Funding search · EIN 371392755 · Bloomington, IL

The Jerome Mirza Foundation

Name: The Jerome Mirza Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

57
grants reported: $3.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $35,000
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.

Top recipients

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

Illinois Wesleyan Foundation3 grants · $750,000
Connections for the Homeless4 grants · $425,000
U of I College of Law4 grants · $400,000
The Tinervin Family Foundation1 grant · $250,000
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation4 grants · $210,000
Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation4 grants · $200,000
Holiday Spectacular4 grants · $140,000
Center for Gifted3 grants · $135,000
Public Interest Law Initiative4 grants · $130,030
Illinois Bar Foundation4 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$800,141

2022

$785,523

2023

$809,971

2024

$769,478

2025

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
The Tinervin Family Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$250,000
Illinois Wesleyan Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$250,000
Illinois Wesleyan Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$250,000
Illinois Wesleyan Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$125,000
Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$100,000
U of I College of Law · Champaign, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$100,000
Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$100,000
U of I College of Law · Champaign, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$100,000
Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$100,000
U of I College of Law · Champaign, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$100,000
Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$100,000
U of I College of Law · Champaign, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$55,000
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$55,000
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$50,000
Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$50,000
Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$50,000
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$50,000
Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$50,000
Center for Gifted · Glenview, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$50,000
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$50,000
Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$45,000
Center for Gifted · Glenview, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$40,000
Center for Gifted · Glenview, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$35,000
Holiday Spectacular · Bloomington, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$35,000
Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$35,000
Holiday Spectacular · Bloomington, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$35,000
Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$35,000
Holiday Spectacular · Bloomington, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$35,000
Holiday Spectacular · Bloomington, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$30,030
Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$30,000
Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$27,667
Knox College · Galesburg, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$25,000
Illinois Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$25,000
Knox College · Galesburg, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$25,000
Prairie Fire Theatre · Normal, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$25,000
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$25,000
Illinois Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$25,000
Prairie Fire Theatre · Normal, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$25,000
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$25,000
Ymca · Bloomington, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$25,000
Illinois Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$25,000
Ymca · Bloomington, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$25,000
Illinois Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$25,000
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$25,000
Ymca · Bloomington, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$22,667
Knox College · Galesburg, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$22,667
Knox College · Galesburg, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$21,000
Prairie Fire Theatre · Normal, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$20,000
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$19,000
Prairie Fire Theatre · Normal, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$17,478
Music Connections Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$17,304
Music Connections Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2024
Support of operations
$16,825
Music Connections Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2023
Support of operations
$13,473
Music Connections Foundation · Bloomington, IL · 2022
Support of operations
$2,000
Illiniois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission · Springfield, IL · 2025
Support of operations
$1
K-1 Host Hotels & Resorts · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Support of operations
$1
K-1 Host Hotels & Resorts · Bethesda, MD · 2022
Support of operations

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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.