Funding search · EIN 237110778 · Evanston, IL

Jerome Frankel Foundation

Name: Jerome Frankel Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

40
grants reported: $77,989
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $750
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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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.

University of Oklahoma Foundation3 grants · $15,000
Temple Sholom of Chicago2 grants · $13,200
Temple Sholom2 grants · $11,650
Art Institute of Chicago4 grants · $11,500
Ravinia Festival Association2 grants · $10,000
Ravinia Festival Association2 grants · $8,000
Wfmt Radio4 grants · $4,800
Medglobal1 grant · $1,000
Chicago Botanic Gardens2 grants · $600
Sharsheret1 grant · $500

Giving over time

$19,889

2022

$19,700

2023

$20,700

2024

$17,700

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$6,700
Temple Sholom of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General funds
$6,500
Temple Sholom of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$6,000
Temple Sholom · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funds
$5,650
Temple Sholom · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$5,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General funds
$5,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General funds
$5,000
University of Oklahoma Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General funds
$5,000
University of Oklahoma Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General funds
$5,000
University of Oklahoma Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General funds
$4,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General funds
$4,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General funds
$3,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General funds
$3,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$3,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funds
$2,500
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$1,200
Wfmt Radio · Chicago, IL · 2025
General funds
$1,200
Wfmt Radio · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funds
$1,200
Wfmt Radio · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funds
$1,200
Wfmt Radio · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$1,000
Medglobal · Rolling Meadows, IL · 2025
General funds
$500
Sharsheret · Teaneck, NJ · 2025
General funds
$300
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General funds
$300
Chicago Botanic Gardens · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General funds
$300
Chicago Botanic Gardens · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General funds
$285
Special Olympics Illinois · Lombard, IL · 2022
General funds
$150
Evanston Public Library · Evanston, IL · 2022
General funds
$150
Selfhelp Home · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$100
Our House Communities · Wilmette, IL · 2023
General funds
$100
Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
General funds
$100
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$80
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$70
Macular Degeneration Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2022
General funds
$54
Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General funds
$50
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$50
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General funds
$50
Habitat for Humanity · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General funds
$50
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2022
General funds
$50
Meals On Wheels Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funds
$50
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022
General funds
$50
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
General funds

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