Funding search · EIN 364095339 · Chicago, IL

Jack Ringer Family Foundation

Name: Jack Ringer Family 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.

78
grants reported: $231,100
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
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.

What they fund

donee each educational made religious scientific

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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.

Night Ministry4 grants · $65,000
Francis W Parker School4 grants · $35,250
Chicago Park District3 grants · $14,250
Lincoln Park Zoo4 grants · $11,600
Tulane University4 grants · $11,500
Steppenwolf Theatre4 grants · $10,000
Field Museum4 grants · $10,000
Access Living of Metro Chicago2 grants · $8,000
Delta Tau Delta Education Foundation3 grants · $7,500
Art Institute of Chicago4 grants · $6,200

Giving over time

$52,000

2022

$56,650

2023

$62,850

2024

$59,600

2025

Grant history

All 78 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$15,000
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$15,000
Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$15,000
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$15,000
Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$15,000
Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$11,000
Chicago Park District · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$6,000
Access Living of Metro Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$3,500
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$3,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$3,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$3,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$3,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$3,000
Delta Tau Delta Education Foundation · Fishers, IN · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$3,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$3,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$3,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$3,000
Delta Tau Delta Education Foundation · Fishers, IN · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$3,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,750
Chicago Park District · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,750
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,600
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,500
AIDS Foundation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,500
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,500
St Michael in Old Town · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,500
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,500
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,500
Ira Educational Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,500
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,000
Access Living of Metro Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,000
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$2,000
Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,600
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,600
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Preservation Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Delta Tau Delta Education Foundation · Fishers, IN · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Friends of the Chicago River · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Preservation Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Friends of the Chicago River · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Preservation Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,500
St Michael in Old Town · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,000
Chad Smith Foundation · Brookfield, WI · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,000
Media Burn Archive · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,000
Commonspirit Health Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,000
Cook County Health Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,000
Chicago Cares · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,000
Cook County Health Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,000
Friends of the Chicago River · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,000
Mikva Challenge Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$1,000
Preservation Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$750
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$500
Chicago Park District · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$500
St Michael in Old Town · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$500
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$500
Cook County Health Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$500
St Michael in Old Town · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$500
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$250
Lincoln Central Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$150
Lincoln Central Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.
$150
Lincoln Central Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Contribution was made for the General, Charitable, Religious, Educational or Scientific purpose of each donee Organization.

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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.