Funding search · EIN 201762284 · Chicago, IL

Biff Ruttenberg Foundation

Name: Biff Ruttenberg 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.

54
grants reported: $852,958
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,127
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.

What they fund

education religious

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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.

Francis W Parker School3 grants · $499,522
Jewish United Fund3 grants · $121,773
Ellison Institute Research Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Univ of Penn2 grants · $51,010
US Golf Assn3 grants · $17,965
US Holocaust Museum3 grants · $14,923
Anshe Emet Synagogue4 grants · $11,498
Council for Jewish Elderly2 grants · $10,000
Anti-Defamation League4 grants · $5,695
Chicago Loop Synagogue4 grants · $3,915

Giving over time

$489,115

2022

$240,088

2023

$123,755

2024

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$303,385
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Education
$100,000
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education
$96,137
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education
$61,360
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$55,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$51,000
Univ of Penn · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Education
$50,000
Ellison Institute Research Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charity
$50,000
Ellison Institute Research Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charity
$6,030
US Golf Assn · Far Hills, NJ · 2022
Charity
$5,969
US Golf Assn · Far Hills, NJ · 2023
Charity
$5,966
US Golf Assn · Far Hills, NJ · 2024
Charity
$5,010
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Council for Jewish Elderly · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Council for Jewish Elderly · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$5,000
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
Charity
$4,913
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$4,913
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
Charity
$4,081
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2024
Religious
$3,847
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$3,210
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2022
Religious
$2,008
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$1,827
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$1,826
American Jewish Committee · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$1,826
Simon Wiesenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charity
$1,780
Chicago Loop Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2022
Religious
$1,500
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$1,250
American Jewish Committee · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$1,004
Chicago Loop Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Evans Scholar Foundation · Golf, IL · 2022
Charity
$1,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charity
$1,000
Vanderbilt Univ-Larry Adelman Memorital Research Fund · Nashville, TN · 2022
Charity
$700
Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$600
Chicago Loop Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2023
Religious
$531
Chicago Loop Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$515
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$500
Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago · Lincolnwood, IL · 2024
Charity
$500
Dana Farber · Boston, MA · 2023
Charity
$500
Giordano Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$500
Jack & Mildred Cohen Religious School · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charity
$500
Kellogg School of Management - Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Education
$500
Tourette Syndrome Assn · Bayside, NY · 2023
Charity
$500
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Libertyville, IL · 2022
Charity
$500
Kellogg School of Management - Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Education
$500
Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago · Lincolnwood, IL · 2022
Charity
$500
Tourette Syndrome Assn · Bayside, NY · 2022
Charity
$360
Ark the · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$360
Congregation Beth Shalom · Naperville, IL · 2024
Religious
$360
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2023
Religious
$360
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$360
Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago · Lincolnwood, IL · 2023
Charity
$280
Zeta Beta Tau Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Charity
$180
Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Charity
$10
Univ of Penn · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Education

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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.