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Jerrold Ruskin Foundation

Name: Jerrold Ruskin 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.

210
grants reported: $732,699
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.

What they fund

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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.

Am Shalom4 grants · $122,811
Hope Chicago4 grants · $95,000
Museum of Contemporary Photography2 grants · $84,393
Jewish United Fund4 grants · $77,500
Columbia College Chicago-Museum of Contemporary Photography1 grant · $65,750
Bayit Brigade America2 grants · $25,000
American Jewish Committe - Jacob Blaustein Building3 grants · $24,250
The Art Center of Highland Park3 grants · $20,202
Parks Foundation of Highland Park1 grant · $18,000
Clearbrook2 grants · $16,100

Giving over time

$199,369

2022

$169,536

2023

$164,089

2024

$199,705

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 210 grants.

$65,750
Columbia College Chicago-Museum of Contemporary Photography · Chicago, IL · 2022
Educational
$63,393
Museum of Contemporary Photography · Chicago, IL · 2023
Educational
$50,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Educational
$43,170
Am Shalom · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Religious
$41,311
Am Shalom · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Religious
$30,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic
$25,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Educational
$24,000
Am Shalom · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Religious
$21,000
Museum of Contemporary Photography · Chicago, IL · 2025
Educational
$18,000
Parks Foundation of Highland Park · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Civic
$17,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civic
$16,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic
$15,000
Bayit Brigade America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic
$14,330
Am Shalom · Glencoe, IL · 2022
Religious
$13,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Civic
$12,350
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2025
Civic
$12,000
American Jewish Committe - Jacob Blaustein Building · New York, NY · 2024
Religious
$10,000
Bayit Brigade America · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic
$10,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Educational
$10,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational
$9,500
Clearbrook · Arlington Heights, IL · 2025
Civic
$9,500
US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational
$8,708
Montresso Art Foundation · 2025
Educational
$7,957
The Art Center of Highland Park · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Educational
$7,580
The Art Center of Highland Park · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Educational
$7,200
Betel Romanian Baptist Church · Park Ridge, IL · 2022
Religious
$6,600
Clearbrook · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
Civic
$6,250
American Jewish Committe - Jacob Blaustein Building · New York, NY · 2023
Religious
$6,000
American Jewish Committe - Jacob Blaustein Building · New York, NY · 2022
Religious
$5,210
Adl · New York, NY · 2023
Civic.
$5,100
US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2025
Educational
$5,000
American Jewish Committee - Jacob Blaustein Building · New York, NY · 2025
Religious
$5,000
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law · Chicago, IL · 2025
Educational
$5,000
Arts of Life · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational
$4,900
Spertus Institute · Chicago, IL · 2025
Educational
$4,665
The Art Center of Highland Park · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Educational
$3,750
The Ember Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Religious
$3,500
The Ember Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Religious
$3,450
Spertus Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational
$3,400
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
Civic
$3,000
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law · Chicago, IL · 2022
Educational
$2,770
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Educational
$2,750
The Ember Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Religious
$2,575
Friends of the Idf · New York, NY · 2023
Civic
$2,572
Pasadena Jewish Temple · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Religious
$2,500
Israel Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Medical
$2,500
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Civic
$2,500
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
Educational
$2,500
Ymca Camp Independence · Ingleside, IL · 2022
Educational
$2,393
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational
$2,250
Art Center of Highland Park · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Educational
$2,200
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Educational
$2,200
The Ember Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Religious
$2,000
Adl · New York, NY · 2022
Civic.
$2,000
Anti Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2022
Civic
$1,800
American Friends of Alyn Hospital · New York, NY · 2024
Medical
$1,563
American Friends of Alyn Hospital · New York, NY · 2025
Medical
$1,500
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2025
Medical
$1,500
Camp Young Judea Midwest · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Religious
$1,500
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Educational
$1,500
Douglas Hudson Scholarship Foundation · Wauconda, IL · 2022
Educational
$1,350
Crohns and Colitis Foundation · Des Plaines, IL · 2025
Medical
$1,250
Crohns and Colitis Foundation · Des Plaines, IL · 2024
Medical
$1,000
Lynn Safe Breast Cancer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Medical
$1,000
Biltmore Scholarship Foundation · North Barrington, IL · 2024
Educational
$1,000
Camp One Step at a Time · Chicago, IL · 2024
Civic
$1,000
Northshore Hospital Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
Medical
$1,000
The Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Educational
$1,000
Ymca Camp Independence · Ingleside, IL · 2024
Educational
$1,000
Chicago Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Civic
$1,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Civic
$1,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Civic
$1,000
Ymca Camp Independence · Ingleside, IL · 2023
Educational
$862
Art Encounter · Evanston, IL · 2025
Educational
$860
Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Religious
$800
Digestive Health Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Medical
$750
Hillel International · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational
$750
The Renaissance Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Educational
$618
Art Encounter · Evanston, IL · 2024
Educational
$600
Alzheimer'S Assocation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Medical
$590
Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Religious
$550
The Ark · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Religious
$518
Camp One Step at a Time · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic
$518
Standwithus · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Civic
$500
Beat the Streets Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic
$500
Biltmore Scholarship Foundation · North Barrington, IL · 2025
Educational
$500
Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2025
Civic
$500
Operation Christmas · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Civic
$500
Shiva - Jewish National Fund USA · New York, NY · 2025
Religious
$500
The Ark · Northbrook, IL · 2025
Religious
$500
The History Museum · South Bend, IN · 2025
Educational
$500
The Renaissance Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
Educational
$500
Tri-Con Child Care Center · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Educational
$500
Ymca Camp Independence · Ingleside, IL · 2025
Educational
$500
Cancer Wellness Center · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Medical
$500
Operation Christmas · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Civic
$500
The History Museum · South Bend, IN · 2024
Educational
$500
Zeta Beta Tau Foundation · Carmel, IN · 2024
Educational
$500
Biltmore Scholarship Foundation · North Barrington, IL · 2023
Educational

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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.