Funding search · EIN 363484258 · Winnetka, IL

Gantz Family Foundation

Name: Gantz 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.

64
grants reported: $2.3M
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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Northwestern University4 grants · $495,000
The Field Museum2 grants · $301,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago2 grants · $222,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago2 grants · $210,000
Holy Family Ministries4 grants · $175,000
The Field Museum of Natural History2 grants · $170,500
Church of the Holy Comforter4 grants · $127,000
Marine Corps Scholarship2 grants · $100,000
Brain Research Foundation3 grants · $75,000
Music Institute of Chicago4 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$716,000

2022

$776,000

2023

$356,000

2024

$402,500

2025

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
General charitable
$237,500
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
General charitable
$212,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable
$115,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable
$110,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable
$107,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable
$100,500
The Field Museum of Natural History · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable
$100,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable
$89,500
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable
$75,000
Holy Family Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable
$70,000
The Field Museum of Natural History · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable
$50,000
Holy Family Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable
$50,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General charitable
$50,000
Marine Corps Scholarship · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General charitable
$50,000
Marine Corps Scholarship · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General charitable
$44,000
Church of the Holy Comforter · Kenilworth, IL · 2022
General charitable
$35,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable
$34,000
Church of the Holy Comforter · Kenilworth, IL · 2024
General charitable
$27,000
Church of the Holy Comforter · Kenilworth, IL · 2025
General charitable
$25,000
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable
$25,000
Holy Family Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable
$25,000
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable
$25,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable
$25,000
Holy Family Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable
$25,000
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable
$25,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General charitable
$22,000
Church of the Holy Comforter · Kenilworth, IL · 2023
General charitable
$15,000
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches · Washington, DC · 2025
General charitable
$15,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesada, MD · 2025
General charitable
$15,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General charitable
$10,000
Brain Reseach Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable
$10,000
Happ Foundation · Highland, IL · 2025
General charitable
$10,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2025
General charitable
$10,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2025
General charitable
$10,000
Millenium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable
$10,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2024
General charitable
$10,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable
$10,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General charitable
$10,000
Wwci · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable
$10,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General charitable
$10,000
Millenium Park · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable
$10,000
Rush Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable
$10,000
The Hap Foundation · Oakbrook Terrace, IL · 2022
General charitable
$10,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable
$8,000
Wake Forest Fund · Winston Salem, NC · 2023
General charitable
$7,000
Wake Forest · Winston Salem, NC · 2022
General charitable
$5,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
General charitable
$5,000
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable
$5,000
American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable
$5,000
American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable
$3,500
The Penn Charter School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General charitable
$3,000
Wake Forest University · Winston Salem, NC · 2023
General charitable
$2,500
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
General charitable
$2,500
Know the Glow · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2023
General charitable
$2,500
Debra of America · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable
$2,000
Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association of America · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable
$2,000
Wake Forest University Foundation · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
General charitable
$2,000
William Penn Charter School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General charitable
$1,500
The Penn Charter School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General charitable
$1,000
Know the Glow · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2024
General charitable
$1,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable
$1,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable
$1,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable
$1,000
Mother Trust Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General charitable

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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.