Funding search · EIN 364020126 · Lake Forest, IL
Goodman Family Fund
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 88
- grants reported
- $203,633
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $250
- 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Evans Scholar Foundation4 grants · $75,200
- Highland Park Community Foundation4 grants · $35,850
- Ravinia Festival3 grants · $30,000
- Kiwanis Club of Evanston2 grants · $10,100
- Aspen Academy1 grant · $10,000
- Kiwanis Foundation2 grants · $10,000
- College Bound Opportunities4 grants · $4,100
- Family Focus Highland Park1 grant · $3,000
- The Art Center Highland Park3 grants · $2,950
- North Suburban Legal Aid3 grants · $2,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 88 reported grants, largest first.
- $25,200
Evans Scholar Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $25,000
Evans Scholar Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $12,500
Evans Scholar Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2025
General support
- $12,500
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General support
- $12,500
Evans Scholar Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $12,500
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $10,500
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $10,100
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
Aspen Academy · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $5,250
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General support
- $5,100
Kiwanis Club of Evanston · Evanston, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $5,000
Kiwanis Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Kiwanis Club of Evanston · Evanston, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $5,000
Kiwanis Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Charitable
- $5,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $3,000
Family Focus Highland Park · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General support
- $1,500
College Bound Opportunities · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $1,300
Helping Hands Network · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $1,250
A Safe Place · Zion, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $1,250
The Art Center Highland Park · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $1,150
A Safe Place · Zion, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $1,100
College Bound Opportunities · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $1,000
Charlotte Jewsih Day School · Charlotte, NC · 2025
General support
- $1,000
Mullen Baseball · Denver, CO · 2025
General support
- $1,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
- $1,000
College Bound Opportunities · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $1,000
North Suburban Legal Aid · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $1,000
The Art Center Highland Park · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $1,000
The Nora Project · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $1,000
Highland Park Sister Cities Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $1,000
North Suburban Legal Aid · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $1,000
The Nora Project · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $775
Helping Hands Network · Northbrook, IL · 2025
General support
- $700
The Art Center Highland Park · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General support
- $500
College Bound Opportunities · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General support
- $500
North Suburban Legal Aid · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General support
- $500
The Nora Project · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General support
- $500
Tri-Con Child Care Center · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $500
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
- $400
Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $250
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $250
Gpf Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General support
- $250
Levy Senior Center Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
- $250
Tri-Con Child Care Center · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General support
- $250
Community Partners for Affordable Housing (Cpah) · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $250
Fidf · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $250
Focus On the Arts 2025 · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $250
Glaucoma Research Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
- $250
Gpf Foundation · Gross Pointe Farms, MI · 2024
Charitable
- $250
Community Partners for Affordable Housing (Cpah) · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $250
Tri-Con Child Care Center · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $250
Wits Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $250
Briarwood Country Club Scholarship Program · Deerfield, IL · 2022
Charitanle
- $250
Community Partners for Affordable Housing (Cpah) · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $250
Gpf Foundation · Gross Pointe Farms, MI · 2022
Charitable
- $250
Tri-Con Child Care Center · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $200
Meals On Wheels Foundation · North Riverside, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $200
Volunteer Pool of Highland Park · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $150
Ann and Robert Lurie Childrens Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $150
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $150
Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $150
Newport Beach Library Foundation · Newport Beach, CA · 2024
Charitable
- $150
Western Golf Association Evans Scholars Foundation · Golf, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $125
Moraine Township · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $125
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $108
Outside in · Portland, OR · 2022
Charitable
- $100
No Kid Hungry · Topeka, KS · 2025
General support
- $100
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $100
Reading Power · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025
General support
- $100
Veterans of Foreign Wars · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $100
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $100
Foundation for Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2024
Charitable
- $100
Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2024
Charitable
- $100
Alzheimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $100
Cancer Wellness Center · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $100
Gpf Foundation · Gross Pointe Farms, MI · 2023
Charitable
- $100
Jewish Child and Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $100
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $100
Sga Youth and Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $100
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $100
Youthbuild Lake County · North Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
- $100
Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $100
Journeycare Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $100
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $100
Pilgrim Chamber Players · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $100
Sga Youth and Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
- $50
Honor Flight Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
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