Funding search · EIN 364420871 · Chicago, IL

Bls Family Foundation

Name: Bls Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

44
grants reported: $2.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $31,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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Friends of the Children - Chicago1 grant · $300,000
The Ark1 grant · $180,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago2 grants · $140,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago2 grants · $135,000
The Ark2 grants · $135,000
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago1 grant · $115,000
American Friends of Natal-Israel Trauma Center1 grant · $100,000
The Ark1 grant · $100,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago1 grant · $100,000
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights2 grants · $85,000

Giving over time

$367,500

2021

$380,000

2022

$560,000

2023

$885,000

2024

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$300,000
Friends of the Children - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$180,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$115,000
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
American Friends of Natal-Israel Trauma Center · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$90,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Ukraine Relief Fund
$80,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$75,000
American Friends of Natal-Israel Trauma Center · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Friends of the Children - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$60,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$55,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$50,000
Friends of the Children - Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2022
General Operating Support and Program Manager salary
$50,000
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights · Chicago, IL · 2022
READI Program and READI for Reentry Program
$50,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ukraine Relief Fund
$45,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$35,000
American Friends of Natal - Israel Trauma Center · New York, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
$35,000
Institute for Non-Violence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$35,000
American Friends of Natal - Israel Trauma Center · New York, NY · 2021
General Operating Support
$35,000
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights · Chicago, IL · 2021
$25,000 for general support for the READI Program; $10,000 for the READI for Reentry Program
$32,500
Institute for Non-Violence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$30,000
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$30,000
Friends of the Children - Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2021
$25,000 for General Operating Support; $5,000 for Program Manager salary
$25,000
Lawndale Christian Legal Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Merrionette Park, IL · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Stop Stalking US · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Institute for Non-Violence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Merrionette Park, IL · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Stop Stalking US · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
$25,000
The Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
$25,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2021
General Operating Support
$25,000
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$15,000
Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Project Unloaded · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Am Yisrael Conservative Congregation North Shore · Northfield, IL · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Orot Center for New Jewish Learning · Deerfield, IL · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$7,500
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$7,500
Yogacare · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
$7,500
Block Club Chicago Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$7,500
Yogacare · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.