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Funding search · EIN 820865495 · Chicago, IL

Hale Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

212
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $500
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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Purdue Research Foundation4 grants · $706,750
National Geographic Society4 grants · $226,500
Cosley Zoo4 grants · $226,500
Schwab Charitable1 grant · $176,000
Outreach Community Ministries4 grants · $78,000
Depaul University2 grants · $75,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation5 grants · $71,000
Chicago Classic Computing3 grants · $52,000
Illinois Environmental Council Educ4 grants · $40,000
Dupage County Historical Museum Fou4 grants · $21,000

Giving over time

$478,000

2022

$359,050

2023

$400,300

2024

$630,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 212 grants.

$226,750
Purdue Research Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2022
General
$195,000
Purdue Research Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2025
General
$176,000
Schwab Charitable · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General
$165,000
Purdue Research Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
General
$120,000
Purdue Research Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
General
$75,000
Cosley Zoo · Wheaton, IL · 2024
General
$60,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$56,500
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$55,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$55,000
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$51,500
Cosley Zoo · Wheaton, IL · 2022
General
$50,000
Cosley Zoo · Wheaton, IL · 2025
General
$50,000
Cosley Zoo · Wheaton, IL · 2023
General
$50,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$33,000
Outreach Community Ministries · Carol Stream, IL · 2025
General
$25,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$22,000
Chicago Classic Computing · Elk Grove Village, IL · 2024
General
$20,000
Chicago Classic Computing · Elk Grove Village, IL · 2025
General
$20,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$20,000
Outreach Community Ministries · Carol Stream, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$15,000
Outreach Community Ministries · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$12,000
Dupage County Historical Museum Fou · Wheaton, IL · 2025
General
$11,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$10,350
Friends of the Smithsonian · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
Illinois Environmental Council Educ · Springfield, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
Illinois Environmental Council Educ · Springfield, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Chicago Classic Computing · Elk Grove Village, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Illinois Environmental Council Educ · Springfield, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Outreach Community Ministries · Carol Stream, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Illinois Environmental Council Educ · Springfield, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2022
General
$7,000
Dupage County Historical Museum Fou · Wheaton, IL · 2024
General
$6,000
International Museum of Surgical Sc · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$6,000
David & Claudia Jackson Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Alaska Whale Foundation · Petersburg, AK · 2025
General
$5,000
Friends of South Georgia Island · Carbondale, CO · 2025
General
$5,000
Simmaron Research · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General
$5,000
Lookout Mountain Conservancy · Lookout Mountain, TN · 2024
General
$5,000
Simmaron Research · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General
$5,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Alaska Whale Foundation · Petersburg, AK · 2022
General
$5,000
Lookout Mountain Conservancy · Lookout Mountain, TN · 2022
General
$3,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2024
General
$3,000
Lookout Mountain Conservancy · Lookout Mountain, TN · 2023
General
$2,000
Angel Flight Central · Kansas City, MO · 2025
General
$2,000
Meet the Ocean · Portland, OR · 2025
General
$2,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2025
General
$2,000
Tau Beta Pi Association · Knoxville, TN · 2025
General
$2,000
Alaska Whale Foundation · Petersburg, AK · 2024
General
$2,000
Tau Beta Pi Association · Knoxville, TN · 2024
General
$2,000
Alaska Whale Foundation · Petersburg, AK · 2023
General
$2,000
Meet the Ocean · Portland, OR · 2022
General
$2,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2022
General
$1,600
The Agape Ringers · Carol Stream, IL · 2025
General
$1,500
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,500
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Oakbrook, IL · 2022
General
$1,500
Tau Beta Pi Association · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General
$1,200
Friends of the Smithsonian · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$1,000
Oceanites · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Oakbrook, IL · 2025
General
$1,000
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2025
General
$1,000
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2025
General
$1,000
The Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$1,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$1,000
International Museum of Surgical Sc · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Oakbrook, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
The Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Angel Flight Central · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General
$1,000
Dupage County Historical Museum Fou · Wheaton, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Gateway Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
International Museum of Surgical Sc · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Meet the Ocean · Portland, OR · 2023
General
$1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Oakbrook, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Tau Beta Pi Association · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General
$1,000
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
The Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone National P, WY · 2023
General
$1,000
Angel Flight Central · Kansas City, MO · 2022
General
$1,000
Dupage County Historical Museum Fou · Wheaton, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Gateway Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
International Museum of Surgical Sc · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
The Summit Foundation · Breckenridge, CO · 2022
General
$1,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone National P, WY · 2022
General
$700
Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone National P, WY · 2025
General
$600
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2025
General
$600
The Agape Ringers · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
General
$600
The Agape Ringers · Carol Stream, IL · 2023
General
$600
The Agape Ringers · Carol Stream, IL · 2022
General
$500
Howe Alumni Association · South Bend, IN · 2025
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.