Funding search · EIN 237376410 · Deerfield, IL

J S Frank 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.

218
grants reported
$55.7M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Intrinsic Schools3 grants · $17.7M
  • Build3 grants · $9.2M
  • Dartmouth College3 grants · $5.6M
  • Time Line Theater1 grant · $4.1M
  • Evans Scholars Foundation3 grants · $2.1M
  • University of Chicago3 grants · $2.1M
  • A Better Chicago3 grants · $1.3M
  • Jewish United Fund3 grants · $1.2M
  • Lawndale Christian Legal2 grants · $1.2M
  • Trustees of Dartmouth College1 grant · $1.1M

Giving over time

$11.6M
2022
$9.2M
2023
$34.9M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 218 grants.

  • $13.6M

    Intrinsic Schools · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $5.1M

    Build · Deerfield, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $4.1M

    Time Line Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $4.0M

    Build · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $3.8M

    Intrinsic Schools · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $3.7M

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $1.5M

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $1.5M

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $1.1M

    Lawndale Christian Legal · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $1.1M

    Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $1.1M

    Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $1.0M

    A Better Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $1.0M

    Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $825,000

    University of Chicago Mbsd Development · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $750,000

    Chicago Pulblic Education Fund · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $700,000

    Illinois Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $550,000

    Jfmc · Arlington Heights, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $498,499

    Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $450,000

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $440,000

    Ugmg · Deerfield, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $400,000

    Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $350,000

    Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $350,000

    Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $346,000

    Intrinsic Schools · Deerfield, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $300,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $300,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $297,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support · New York, NY · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $285,000

    Project Unloaded · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $260,000

    A Better Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $199,998

    Civic Consulting Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $150,000

    Chicago Children'S Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $150,000

    Teach for America · New York, NY · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $149,999

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support · New York, NY · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $125,000

    Teach for America · New York, NY · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $125,000

    Educators for Excellence · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $125,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $125,000

    Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $119,000

    Hyde Park Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $100,000

    Hyde Park Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $100,000

    Sb Holocaust Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $100,000

    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $99,999

    Hyde Park Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $99,900

    Bga · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $99,900

    Bga · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $99,900

    Timeline Theater Company · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $99,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support · New York, NY · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $99,000

    Bga · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $95,000

    Rush University Medical Center · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $90,000

    Chicago Public Education Fund · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $90,000

    University of Chicago Booth School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $75,000

    Advance Illinois · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $75,000

    Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $75,000

    Invest for Kids · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $75,000

    Invest for Kids · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $75,000

    Lawndale Christian Legal · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $75,000

    Modern Classroom Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $65,000

    Thresholds · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $65,000

    Writers Theater · Glencoe, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $65,000

    Art Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $60,000

    Art Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $60,000

    Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $57,000

    Laguna Playhouse · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Art Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Marine Corp Scholarship Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    National Pancreas Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Northshore University Healthsystem · Evanston, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Saic-Office of Advancement · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Segerstrom Center for the Arts · Costa Mesa, CA · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Big Shoulders Fund · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Build · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Marine Corp Scholarship Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Project Hood · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Rhode Island Hospital Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Invest for Kids · Deerfield, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Marine Corp Scholarship Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    North Shore Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $50,000

    Ucmc · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $45,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $45,000

    Chicago Council On Global Affairs · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $40,000

    Clarion Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $40,000

    Advance Illinois · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $40,000

    Uniting Voices of Chicago · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $35,000

    Crohns and Colitis · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $35,000

    Chiarts Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $35,000

    Writers Theater · Glencoe, IL · 2022

    General fund raising

  • $30,000

    Foundation Defense Democracy · Washington, DC · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $30,000

    Thresholds · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General fund raising

  • $25,000

    Anderson Ranch Arts Center · Snowmass Village, CO · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $25,000

    Aspen Institute · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $25,000

    Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $25,000

    Buddy Program · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $25,000

    Chiarts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $25,000

    Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $25,000

    Chicago Scholars · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $25,000

    College Possible Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $25,000

    Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $25,000

    Ingenuity · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $25,000

    Leadership Greater Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

  • $25,000

    Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund raising

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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.