Funding search · EIN 270588023 · Chicago, IL

Janis Morris Foundation

Name: Janis Morris Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

76
grants reported: $107,065
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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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.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $28,000
Lyric Opera House2 grants · $14,500
Grant Park Music Festival2 grants · $8,000
Jewish United Fund of Chicago1 grant · $6,565
Coudert Institute2 grants · $6,000
Joffrey Ballet2 grants · $5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository3 grants · $4,500
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago2 grants · $4,100
Jewish Community Center of Chicago3 grants · $3,000
Art Institute of Chicago1 grant · $2,500

Giving over time

$50,165

2022

$37,650

2023

$19,250

2024

Grant history

All 76 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$8,000
Lyric Opera House · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$8,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$6,565
Jewish United Fund of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$6,500
Lyric Opera House · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$4,000
Grant Park Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$4,000
Coudert Institute · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General purpose
$4,000
Grant Park Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$2,000
Coudert Institute · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General purpose
$1,600
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,500
Flagler Theatre · Flagler, CO · 2024
General purpose
$1,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$1,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Jewish Community Center of Chicago · Chicao, IL · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Jewish Community Center of Chicago · Chicao, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Foundation for Hearing and Speech · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Jewish Community Center of Chicago · Chicao, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Lincoln Park Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General purpose
$500
Auditorium Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$500
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$500
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
General purpose
$500
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$500
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$500
Lincoln Park Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$500
The Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$500
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$500
Auditorium Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$500
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$500
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$500
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$500
Porchlight Music Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$500
The Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$500
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$400
Make a Wish · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$300
International Solidarity for Human Rights · Miami, FL · 2024
General purpose
$300
Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$250
Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2024
General purpose
$250
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$250
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$250
Northlight Theatre · Skokie, IL · 2022
General purpose
$250
Self Help Home · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$200
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General purpose
$200
Italian American Human Relations Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$200
Remy Bumppo Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$200
Shriners Hosptital for Children · Tampa, FL · 2024
General purpose
$200
Fw Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$200
Jewish Cemetary Association of Ma · Newton, MA · 2023
General purpose
$200
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$200
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$200
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$200
Friends of the Smithsonian · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$200
Fw Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$200
Music Theater Works · Wilmette, IL · 2022
General purpose
$200
Shriners Hosptital for Children · Tampa, FL · 2022
General purpose
$200
Time Line Theater Company · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$200
Unicef · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$150
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$150
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$150
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$100
Italian American Human Relations Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$100
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purpose

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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.