Funding search · EIN 873202211 · Northbrook, IL

Chern Family Foundation

Name: Chern Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

49
grants reported: $3.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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

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.

Autism Speaks4 grants · $1.2M
A Better Chicago4 grants · $460,740
American Israel Education Foundation4 grants · $353,810
Third Way Institute1 grant · $250,899
Finca International2 grants · $249,073
Northwestern Memorial Foundation1 grant · $102,292
Temple Jeremiah1 grant · $100,061
Camp Out for Kids4 grants · $100,000
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago4 grants · $55,000
Finca1 grant · $49,877

Giving over time

$493,011

2022

$343,284

2023

$1.1M

2024

$1.1M

2025

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$747,985
Autism Speaks · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$327,670
Autism Speaks · New York, NY · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$250,899
Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$148,452
Finca International · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$126,690
A Better Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$115,826
A Better Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$114,073
A Better Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$104,151
A Better Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$102,698
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$102,292
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$100,940
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$100,621
Finca International · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$100,061
Temple Jeremiah · Northfield, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$100,000
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$62,000
Autism Speaks · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$50,172
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$49,877
Finca · Washington, DC · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$25,000
Camp Out for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$25,000
Camp Out for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$25,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$25,000
American Red Magen David · New York, NY · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$25,000
Camp Out for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$25,000
Camp Out for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$21,500
Autism Speaks · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$20,000
Childrens Hospital Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$15,000
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$15,000
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$15,000
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,250
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,018
Mercaz Academy · Plainview, NY · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,000
American Red Magen David · New York, NY · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,000
Camp Thunderbird Charitable Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,000
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,000
Illinois Holocaust Memorial Museum · Skokie, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,000
Camp Thunderbird Charitable Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$10,000
Just the Beginning · Chicago, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$6,000
University of Illinois Foundation · Champaign, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt purpose
$5,500
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$5,113
The Giving Back Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$5,000
Gigi'S Playhouse Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$5,000
Aspiretech · Evanston, IL · 2023
Donation towards exempt purpose
$3,604
Bethel United Ministries · Evanston, IL · 2025
Donation towards exempt purpose
$3,000
Foundation To Be Named Later · Boston, MA · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$2,500
Jennifer Lynn Snyder Teen Heart Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$1,500
Arthritis Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Donation towards exempt purpose
$1,000
Anticruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Donation towards exempt 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.