Funding search · EIN 061789656 · Bridgeview, IL

Bayer Family Foundation

Name: Bayer Family 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.

129
grants reported: $3.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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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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.

Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation3 grants · $750,000
Francis W Parker School2 grants · $425,000
University of Michigan3 grants · $357,500
Museum of Contempory Art3 grants · $252,500
Troy High School3 grants · $130,000
Chicago Public Media3 grants · $130,000
Jewish United Fund of Chicago1 grant · $100,000
Michigan Athletic Department1 grant · $100,000
Anti-Cruelty Society2 grants · $75,000
Lurie Children'S Foundation3 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$915,150

2022

$1.0M

2023

$1.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 129 grants.

$400,000
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$250,000
Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$250,000
Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$250,000
Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$162,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$160,500
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$127,500
Museum of Contempory Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$100,000
Jewish United Fund of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$100,000
Michigan Athletic Department · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$80,000
Museum of Contempory Art · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$50,000
Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$50,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$50,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$50,000
Troy High School · Troy, MI · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$50,000
Troy High School · Troy, MI · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$50,000
World Jewish Congress · New York, NY · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$45,000
Museum of Contempory Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$35,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$30,000
Metro Chicago Hillel · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$30,000
Troy High School · Troy, MI · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$30,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$25,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$25,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$25,000
Lurie Children'S Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$25,000
Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$25,000
Brothers for Life · Seattle, WA · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$25,000
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$25,000
Lurie Children'S Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$25,000
Michigan Medicine Office of Development · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$25,000
Lurie Children'S Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$25,000
Templer Foundation · Plymouth, MI · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$20,000
Susan G Komen 3 Day · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$20,000
Susan G Komen 3 Day · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$20,000
Susan G Komen 3 Day · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$15,000
Commit 2 Change · New York, NY · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$15,000
Teaching Tolerance · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$15,000
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$15,000
Niles Athletic Boosters Club · Niles, MI · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$15,000
Teaching Tolerance · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$15,000
Parker Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$15,000
Teaching Tolerance · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
American Friends of Israel Navy Seals · New York, NY · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Hart & Taytrain Foundation · Clay, NY · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Oakland University · Rochester, MI · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Cash Birdwell Endowment for Athletics · Dallas, TX · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Commit 2 Change · New York, NY · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Congregation Shaarey Zedek · Southfield, MI · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Hart & Taytrain Foundation · Clay, NY · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Metro Chicago Hillel · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Oakland University · Rochester, MI · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Palm Valley Animal Society · Edinburg, TX · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Prostate Cancer Foundation · Westmont, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Richard H Driehaus Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Commit 2 Change · New York, NY · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Friends of Berrien County Trails · New Buffalo, MI · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Gladd · New York, NY · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Kids Kicking Cancer · Southfield, MI · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Marwen · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Metro Chicago Hillel · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Oakland University · Rochester, MI · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$10,000
Wings Program · Rolling Meadows, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$9,000
Pat Tillman Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$7,500
Clayco Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$6,000
The Clayco Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Boca Raton Regional Hospital · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Camp Airy & Camp Louise Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Camp Out for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Crohn'S and Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Gifts for the Homeless · Washington, DC · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Hello Baby · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
March of Dimes · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Chicago, IL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Spanish River Concerts · Westford, MA · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
St Jude'S Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Wick Theatre & Costume Museum · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Boca Raton Regional Hospital · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Camp Out for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Ellas Kids · Washington, DC · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
March of Dimes · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Marwen · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Chicago, IL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Spanish River Concerts · Westford, MA · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
St Jude'S Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Wick Theatre & Costume Museum · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Boca Raton Regional Hospital · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Camp Out for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Clayco Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Ellas Kids · Washington, DC · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable purpose
$5,000
Jdrf Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General unrestricted charitable 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.