Funding search · EIN 366055643 · Wilmette, IL

Herbert C Wenske Foundation

Name: Herbert C Wenske 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.

59
grants reported: $467,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

Jewish United Fund4 grants · $102,000
Les Turner Als Foundation4 grants · $90,000
Jewish National Fund3 grants · $48,000
North Shore Congregation Israel3 grants · $31,000
Ravinia Foundation1 grant · $25,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum4 grants · $17,500
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation3 grants · $17,500
Elyssa'S Mission3 grants · $15,000
Israel Cancer Research Foundation3 grants · $11,000
US Holocaust Museum3 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$96,000

2022

$138,500

2023

$111,000

2024

$121,500

2025

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Ravinia Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$18,000
Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
North Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$12,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
A Safe Place · Zion, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
North Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
North Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
A Silver Lining Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Elyssa'S Mission · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
A Silver Lining Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Bright Start Community Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Gesher Human Services · Southfield, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Israel Cancer Research Foundation · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Jewish Center for Culture & Creativity · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Elyssa'S Mission · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Israel Cancer Research Foundation · Hartsdale, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Elyssa'S Mission · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
American Brain Tumor · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$3,000
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
United Cerebral Palsy · Vienna, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Autism Speaks · Boone, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
Community Partners for Affordable Housing · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
The Chicago Center · Lincolnwood, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Magdalene House Chicago · Lombard, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Stephen P Hayman Massage & Reflexology Fund · West Bloomfield, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Autism Speaks · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Chicago Community Kollel · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Hadassah the Womens Zionist Organization of America · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Stephen P Hayman Massage & Reflexology Fund · West Bloomfield, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,500
American Brain Tumor · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,500
Karen Flam Memorial · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
After Schoool Matters · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Community Partners Affordable Housing · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Community Partners Affordable Housing · Libertyville, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Israel Cancer Research Foundation · Hartsdale, NY · 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.