Funding search · EIN 364266297 · Chicago, IL
Dr Petra and Owen Rissman 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.
- 56
- grants reported
- $800,500
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $10,000
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Northwestern Memorial Fund4 grants · $110,000
- Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $95,000
- Unicef4 grants · $95,000
- University of Chicago3 grants · $85,000
- Northwestern University1 grant · $75,000
- Jewish United Fund2 grants · $50,000
- Lyric Opera4 grants · $40,000
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $40,000
- Cs Mott Children'S Hospital2 grants · $35,000
- Lurie Children'S Hospital1 grant · $25,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 56 reported grants, largest first.
- $75,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
General operations
- $50,000
Northwestern Memorial Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $30,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
General operations
- $30,000
Unicef · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $30,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $30,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General operations
- $30,000
Unicef · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
- $30,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
- $25,000
Lurie Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $25,000
Cs Mott Children'S Hospital · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General operations
- $25,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
- $25,000
Northwestern Memorial Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
- $25,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General operations
- $25,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
- $25,000
Northwestern Memorial Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
- $25,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operations
- $25,000
Unicef · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
- $25,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
- $15,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · Northbrook, IL · 2023
General operations
- $15,000
Chicago Public Library · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
- $15,000
Planned Parenthood Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $10,000
Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Comer Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Cs Mott Children'S Hospital · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Northshore Univ Healthsystem Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Northwestern Memorial Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Unicef · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
- $5,000
Divine Mercy Parish · Lombard, IL · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operations
- $2,500
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters · Northfield, IL · 2025
General operations
- $2,500
Sweetwater Spectrum · Sonoma, CA · 2025
General operations
- $2,500
Music of the Baroque · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
- $2,000
Historic Preservation Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $2,000
Music of the Baroque · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $2,000
Sacred Heart · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $2,000
Sweetwater Spectrum · Sonoma, CA · 2024
General operations
- $2,000
826 Valencia · Sa Francisco, CA · 2023
General operations
- $2,000
City Arts & Lectures · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operations
- $2,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operations
- $1,800
Northbrook Community Synagogue · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General operations
- $1,500
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General operations
- $1,500
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General operations
- $1,100
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $1,100
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
- $1,000
Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters · Northfield, IL · 2022
General operations
- $1,000
Sweetwater Spectrum · Sonoma, CA · 2022
General operations
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