Funding search · EIN 363501517 · Chicago, IL
Jack & Sandra Guthman Fdn
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 94
- grants reported
- $93,842
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $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.
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Top recipients
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- Rush University Medical Center2 grants · $14,500
- Museum of Contemporary Art4 grants · $11,450
- Wttw3 grants · $9,005
- Chicago Architecture Biennial1 grant · $5,000
- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago4 grants · $4,470
- Renaissance Society4 grants · $4,170
- Chicago Sinai Congragation1 grant · $4,070
- Yale Law School Fund3 grants · $4,000
- Northwestern University4 grants · $3,925
- Art Insitute of Chicago3 grants · $3,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 94 reported grants, largest first.
- $7,500
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $7,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating support
- $6,250
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $5,000
Chicago Architecture Biennial · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating support
- $4,335
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $4,200
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $4,070
Chicago Sinai Congragation · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating support
- $3,000
Yale Law School Fund · New Haven, CT · 2023
general operating
- $2,835
Renaissance Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $2,500
Art Insitute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $2,500
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
general operating
- $2,500
Timeline Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $2,335
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $2,335
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $1,965
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $1,700
Harris Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $1,377
Harris Theater for Music and Dance · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating support
- $1,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $835
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $835
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $835
Arts Alliance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $835
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $825
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $800
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating support
- $800
Chiarts Foundaton · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $800
Chicago High School for the Arts · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $800
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $800
Steppenwolf Theatre Co · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $800
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $675
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $600
Experimental Station · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $500
Albany Park Theater Project · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $500
Art Insitute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $500
Arts Alliance Illinoi · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating support
- $500
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
general operating
- $500
Renaissance Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $500
Timeline Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating support
- $500
Yale Law School Fund · New Haven, CT · 2025
general operating
- $500
Albany Park Theater Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $500
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $500
Experimental Station · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $500
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
general operating
- $500
Renaissance Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $500
Yale Law School Fund · New Haven, CT · 2024
general operating
- $500
Albany Park Theater Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $500
Art Insitute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $500
Experimental Station · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $500
Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $500
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $500
Music of the Baroque · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $500
Chicago Artists Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $500
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $425
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $425
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $425
Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $425
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
general operating
- $425
Yale University Law School · New Haven, CT · 2022
general operating
- $400
United States Artists · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $335
Society for Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $335
Society for Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $335
Renaissance Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $335
Society for Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $300
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $300
Steppenwolf Theatre Co · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $300
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $300
Steppenwolf Theatre Co · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $300
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $300
Steppenwolf Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $250
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $250
Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating support
- $250
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $250
Design Museum of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $250
Gephardt Institute · St Louis, MO · 2023
general operating
- $250
New Museum · New York, NY · 2022
general operating
- $250
Porchlight Music Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $200
Chiarts Foundaton · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $200
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating support
- $200
Depaul Art Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating support
- $200
Design Museum of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $200
Driehaus Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating
- $200
Desertx · Palm Springs, CA · 2024
general operating
- $200
Driehaus Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $200
Impact for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $200
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024
general operating
- $200
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $200
Iit College of Architecture · Chicago, IL · 2023
Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize
- $200
Build · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $200
Timeline Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $200
Wesleyan Center for the Arts · Middletown, CT · 2022
general operating
- $100
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2025
general operating support
- $100
Floating Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $100
Grant Park Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023
general operating
- $100
Floating Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
- $85
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic · Chicago, IL · 2022
general operating
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Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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