Funding search · EIN 362523643 · Deerfield, IL
Benjamin J Rosenthal 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.
- 203
- grants reported
- $689,900
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $2,500
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Greater Chicago Food Depository7 grants · $51,000
- Jewish United Fund5 grants · $27,000
- Principia3 grants · $26,000
- Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind5 grants · $25,000
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra6 grants · $23,000
- The Craddle5 grants · $21,500
- People & Carnivores4 grants · $21,500
- The Anti-Defamation League3 grants · $20,000
- Merit School of Music5 grants · $20,000
- Mental Health America3 grants · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 203 grants.
- $10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Principia · St Louis, MO · 2024
General support
- $10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Principia · St Louis, MO · 2023
General support
- $10,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $10,000
International Relief Teams · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Mental Health America · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General support
- $10,000
The Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $7,000
People & Carnivores · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General support
- $7,000
People & Carnivores · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General support
- $6,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General support
- $6,000
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $6,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $6,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General support
- $6,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2023
General support
- $6,000
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $6,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $6,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General support
- $6,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2022
General support
- $6,000
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $6,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $6,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $6,000
Principia · St Louis, MO · 2022
General support
- $6,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Acupuncturists Without Borders · Portland, OR · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Carole Robertson Learning Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Chicago Parks Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Edward Hines Hospital · North Riverside, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Jazz Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Magan David Adom · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Pacific Garden Mission · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
The Craddle · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Union of the Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Amerian Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $5,000
American Jewish Committee · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Edward Hines Hospital · North Riverside, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Mental Health America · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Pacific Garden Mission · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
The Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $5,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
The Craddle · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Union of the Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Haggerstown, MD · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Highland Park Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General support
- $5,000
International Relief Teams · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Jazz Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Mental Health America · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $5,000
People & Carnivores · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General support
- $5,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $5,000
The Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $5,000
The Craddle · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Wolf Conservation Center · South Salem, NY · 2022
General support
- $4,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $4,000
Afgan Stray Animal League · Fairfax, VA · 2022
General support
- $4,000
Edward Hines Hospital · North Riverside, IL · 2022
General support
- $3,500
Cheasapeake Climate Action · Takoma Park, MD · 2024
General support
- $3,500
Cheasapeake Climate Action · Takoma Park, MD · 2023
General support
- $3,500
Cheasapeake Climate Action · Takoma Park, MD · 2022
General support
- $3,500
The Craddle · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Cumberland College · Williamsburg, KY · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Gateway To the Great Outdoors · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Uso Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Changing Worlds · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Cumberland College · Williamsburg, KY · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Gateway To the Great Outdoors · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2023
General support
- $3,000
The Craddle · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Uso Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Changing Worlds · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Fat Cat Rescue · North Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Gateway To the Great Outdoors · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Middleburg Humane Society · Marshall, VA · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Union of the Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Uso Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $2,500
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
General support
- $2,500
Automotive Mentoring Group · Bedford Park, IL · 2024
General support
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