Funding search · EIN 363750504 · Chicago, IL

Hanson Family Foundation

Name: Hanson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

57
grants reported: $293,106
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Grant Park Orchestra Assoc3 grants · $76,186
University of Iowa Center for Advan1 grant · $60,920
Chicago Public Media3 grants · $51,000
Nature Conservancy in Il3 grants · $40,000
Gulfshore Playhouse3 grants · $10,500
The Boulevard2 grants · $7,500
All Chicago3 grants · $6,500
Connection for Homeless3 grants · $6,000
Entertainment Council Foundation2 grants · $4,500
Environmental Law and Policy Center2 grants · $3,500

Giving over time

$72,500

2022

$113,970

2023

$106,636

2024

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$60,920
University of Iowa Center for Advan · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$58,136
Grant Park Orchestra Assoc · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$40,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Nature Conservancy in Il · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Nature Conservancy in Il · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Grant Park Orchestra Assoc · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$8,050
Grant Park Orchestra Assoc · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Boulevard · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Gulfshore Playhouse · Naples, FL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Nature Conservancy in Il · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Gulfshore Playhouse · Naples, FL · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Chicago Furniture Bank · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
All Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
All Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Entertainment Council Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
The Boulevard · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Environmental Law and Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Gulfshore Playhouse · Naples, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Connection for Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Npca · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Connection for Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Entertainment Council Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Connection for Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
The Boxcar Foundation · Naples, FL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,500
St Pauls Ucc · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Child Care Network · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Environmental Law and Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Impact Behavior Health · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
The Institute for Clinical Social W · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
All Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Child Care Network · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Impact Behavior Health · Evanston, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
The Institute for Clinical Social W · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Womens Global Education Project · Oak Park, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Child Care Network · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
How · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Impact Behavior Health · Evanston, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Lacasa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Womens Global Education Project · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Family Focus · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Lawg · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Peer Services · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Youth Jobs Center · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Family Focus · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Peer Services · Evanston, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Youth Jobs Center · Evanston, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Family Focus · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Glenwood Academy · Glenwood, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Interfaith Comm Detained Immigrants · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Lawg · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Lincoln Park Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Peer Services · Evanston, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Youth Jobs Center · Evanston, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$-3,000
Globe Med · Evanston, IL · 2022
Unrestricted

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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.