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The Polsky Foundation

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$21.2M
in grants paid: 121
grants: 83
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$2.3M
Brca Research and Cure Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$2.0M
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$1.7M
University of Chicago 2016 · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$968,283
Our Home Ukraine · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$200,000
Voice Health Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
General Fund
$150,000
White Stork · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General fund
$50,000
St Nicholas UK Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Fund
$50,000
The Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Fund
$50,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$31,568
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$27,801
Chicago Association of Veterans of Wwii · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Fund
$25,000
Latin School of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2024
General Fund
$20,000
Vetvoice Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
General Fund
$18,452
Chicago Media Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$12,000
The Fund for Cooper Roberts · Radnor, PA · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
General Fund
$10,000
American Foreign Policy Council · Washington, DC · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Chicago Cares · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Save Ukraine · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Las Olas Chabad · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024
General fund
$8,000
Chicago Council of Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$5,000
The Clayco Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
American Friends of Chabad Cabo · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charity
$5,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Wolcott School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$4,500
Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Fund
$4,000
Revived Soldiers Ukraine · Orlando, FL · 2024
Charity
$4,000
World Jewish Congress · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Alliance Fancaise De Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$2,500
National Pku Alliance · Roanoke, VA · 2024
Charity
$2,500
Embarc · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$2,000
Chicago Stallions · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$1,500
The Buddy Program · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
General Fund
$1,000
Magnitsky Justice Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Charity
$2.4M
Uchicago Polsky Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$414,160
White Stork · Winnetka, IL · 2023
General fund
$250,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$200,000
Voice Health Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
General Fund
$175,000
Uofc Young Innovators · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$100,000
Las Olas Chabad · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023
General fund
$100,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$55,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2023
General Fund
$50,000
Yahad in Unum Mid-America · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General fund
$50,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$50,000
St Nicholas UK Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$50,000
Pine Crest · Hazel Crest, IL · 2023
General fund
$35,000
The Young Center for Immigrant Children · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$30,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$27,700
Chicago Association of Veterans of Wwii · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$27,500
Ukrainian Resistance Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Vetvoice Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
General Fund
$25,000
Harvey Global Health · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Jdrf International · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Heritage Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$24,000
World Jewish Congress · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$23,000
The Honeycomb Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$22,500
Union of Jewish Religious Communities · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Latin School of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General Fund
$10,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$10,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
General Fund
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$9,000
Saved Dreams Foundation · Arlington, TX · 2023
General Fund
$8,300
Help Heroes of Ukraine · Carol Stream, IL · 2023
General Fund
$7,500
College Possible · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General Fund
$7,254
Eldan Electronic Instruments · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
Chicago Architecture Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
Ukrainian National Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$5,000
United States Holocaust Museum · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General fund
$5,000
City Year Chicago · Boston, MA · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Navy Pier · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
The Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$2,500
The Feminist Majority · Arlington, VA · 2023
General Fund
$2,500
The Buddy Program · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023
General Fund
$2,000
Cal'S All-Star Angel Foundation · St Charles, IL · 2023
General Fund
$1,560
Taps Ukraine · Arlington, VA · 2023
General Fund
$4.0M
Uchicago Polsky Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$2.0M
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$666,665
Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$600,000
United States Holocaust Museum · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General fund
$500,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$225,544
White Stork · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General fund
$190,100
Polish Messenger of the Sacred Heart · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$100,000
Yahad in Unum Mid-America · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General fund
$100,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General fund
$100,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General fund
$79,182
This Child Here · Daytona Beach, FL · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Pine Crest · Hazel Crest, IL · 2022
General fund

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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. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.