Funding search · EIN 200254015 · Wadsworth, IL

James G Hart 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.

265
grants reported
$3.3M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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  • Women Make Movies4 grants · $690,000
  • Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund2 grants · $550,000
  • Tulane University4 grants · $400,000
  • Committee To Protect Journalists4 grants · $200,000
  • Old Town School of Folk Music3 grants · $185,000
  • Institute for Music & Neurologic Function4 grants · $165,000
  • Frontline Journalism Fund3 grants · $160,000
  • US Campaign for Palestinian Rights4 grants · $92,500
  • Project On Government Oversight4 grants · $78,500
  • International Rescue Committee4 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$840,500
2022
$756,000
2023
$842,000
2024
$857,500
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 265 grants.

  • $425,000

    Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Albany, NY · 2022

    General fund

  • $225,000

    Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2025

    General fund

  • $170,000

    Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2024

    General fund

  • $170,000

    Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2023

    General fund

  • $125,000

    Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General fund

  • $125,000

    Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022

    General fund

  • $100,000

    Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2025

    General fund

  • $100,000

    Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    General fund

  • $100,000

    Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    General fund

  • $100,000

    Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    General fund

  • $75,000

    Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2025

    General fund

  • $75,000

    Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General fund

  • $60,000

    Frontline Journalism Fund · Boston, MA · 2025

    General fund

  • $60,000

    Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General fund

  • $60,000

    Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2024

    General fund

  • $50,000

    Institute for Music & Neurologic Function · Bronx, NY · 2025

    General fund

  • $50,000

    Frontline Journalism Fund · Boston, MA · 2024

    General fund

  • $50,000

    Institute for Music & Neurologic Function · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General fund

  • $50,000

    Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund

  • $50,000

    Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2023

    General fund

  • $50,000

    Frontline Journalism Fund · Boston, MA · 2023

    General fund

  • $50,000

    Institute for Music & Neurologic Function · Bronx, NY · 2023

    General fund

  • $30,000

    Wisconsin Public Radio · Madison, WI · 2023

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Project On Government Oversight · Washington, DC · 2025

    General fund

  • $25,000

    US Campaign for Palestinian Rights · Washington, DC · 2025

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Project On Government Oversight · Washington, DC · 2024

    General fund

  • $25,000

    US Campaign for Palestinian Rights · Washington, DC · 2024

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Project On Government Oversight · Washington, DC · 2023

    General fund

  • $25,000

    US Campaign for Palestinian Rights · Washington, DC · 2023

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    General fund

  • $25,000

    Wisconsin Public Radio · Madison, WI · 2022

    General fund

  • $20,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2025

    General fund

  • $20,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    General fund

  • $20,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023

    General fund

  • $17,500

    Wuwm Milwaukee Public Radio · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

    General fund

  • $17,500

    US Campaign for Palestinian Rights · Washington, DC · 2022

    General fund

  • $15,000

    Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2025

    General fund

  • $15,000

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2025

    General fund

  • $15,000

    Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2022

    General fund

  • $15,000

    Institute for Music & Neurologic Function · Bronx, NY · 2022

    General fund

  • $12,500

    American Near East Refugee Aid · Washington, DC · 2025

    General fund

  • $12,500

    Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2024

    General fund

  • $12,500

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024

    General fund

  • $12,500

    Wuwm Milwaukee Public Radio · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Northern Public Radio · Dekalb, IL · 2025

    General fund

  • $10,000

    American Near East Refugee Aid · Washington, DC · 2024

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2023

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Center for Public Integrity · Washington, DC · 2023

    General fund

  • $10,000

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2023

    General fund

  • $10,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022

    General fund

  • $7,500

    Kartemquin Educational Films · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General fund

  • $7,500

    Kartemquin Educational Films · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund

  • $7,500

    Northern Public Radio · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General fund

  • $7,500

    American Near East Refugee Aid · Washington, DC · 2023

    General fund

  • $7,500

    Kartemquin Educational Films · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General fund

  • $7,500

    Northern Public Radio · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General fund

  • $7,500

    Wuwm Milwaukee Public Radio · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General fund

  • $7,500

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022

    General fund

  • $7,000

    Bennington College · Bennington, VT · 2025

    General fund

  • $7,000

    Bennington College · Bennington, VT · 2024

    General fund

  • $6,000

    Bennington College · Bennington, VT · 2023

    General fund

  • $6,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023

    General fund

  • $5,500

    Respiratory Health Association · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Brennan Center for Justice · Washington, DC · 2025

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2025

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Center for Constitutional Rights · New York, NY · 2025

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Invest for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Respiratory Health Association · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Wamu 885 · Washington, DC · 2025

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Wdcb Public Radio · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2025

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Invest for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Wamu 885 · Washington, DC · 2024

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Wdcb Public Radio · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2024

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Invest for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Wdcb Public Radio · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2023

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Bennington College · Bennington, VT · 2022

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Center for Public Integrity · Washington, DC · 2022

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Kartemquin Educational Films · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Northern Public Radio · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Wuwm Milwaukee Public Radio · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General fund

  • $4,000

    The Peoples Music School · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General fund

  • $4,000

    Wamu 885 · Washington, DC · 2023

    General fund

  • $3,500

    Fund for Investigative Journalism · Washington, DC · 2025

    General fund

  • $3,500

    Resist · Boston, MA · 2025

    General fund

  • $3,500

    Wbur 909 · Boston, MA · 2025

    General fund

  • $3,500

    Wisconsin Democracy Campaign · Madison, WI · 2025

    General fund

  • $3,500

    The Peoples Music School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General fund

  • $3,500

    Wbur 909 · Boston, MA · 2024

    General fund

  • $3,500

    American Near East Refugee Aid · Washington, DC · 2022

    General fund

  • $3,500

    Project On Government Oversight · Washington, DC · 2022

    General fund

  • $3,500

    Wdcb Public Radio · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2022

    General fund

  • $3,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Fnd · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General fund

  • $3,000

    Wheatland Music Organization · Remus, MI · 2025

    General fund

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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.