Funding search · EIN 263557182 · Chicago, IL

The Howard Ross Family Foundation

Name: The Howard Ross 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.

53
grants reported: $48,500
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $250
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.

Friendship Circle International3 grants · $21,300
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation2 grants · $5,200
Chevra Meznos3 grants · $4,000
Turning Point Autism Foundation1 grant · $3,850
Susan G Komen Foundation3 grants · $2,950
Playthinks3 grants · $1,500
Sharsheret2 grants · $720
Shari Tzdek Miskan Yair Congregation1 grant · $700
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago1 grant · $650
The Hebron Fund3 grants · $600

Giving over time

$17,500

2022

$16,000

2023

$15,000

2024

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$8,800
Friendship Circle International · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General Purposes
$7,000
Friendship Circle International · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General Purposes
$5,500
Friendship Circle International · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General Purposes
$3,850
Turning Point Autism Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$2,925
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2023
General Purposes
$2,275
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2024
General Purposes
$2,000
Chevra Meznos · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General Purposes
$1,650
Susan G Komen Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$1,000
Chevra Meznos · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General Purposes
$1,000
Chevra Meznos · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General Purposes
$1,000
Playthinks · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$700
Shari Tzdek Miskan Yair Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purposes
$650
Susan G Komen Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
General Purposes
$650
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purposes
$650
Susan G Komen Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purposes
$550
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2023
General Purposes
$550
Zaka Search and Rescue · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General Purposes
$500
Jewish Sacred Society - Chevra Kadisha · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$500
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$500
Shalva · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$400
Chicago Mitzvah Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$360
Sharsheret · Lincolnwood, IL · 2023
General Purposes
$360
Sharsheret · Lincolnwood, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$250
Jewish Sacred Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purposes
$250
Playthinks · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purposes
$250
Jewish Sacred Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purposes
$250
Natl Assn of Social Workers · Washington, DC · 2023
General Purposes
$250
Playthinks · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purposes
$250
The Hebron Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General Purposes
$250
Chicago Gateway Green · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$250
Natl Assn of Social Workers · Washington, DC · 2022
General Purposes
$250
The Hebron Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General Purposes
$200
Gigi'S Playhouse · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purposes
$200
Chicago Chesed Fund · Lincolnwood, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$200
Just One Life · New York, NY · 2022
General Purposes
$200
Kehillah Jewish Education Fund · Skokie, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$200
Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$200
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$175
Friedman Place · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purposes
$155
Chicago Botanical Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General Purposes
$150
(Congregation) Beis Medrash Mikor Hachaim · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purposes
$150
Congregation Kins · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purposes
$140
Friedman Place · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$125
Chicago Botanical Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General Purposes
$108
The Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General Purposes
$100
The Hebron Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General Purposes
$100
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purposes
$100
The Michaael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General Purposes
$100
Chicago Botanical Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$90
Friedman Place · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Purposes
$72
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$70
Jccia Women'S Division · Stone Park, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$45
Torah Anytime · Pomona, NY · 2024
General Purposes

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