Funding search · EIN 260173765 · Arlington Heights, IL

Gurtz Family Foundation

Name: Gurtz 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.

95
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
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.

Zacharias Center4 grants · $172,500
Northwestern Memorial Foundation2 grants · $150,000
St Jude Hospital4 grants · $130,000
Feldman Family Foundation4 grants · $120,000
Ronald McDonald House4 grants · $115,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation4 grants · $115,000
Lurie Childrens Hospital Fdn2 grants · $100,000
City of Hope1 grant · $95,000
Rory David Deutch Foundation4 grants · $95,000
American Heart Association6 grants · $90,000

Giving over time

$400,000

2022

$400,000

2023

$495,000

2024

$620,000

2025

Grant history

All 95 reported grants, largest first.

$95,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$75,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$75,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Lurie Childrens Hospital Fdn · Carol Stream, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Zacharias Center · Gurnee, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Lurie Childrens Hospital Fdn · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Zacharias Center · Gurnee, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Sos Children'S Villages Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$50,000
Zacharias Center · Gurnee, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$40,000
Feldman Family Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$40,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$40,000
Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$32,500
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$30,000
Feldman Family Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$30,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$30,000
Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$30,000
St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Rory David Deutch Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Saturday Place · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Rory David Deutch Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
American Heart Association · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Bowa Gives Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Feldman Family Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
American Heart Association · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Feldman Family Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
Rory David Deutch Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$25,000
St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$22,500
Zacharias Center · Gurnee, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
Charlie Project Dog Rescue · Twin Lakes, WI · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
Hfs Chicago Scholars · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
The Well Resource Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
Saturday Place · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
Rory David Deutch Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$20,000
Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Dancering While Cancering · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Heartland Animal Shelter · Wheeling, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Jewish United Fund of Metro Chgo · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
The Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Dancering While Cancering · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Heartland Animal Shelter · Wheeling, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Jewish United Fund of Metro Chgo · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
The Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Charlie Project Dog Rescue · Twin Lakes, WI · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$15,000
Dancering While Cancering · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$12,500
Lurie Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Chicago Coalition To End Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Chicago Greater Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Hire 360 · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Charlie Project Dog Rescue · Twin Lakes, WI · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Chicago Coalition To End Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Chicago Greater Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
The Well Resource Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Dancering While Cancering · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Heartland Animal Shelter · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
The Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Heartland Animal Shelter · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Jennifer Lynn Snyder Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Lne Alexa R Weiss Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$10,000
The Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$7,500
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$7,500
Parkinson'S Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$7,500
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$7,500
Parkinson'S Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$7,500
Clayco Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Chicagoland Lab Rescue · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Jennifer Lynn Snyder Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Chicagoland Lab Rescue · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Jennifer Lynn Snyder Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Chicagoland Lab Rescue · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Jennifer Lynn Snyder Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Parkinson'S Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose oprerations
$5,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Executive Construction Foundation · Hillside, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$5,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$2,000
Chicagoland Lab Rescue · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations
$2,000
Parkinson'S Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose oprerations
$1,000
Chest Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose operations

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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.