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Gendell Family Foundation

Name: Gendell 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.

90
grants reported: $214,729
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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.

What they fund

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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.

Jewish National Fund4 grants · $60,340
Jewish United Fund2 grants · $20,498
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Ctr4 grants · $16,500
North Shore Congregation Israel4 grants · $15,726
Iit Chicago-Kent College of Law2 grants · $10,000
University of Illinois1 grant · $10,000
Friends of the Idf1 grant · $10,000
National Ms Society2 grants · $7,460
Elyssa'S Mission2 grants · $6,000
American Jewish Committee3 grants · $5,830

Giving over time

$47,270

2022

$64,898

2023

$47,092

2024

$55,469

2025

Grant history

All 90 reported grants, largest first.

$27,500
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General funding
$22,105
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General funding
$12,120
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General funding
$12,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Ctr · Skokie, IL · 2025
Genereal funding
$10,550
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
$10,000
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2025
Genereal funding
$10,000
University of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
$8,378
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Iit Chicago-Kent College of Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Iit Chicago-Kent College of Law · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
$4,400
American Jewish Committee · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
$4,264
North Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Genereal funding
$4,225
North Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General funding
$3,782
North Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General funding
$3,780
National Ms Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
$3,680
National Ms Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
$3,600
Northshore Center for the Performing Arts · Skokie, IL · 2025
General funding
$3,580
Cohn-Weil Memorial · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General funding
$3,500
Elyssa'S Mission · Northbrook, IL · 2023
General funding
$3,455
North Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General funding
$2,500
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
$2,500
Elyssa'S Mission · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General funding
$2,500
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Ctr · Skokie, IL · 2022
General funding
$2,000
Lincoln Academy · Springfield, IL · 2024
Genereal funding
$2,000
Israel Parasport Center · Northfield, IL · 2023
General funding
$1,800
American Friends of the Hebrew University · Chicago, IL · 2025
Genereal funding
$1,800
Standwithus · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General funding
$1,800
American Friends of the Hebrew University · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
$1,800
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2024
Genereal funding
$1,800
Tikvah · New York, NY · 2024
Genereal funding
$1,800
Friends of Elnet · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
$1,800
Northshore Center for the Performing Arts · Skokie, IL · 2023
General funding
$1,500
Refugeeone · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
$1,360
Shalva · Skokie, IL · 2025
General funding
$1,294
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Genereal funding
$1,294
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General funding
$1,250
American Jewish Committee · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
$1,050
Shomrim Society of Il Endowment Fund · Harlan, IA · 2025
Genereal funding
$1,039
Hillelorg · Washington, DC · 2023
General funding
$1,000
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2025
Genereal funding
$1,000
Magan David Adom · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Genereal funding
$1,000
The 100 Thousand Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2025
Genereal funding
$1,000
Chabad of Champaign Urbana · Champaign, IL · 2024
Genereal funding
$1,000
Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Genereal funding
$1,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Ctr · Skokie, IL · 2024
General funding
$1,000
The 100 Thousand Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2024
Genereal funding
$1,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Ctr · Skokie, IL · 2023
General funding
$560
Shomrim Society of Il Endowment Fund · Skokie, IL · 2024
Genereal funding
$540
Niles Township Jewish Congr · Skokie, IL · 2024
Genereal funding
$536
Israel Parasport Center · Northfield, IL · 2025
General funding
$500
Jcfs Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General funding
$500
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2025
General funding
$500
The Giviing Back Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
General funding
$500
Uiuc Hillel · Champaign, IL · 2025
Genereal funding
$500
Jcfs Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
$500
Rett Syndrome Research Trust · Trumbull, CT · 2024
Genereal funding
$500
Civic Leadership Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General funding
$500
Greater Chicago Jewish Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
$500
Israel Parasport Center · Northfield, IL · 2023
General funding
$500
Jcfs Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
$500
Rett Syndrome Research Trust · Trumbull, CT · 2023
General funding
$500
Tapcancerout · Fort Mill, SC · 2023
General funding
$500
Team Rwb · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General funding
$360
Chabad of Wilmette · Wilmette, IL · 2025
General funding
$360
Fraida-Cameron Chabad Center of Wilmette · Wilmette, IL · 2024
General funding
$360
Illini Chabad of Champaign Urbana · Champaign, IL · 2024
Genereal funding
$360
Fraida-Cameron Chabad Center of Wilmette · Wilmette, IL · 2023
General funding
$360
Chabad of Wilmette · Wilmette, IL · 2022
General funding
$250
Inspired By Giving · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Genereal funding
$250
Chicago Police Memorial Foundaton · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
$250
The Robert H Levine Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
$200
For Autistic Kids Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023
General funding
$186
Hadassah · New York, NY · 2024
Genereal funding
$185
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Genereal funding
$180
American Jewish Committee · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
$180
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2024
Genereal funding
$180
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
$175
Museum of Scrience and Industry Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Genereal funding
$150
Lincoln Presidential Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2023
General funding
$117
Gofundme Fundraiser · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
Genereal funding
$100
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Genereal funding
$100
Nsci · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Genereal funding
$100
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General funding
$100
Usc Shoah Foundation · Los Angeles, IL · 2024
Genereal funding
$75
St Joseph Valley Chapter Hall of Fame · South Bend, IN · 2022
General funding
$54
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
$50
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General funding
$50
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General funding
$37
World Jewish Congress · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
$18
Foundation To Combat Anti-Semitism · Foxborough, MA · 2023
General funding

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