Funding search · EIN 364316434 · Lincolnwood, IL

Aj & Sl Stern 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.

554
grants reported
$4.5M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$360
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Details of the Contributions Are Available for Inspection Upon Request1 grant · $1.3M
  • Arie Crown Hebrew Day School3 grants · $325,000
  • Just One Chesed3 grants · $309,760
  • Chicago Chesed Fund3 grants · $263,790
  • Congregation Or Torah3 grants · $177,729
  • Chicago Mitzvah Campaign3 grants · $144,775
  • The Ark3 grants · $137,800
  • Kehilat Chovevei Tzion3 grants · $112,220
  • Chabad1 grant · $100,000
  • Midwest Refuah Health Center1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$923,764
2021
$1.4M
2022
$933,897
2023
$1.3M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 554 grants.

  • $1.3M

    Details of the Contributions Are Available for Inspection Upon Request · Lincolnwood, IL · 2024

    General operating budget

  • $251,800

    Just One Chesed · Harwood Heights, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $200,000

    Arie Crown Hebrew Day School · Skokie, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $117,979

    Congregation Or Torah · Skokie, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $115,000

    Arie Crown Hebrew Day School · Skokie, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $112,600

    The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $100,000

    Chabad · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Donation

  • $100,000

    Midwest Refuah Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $92,450

    Chicago Chesed Fund · Lincolnwood, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $88,775

    Chicago Mitzvah Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $86,740

    Chicago Chesed Fund · Licolnwood, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $84,600

    Chicago Chesed Fund · Lincolnwood, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $63,600

    Hebrew Theological College · Skokie, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $56,245

    Kehilat Chovevei Tzion · Skokie, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $54,000

    Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School · Skokie, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $50,000

    Hebron Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Donation

  • $50,000

    Ateres Ayala · Skokie, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $39,850

    Congregation Or Torah · Skokie, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $39,600

    Just One Chesed · Harwood Heights, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $36,000

    Chicago Mitzvah Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $36,000

    Chicago Mitzvah Compaign · Chicago, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $36,000

    Hebron Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

    Donation

  • $31,320

    Kehilat Chovevei Tzion · Skokie, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $31,200

    Chicago Center for Torah V'Chesed · Lincolnwood, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $28,000

    Chicago Center for Torah V'Chesed · Lincolnwood, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $28,000

    Chabad of Skokie · Skokie, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $26,050

    Upwards Communitiesmadraigos Midwest · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $25,000

    Jewish Studies Enrichment · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $25,000

    Netivot Pathways Academy · Lincolnwood, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $25,000

    Upwards Communitiesmadraigos Midwest · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $25,000

    Madraigos Midwest · Chicago, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $24,655

    Kehilat Chovevei Tzion · Skokie, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $21,000

    Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $20,500

    Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $20,180

    American Friends of Yeshivas Eitz Chaim Kletzk · Passaic, NJ · 2023

    Donation

  • $20,000

    Help Hope Live · Radnor, PA · 2023

    Donation

  • $20,000

    Jewish Community Center Chabad of Roseville · Granite Bay, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $20,000

    Illinois Center for Jewish Studies · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $20,000

    Chicago Mitzvah Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $19,900

    Congregation Or Torah · Skokie, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $18,360

    Just One Chesed · Harwood Heights, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $18,000

    Netzach Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Donation

  • $18,000

    American Friends of House of Hope · Fresh Meadows, NY · 2022

    Donation

  • $18,000

    Chabad of Riverdale · Riverdale, NY · 2022

    Donation

  • $18,000

    American Friends of House of Hope · Fresh Meadows, NY · 2021

    Donation

  • $18,000

    Chicago Center for Torah V'Chesed · Licolnwood, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $18,000

    Illinois Center for Jewish Studies · Chicago, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $18,000

    Lubavitch Mesivta of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $17,000

    Netzach Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Donation

  • $15,000

    Our Place in New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Donation

  • $15,000

    Meorot Tr · Lakewood, NJ · 2022

    Donation

  • $15,000

    Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2021

    Donation

  • $13,900

    Friends of Kitov · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2021

    Donation

  • $12,600

    Hebron Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Donation

  • $12,600

    The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $12,600

    The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $11,800

    Kehillah Jewish Education Fund · Skokie, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $11,680

    Khal Chasidim Org · Chicago, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $11,072

    Hinda Institute · Des Plaines, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $11,000

    Netzach Foundation · New York, NY · 2021

    Donation

  • $10,860

    Hebrew Theological College · Skokie, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,800

    Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $10,400

    American Friends of Hamaayan Foundation of Jewish Culture · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Agudath Israel of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    American Friends of House of Hope · Fresh Meadows, NY · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Arie Crown Hebrew Day School · Skokie, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Bitton Family Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Hinda Institute · Des Plaines, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Sharlene Levinson Bikur Cholim · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Aish Hatorah Global · Clifton, NJ · 2022

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Casa Lake County · Venon Hills, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2022

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Chai Lifeline Midwest · Lincolnwood, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Jet-Jewish Education Team · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Aish Hatorah Global · Clifton, NJ · 2021

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Casa Lake County · Venon Hills, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Hatzolah Air Emergency Response Team · Mongaup Valley, NY · 2021

    Donation

  • $9,180

    Khal Chasidim Org · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $9,000

    Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie · Skokie, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $8,800

    Khal Chasidim Org · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $8,600

    Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $7,900

    Associated Talmud Torahs · Skokie, IL · 2021

    Donation

  • $7,200

    Hatzalah Chicago · Lincolnwood, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $7,200

    Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $7,200

    Ray of Hope Foundation · Towson, MD · 2023

    Donation

  • $7,200

    Chicago Community Kollel · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $7,200

    Sefer Torah Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

    Donation

  • $7,200

    Yeshiva of Greater Washington · Silver Spring, MD · 2021

    Donation

  • $6,836

    Various Individuals - List Availabl · Lincolnwood, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $6,400

    Chai Lifeline Midwest · Lincolnwood, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $6,000

    American Friends of Neveh Zion · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Donation

  • $5,940

    Neve Tzion · Far Rockaway, NY · 2021

    Donation

  • $5,600

    Congregation Beth Jehudah · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Donation

  • $5,400

    Associated Talmud Torahs · Skokie, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $5,400

    Project 613 Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Donation

  • $5,400

    Associated Talmud Torahs · Skokie, IL · 2022

    Donation

  • $5,400

    Be a Mensch Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Donation

  • $5,400

    Camp Yoreh Deah · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Donation

  • $5,400

    Chicago Torah Network · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Donation

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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.