Funding search · EIN 141917252 · Chicago, IL
Bruce C Abrams 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.
- 49
- grants reported
- $1.0M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $12,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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
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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.
- Goldman Sachs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management2 grants · $185,978
- Podium Society3 grants · $175,000
- Active Minds4 grants · $160,000
- Strongminds4 grants · $120,000
- Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund1 grant · $60,000
- Indego Africa Project4 grants · $59,486
- Nami2 grants · $45,000
- Nest4 grants · $43,025
- Mishkan Chicago4 grants · $35,000
- Fountain House2 grants · $30,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 49 reported grants, largest first.
- $160,766
Goldman Sachs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management · New York, NY · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
- $100,000
Podium Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Mental health project season 1
- $60,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
- $50,000
Podium Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
- $40,000
Active Minds · Washington, DC · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
- $40,000
Active Minds · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
- $40,000
Active Minds · Washington, DC · 2023
Active minds @ work project
- $40,000
Active Minds · Washington, DC · 2022
Active minds @ work project
- $30,000
Strongminds · Maplewood, NJ · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
- $30,000
Strongminds · Maplewood, NJ · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
- $30,000
Strongminds · Maplewood, NJ · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
- $30,000
Nami · Arlington, VA · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
- $30,000
Strongminds · Maplewood, NJ · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
- $25,212
Goldman Sachs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management · New York, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
- $25,000
Podium Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
- $25,000
Nami Southwestern Illinois · Granite City, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
- $21,062
The Jed Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
- $20,250
Indego Africa Project · Long Island City, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
- $20,000
Fountain House · New York, NY · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
- $20,000
The Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation · Providence, RI · 2023
The steve fund
- $18,025
Nest · New York, NY · 2022
Ppe initiative
- $16,036
Indego Africa Project · Long Island City, NY · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
- $15,000
Nami · Arlington, VA · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
- $15,000
Nest · New York, NY · 2023
Ethical handcraft giving circle
- $12,500
Indego Africa Project · New York, NY · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
- $10,700
Indego Africa Project · New York, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
- $10,000
Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
- $10,000
Fountain House · New York, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
- $10,000
Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
- $10,000
Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
In support of "maggie's place"
- $7,500
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · New York, NY · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
- $7,500
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · New York, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
- $5,206
Girls Matterkids Empowered On the Move · Birmingham, MI · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
- $5,000
Girls Matterkids Empowered On the Move · Birmingham, MI · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
- $5,000
Nest · New York, NY · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
- $5,000
Nest · New York, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
- $5,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · Evanston, IL · 2023
For the chicagoland out of darkness walk
- $5,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · Evanston, IL · 2022
For the chicagoland out of darkness walk
- $5,000
Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
In support of "maggie's place"
- $2,600
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Michigan · Brighton, MI · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
- $2,600
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Michigan · Brighton, MI · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
- $2,500
American Friends of Alyn Hospital · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
- $2,500
American Friends of Magen David Odom · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
- $2,500
American Friends of the Idf · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
- $2,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
- $2,500
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Michigan · Brighton, MI · 2023
Wish a mile
- $2,500
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Michigan · Brighton, MI · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
- $2,500
Thrivent Charitable · Appleton, WI · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
- $1,000
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Group · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
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Similar purposes
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