Funding search · EIN 203072091 · Highland Park, IL

James and Lesley Anixter Foundation

Name: James and Lesley Anixter 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.

81
grants reported: $496,810
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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.

What they fund

donee further

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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 Fund of Metropolitan Chicago4 grants · $327,000
Jewish Council for Youth Services4 grants · $24,500
Am Shalom4 grants · $21,000
Ravinia Festival Association2 grants · $17,000
Ravinia1 grant · $9,000
Camp Gan Israel4 grants · $7,700
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach4 grants · $7,400
Jewish Community Centers - Chicago Women'S Board1 grant · $6,000
Friends of the Isreal Defense Forces1 grant · $5,600
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic3 grants · $5,500

Giving over time

$99,400

2022

$111,050

2023

$139,760

2024

$146,600

2025

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$100,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$77,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$50,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$11,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Illinois, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$9,000
Ravinia · Highland Park, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$7,500
Jewish Council for Youth Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$6,000
Jewish Community Centers - Chicago Women'S Board · Northbrook, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$6,000
Jewish Council for Youth Services · Chicago, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$6,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$6,000
Jewish Council for Youth Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$5,600
Friends of the Isreal Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$5,500
Am Shalom · Glencoe, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$5,500
Am Shalom · Glencoe, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Am Shalom · Glencoe, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Don'T Even Give Up · North Carolina, NC · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Jewish Council for Youth Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Am Shalom · Glencoe, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Northwestern University Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$3,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic · Highland Park, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$2,300
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$2,300
Camp Gan Israel · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$2,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$2,000
Anixter Center - Chicago Hearing Society Division · Chicago, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$2,000
Friends of Elnet · Skokie, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$2,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$2,000
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic · Illinois, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$2,000
Jesse White Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$1,800
Camp Gan Israel · Chicago, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$1,800
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$1,800
Camp Gan Israel · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,800
Israel Passport Center · Illinois, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,800
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,800
Camp Gan Israel · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$1,650
United States Holocaust Memorial Council · Washington, DC · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,500
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$1,200
Anixter Center - Chicago Hearing Society Division · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Focus · Barrington Hills, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Gpf Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Helping Hands Network · Northbrook, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Kathy'S House · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic · Highland Park, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Anixter Center - Chicago Hearing Society Division · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Focus · Arizona, AZ · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Gpf Foundation · Illinois, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Helping Hands Network · Illinois, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Jesse White Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Solomon Schechter Day Schools Endowment Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network · Bethesda, MD · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Children'S Brittle Bone Foundation · Illinois, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Fcus - Focus · Illinois, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Foundation for Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Girf · Illinois, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Gpf Foundation · Illinois, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Help Hope Live · Pennsylvania, PA · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Jesse White Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Solomon Schechter Day Schools Endowment Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Advocate Charitable Foundation · Downers Grove, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Anixter Center - Chicago Hearing Society Division · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network · Bethesda, MD · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Foundation for Opthamological Care · Barrigton Hills, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Rabbinical Seminary of America · Flushing, NY · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Solomon Schechter Day Schools Endowment Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$750
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$660
Foundation for Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$500
Hallie 225 · Highland Park, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$500
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$500
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Illinois, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$500
Lubavitch Chabad House · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$450
United States Holocaust Memorial Council · Washington, DC · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$300
Jcc Chicago Women'S Board · Illinois, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$300
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$250
Children'S Brittle Bone Foundation · Illinois, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$250
Uptown Music Theater of Highland Park · Illinois, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$250
Foundation for Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$250
Lynn Sage Cancer Research · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee

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Similar grant size

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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.