Funding search · EIN 453915920 · Chicago, IL
Kohn & Mitchell 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.
- 61
- grants reported
- $2.5M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $20,000
- 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
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2 grants matching “rubin” · $36,247
- $15,000
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Dr. David Rubin's Research in Gastroenterology
- $21,247
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Dr. David Rubin's IBD and mental health study
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Juf of Metropolitan Chicago5 grants · $650,718
- University of Chicago Medical Center12 grants · $591,876
- Northwestern Memorial Foundation7 grants · $304,091
- University of Chicago1 grant · $214,102
- Juf of Metropolitan Chicago1 grant · $175,488
- Northwestern University5 grants · $150,000
- Northwestern University2 grants · $148,763
- The Cove School3 grants · $60,000
- Lyric Opera of Chicago3 grants · $60,000
- Play for Pink1 grant · $27,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 61 reported grants, largest first.
- $214,102
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $204,291
Juf of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
- $199,632
Juf of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
- $198,795
Juf of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $175,488
Juf of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $108,763
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Educational
- $100,000
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Department of Human Genetics
- $100,000
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Department of Human Genetics
- $100,000
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Department of Human Genetics - Forefront Fund
- $93,046
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support the work of Dr. Preeti Kansal in the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
- $80,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support the work of Dr. Preeti Kansal in the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
- $75,489
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
To support the work of Dr. Preeti Kansal in the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Fund
- $75,000
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Dr. James Mastrianni's Research in Neurology
- $75,000
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Dr. James Mastrianni's neurodegenerative disease research
- $75,000
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Forefront Fund J. Mastrianni, MD, PhD
- $50,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
Mitchell Multimedia Gift Fund
- $50,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Mitchell Multimedia Gift Fund
- $40,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Mitchell Multimedia Gift Fund
- $40,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Educational
- $38,000
Juf of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Juf ezra
- $27,000
Play for Pink · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $21,366
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
To support the work of Dr. Surendra Basti in Ophthalmology
- $21,247
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Dr. David Rubin's IBD and mental health study
- $20,190
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support the work of Dr. Surendra Basti in Ophthalmology
- $20,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
- $20,000
The Cove School · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Scholarship Fund
- $20,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,000
The Cove School · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Scholarship Fund
- $20,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
The Cove School · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Scholarship Fund
- $20,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $15,000
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Dr. David Rubin's Research in Gastroenterology
- $10,629
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Richard P. Kraig, MD, PhD
- $10,000
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Forefront Fund
- $10,000
Juf of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Israel Emergency Fund
- $10,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support the work of Dr. Surendra Basti in Ophthalmology
- $7,000
Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
- $7,000
Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
- $6,515
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
- $6,225
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
- $6,000
Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $6,000
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $6,000
Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $6,000
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
Dr. Gordon - Lymphoma Research & Educ.
- $5,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
Center for Psych Neurosci Gift
- $5,000
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Forefront Fund
- $5,000
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Dean's Discretionary Fund
- $4,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Gala
- $3,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
- $3,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $3,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
- $2,946
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $2,500
Play for Pink · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
- $2,459
Play for Pink · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $2,394
Play for Pink · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Jewish Council for Youth Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
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