Funding search · EIN 436741329 · Chicago, IL

The Hale Family Foundation Joan J Hale Lou

Name: The Hale Family Foundation Joan J Hale Lou grants, 2022–2025
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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.

74
grants reported: $219,230
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,325
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

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.

Cranbrook School3 grants · $34,500
The Truvision Foundation2 grants · $21,164
Gary Sinise Foundation4 grants · $17,416
Cranbrook Schools1 grant · $13,500
Putman County Spca3 grants · $12,000
The Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter1 grant · $11,622
T-Rex1 grant · $11,260
Salvation Army2 grants · $11,000
Shriners Hospitals3 grants · $9,322
Gleaners Community Food Bank4 grants · $9,000

Giving over time

$57,110

2022

$54,215

2023

$51,605

2024

$56,300

2025

Grant history

All 74 reported grants, largest first.

$13,500
Cranbrook Schools · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2025
General
$12,500
Cranbrook School · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
General support
$11,622
The Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter · Tucson, AZ · 2022
General
$11,260
T-Rex · St Louis, MO · 2025
General
$11,000
Cranbrook School · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
General
$11,000
Cranbrook School · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
General
$10,843
The Truvision Foundation · Florissant, MO · 2023
General
$10,321
The Truvision Foundation · Florissant, MO · 2024
General support
$6,000
Salvation Army · Southfield, MI · 2022
General
$5,630
Gary Sinise Foundation · Woodland Hills, CA · 2025
General
$5,000
Salvation Army · Southfield, MI · 2023
General
$4,622
Gary Sinise Foundation · Woodland Hills, CA · 2022
General
$4,000
Putman County Spca · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$4,000
Putman County Spca · New York, NY · 2023
General
$4,000
Putman County Spca · New York, NY · 2022
General
$3,843
Gary Sinise Foundation · Woodland Hills, CA · 2023
General
$3,500
Gleaners Community Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2025
General
$3,422
Shriners Hospitals · Tampa, FL · 2023
General
$3,321
Gary Sinise Foundation · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024
General support
$3,000
Happy Life Animal Rescue & Adoption · Patterson, NY · 2024
General support
$3,000
Happy Life Animal Rescue & Adoption · Patterson, NY · 2023
General
$3,000
St Jude'S Children'S Research · Memphis, TN · 2023
General
$3,000
Happy Life Animal Rescue & Adoption · Patterson, NY · 2022
General
$3,000
Shriners Hospitals · Tampa, FL · 2022
General
$2,900
Shriners Hospitals · Tampa, FL · 2024
General support
$2,815
Happy Life Animal Rescue and Adoption · Pawling, NY · 2025
General
$2,815
Putnam County Spca · Brewster, NY · 2025
General
$2,700
Bay View Association · Petoskey, MI · 2025
General
$2,578
Portland Burying Ground Assoc · Portland, CT · 2024
General support
$2,500
Shriners Hospital · Springfield, MA · 2025
General
$2,500
St Judes Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
General
$2,500
Gleaners Community Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$2,500
St Jude'S Children'S Research · Memphis, TN · 2024
General support
$2,500
St Jude'S Children'S Research · Memphis, TN · 2022
General
$2,472
Portland Burying Ground Assoc · Portland, CT · 2022
General
$2,420
Portland Burying Ground · Portland, CT · 2025
General
$2,350
Portland Burying Ground Assoc · Portland, CT · 2023
General
$2,300
Bay View Association of the United · Petoskey, MI · 2024
General support
$2,000
Cocoa Beach Community · Cocoa Beach, FL · 2022
General
$1,821
Mercy Ships Foundation · Lindale, TX · 2024
General support
$1,760
Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2025
General
$1,500
Uso of Central Florida · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$1,500
Uso of Central Florida · Tampa, FL · 2024
General support
$1,500
Gleaners Community Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2023
General
$1,500
Uso of Central Florida · Tampa, FL · 2023
General
$1,500
Gleaners Community Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2022
General
$1,380
Bay View Association of the United · Petoskey, MI · 2022
General
$1,343
Connecticut Children'S · Hartford, CT · 2023
General
$1,300
Bay View Association of the United · Petoskey, MI · 2023
General
$1,000
Fred Hutch Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2025
General
$1,000
Hospice of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General
$1,000
Connecticut Children'S · Hartford, CT · 2022
General
$1,000
Uso of Central Florida · Tampa, FL · 2022
General
$550
Karmanos Cancer Institute · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
$514
Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
General support
$500
Hospice of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General support
$500
Habitat for Humanity of Florida · Clearwater, FL · 2022
General
$500
Karmanos Cancer Institute · Detroit, MI · 2022
General
$450
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$400
Altzheimers Association · Southfield, MI · 2025
General
$400
Hospice of Michigan · Ada, MI · 2025
General
$400
Karmanos Cancer Institute · Detroit, MI · 2025
General
$400
Shriners Hospital for Children · Tampa, FL · 2025
General
$400
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
General
$400
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2025
General
$350
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
General support
$350
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
General
$350
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
General
$300
Karmanos Cancer Institute · Detroit, MI · 2023
General
$264
Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2023
General
$264
Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2022
General
$200
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$200
Alzheimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$200
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2022
General

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