,700
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$104,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$101,600
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$60,000
Jewish Federation · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$45,000
Northshore University Health System · Evanston, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$45,000
Northshore University Health System · Evanston, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$45,000
Northshore University Health System · Evanston, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$45,000
Northshore University Health System · Evanston, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$40,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$40,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$35,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$30,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$28,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund · Northfield, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$27,700
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$26,500
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$25,500
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$25,500
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$25,500
Cn Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General charitable use
$25,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$25,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund · Northfield, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$25,000
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$25,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund · Northfield, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$23,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$21,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$21,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$21,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$20,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General charitable use
$20,000
Mayo Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2025
General charitable use
$20,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$20,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$20,000
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2025
General charitable use
$20,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General charitable use
$20,000
Cn Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable use
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · Ny, NY · 2024
General charitable use
$20,000
Mayo Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2024
General charitable use
$20,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2024
General charitable use
$20,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General charitable use
$20,000
Entertainment Industry Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General charitable use
$20,000
Mayo Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2023
General charitable use
$20,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2023
General charitable use
$20,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General charitable use
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable use
$20,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$20,000
Mayo Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2022
General charitable use
$20,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2022
General charitable use
$19,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$18,000
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$18,000
Moraine Township Food Pantry · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$18,000
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$18,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable use
$17,000
National Council of Jewish Womenlos Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General charitable use
$16,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$16,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$15,500
Moraine Township Food Pantry · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$15,500
Cn Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable use
$15,000
Aspiritech Nfp · Highland Pk, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Cn Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Real Options for City Kids · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$15,000
Real Options for City Kids · Francisco, CA · 2024
General charitable use
$15,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General charitable use
$15,000
University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation · Vegas, NV · 2024
General charitable use
$15,000
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable use
$15,000
Moraine Township Food Pantry · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$15,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$15,000
Real Options for City Kids · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General charitable use
$15,000
University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$15,000
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2023
General charitable use
$15,000
Moraine Township Food Pantry · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$15,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$15,000
Northlight Theatre · Skokie, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$15,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$14,000
Glencoe Public Library · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$14,000
Highland Park Public Library · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$14,000
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$13,600
American Friends of Magen David Adom · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$13,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$13,000
The Art Center · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$13,000
The Art Center · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$12,500
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$12,500
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$12,500
Friends of the Boundary Waters · St Paul, MN · 2022
General charitable use
$12,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$12,000
Highland Park Public Library · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$12,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$12,000
Family Action Network · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$12,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$11,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$11,000
Highland Park Public Library · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$11,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$10,500
Hias · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable use
$10,250
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable use
$10,000
Art Encounter · Evanston, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$10,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$10,000
Family Action Network · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$10,000
Glencoe Public Library · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General charitable use

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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.