Funding search · EIN 264190675 · Boca Raton, FL

Frank and Karen Ptak Family Foundation

Name: Frank and Karen Ptak Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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: $959,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $18,000
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.

Misericordia Heart of Mercy Center4 grants · $111,000
Lincoln Park Zoological Society4 grants · $94,000
Learn Charter School Network4 grants · $85,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository4 grants · $78,000
Junior Achievement Chicago4 grants · $76,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab3 grants · $73,000
Paws Chicago4 grants · $64,000
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County2 grants · $59,000
Depaul University College of Commerce3 grants · $55,000
McGraw Ymca4 grants · $44,000

Giving over time

$230,000

2022

$240,000

2023

$247,000

2024

$242,000

2025

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$32,000
Jewish Foundation of South Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
General
$32,000
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
General
$29,000
Misericordia Heart of Mercy Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$29,000
Misericordia Heart of Mercy Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$27,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$27,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$27,000
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
General
$27,000
Misericordia Heart of Mercy Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$27,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$26,000
Misericordia Heart of Mercy Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$25,000
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$25,000
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$25,000
Depaul University College of Commerce · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$25,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$25,000
Depaul University College of Commerce · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$24,000
Learn Charter School Network · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$24,000
Learn Charter School Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$23,000
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$22,000
Junior Achievement Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$22,000
Junior Achievement Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$21,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$21,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$21,000
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$21,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$20,000
Learn Charter School Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$20,000
Junior Achievement Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$19,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$17,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$17,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$17,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$17,000
Learn Charter School Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$15,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$14,000
Special Operations Warrior Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2025
General
$12,000
Best Foot Forward Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
General
$12,000
Junior Achievement Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$12,000
Best Foot Forward Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
General
$12,000
Special Operations Warrior Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2024
General
$11,000
McGraw Ymca · Evanston, IL · 2025
General
$11,000
McGraw Ymca · Evanston, IL · 2024
General
$11,000
McGraw Ymca · Evanston, IL · 2023
General
$11,000
McGraw Ymca · Evanston, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$9,000
Special Operations Warrior Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2023
General
$9,000
Special Operations Warrior Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2022
General
$6,000
Lurie Children'S Memorial Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Cares Foundation · Union, NJ · 2025
General
$5,000
Curry College · Milton, MA · 2025
General
$5,000
Cares Foundation · Union, NJ · 2024
General
$5,000
Curry College · Milton, MA · 2024
General
$5,000
Depaul University College of Commerce · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Lurie Children'S Memorial Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023
General

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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.