Funding search · EIN 616314816 · Chicago, IL

The Bill Bass Foundation

Name: The Bill Bass Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

177
grants reported: $2.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $7,500
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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3 grants matching “malnati” · $105,000

$35,000
Malnati Brain Tumor Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$35,000
Malnati Brain Tumor Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$35,000
Malnati Brain Tumor Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund

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 Fund of Metropolitan Chicago3 grants · $323,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab3 grants · $150,000
Lurie Childrens Foundation3 grants · $150,000
University of Illinois Foundation3 grants · $110,000
Malnati Brain Tumor Institute3 grants · $105,000
Birthright Israel Foundation3 grants · $81,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation3 grants · $80,000
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation3 grants · $75,000
Chicago Kent College of Law1 grant · $75,000
University of Illiois I-Fund1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$702,000

2022

$903,000

2023

$836,000

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 177 grants.

$118,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$105,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funds
$100,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$75,000
Chicago Kent College of Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funds
$50,000
Lurie Childrens Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$50,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$50,000
University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2024
General funds
$50,000
Lurie Childrens Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funds
$50,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$50,000
University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2023
General funds
$50,000
Lurie Childrens Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$50,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$50,000
University of Illiois I-Fund · Champaign, IL · 2022
General purpose
$46,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General funds
$40,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$35,000
Malnati Brain Tumor Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$35,000
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funds
$35,000
Malnati Brain Tumor Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$35,000
Malnati Brain Tumor Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$30,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Behesda, MD · 2022
General purpose
$28,000
Special Childrens Charities · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$25,000
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$25,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Behesda, MD · 2024
General funds
$25,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$25,000
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$25,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Behesda, MD · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Israel Parasport Center · Northfield, IL · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Jcc Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Loyola University Medical Center · Maywood, IL · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General funds
$23,000
Chabad of Champaign Urban · Champaign, IL · 2023
General funds
$23,000
Chabad of Champaign Urbana · Champaign, IL · 2022
General funds
$20,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2024
General funds
$20,000
The Nora Project · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General funds
$20,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funds
$20,000
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General purpose
$18,000
Am Shalom Synagogue · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General funds
$15,000
Harold E Eisenberg Foundation · Northfield, IL · 2024
General funds
$15,000
Am Shalom Synagogue · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General funds
$15,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2023
General funds
$15,000
Am Shalom Synagogue · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General funds
$15,000
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$15,000
Harold E Eisenberg Foundation · Northfield, IL · 2022
General purpose
$12,500
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2022
General funds
$11,500
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Venter · Skokie, IL · 2023
General purpose
$11,000
First Tee of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$10,000
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation · Parkland, FL · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Congregation Bjbe · Deerfield, IL · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Crohn'S Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Female Strong · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$10,000
National Campaign To Stop Violence · Washington, DC · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Northwestern Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Pickles Group · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General funds
$10,000
St Ignatius College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2024
General funds
$10,000
The Helping Hand Network · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General funds
$10,000
We the Best Foundation · Lake Success, NY · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General funds
$10,000
Center for Enriched Living · Riverswoods, IL · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Congregation Bjbe · Deerfield, IL · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funds
$10,000
Harold E Eisenberg Foundation · Northfield, IL · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Marklund · Geneva, IL · 2023
General puspose
$10,000
National Campaign To Stop Violence · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Northwestern Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Palumbo Family Foundation · Hillside, IL · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General funds
$10,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
General funds
$10,000
The Helping Hand Network · Northbrook, IL · 2023
General fund
$10,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Female Strong · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$10,000
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$10,000
National Campaign To Stop Violence · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2022
General funds
$10,000
The Helping Hand Network · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General fund
$10,000
University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2022
General funds
$7,500
Champaign Urbana Ballet · Champaign, IL · 2024
General funds
$7,500
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General funds
$7,500
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2024
General funds
$7,500
First Tee of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$7,500
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$7,500
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General funds
$7,500
St Ignatius College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funds
$7,500
Urologic Cancer Foundation · Linthicum, MD · 2023
General puspose
$7,500
Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation · Parkland, FL · 2022
General purpose
$7,500
First Tee of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$7,500
Greater Chicago Jewish Festival · Skokie, IL · 2022
General purpose
$7,500
St Ignatius College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$7,500
Step Up · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General purpose
$7,000
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Gereral purpose
$7,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General funds
$6,500
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Venter · Skokie, IL · 2022
General purpose

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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.