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The Jessica Fund

Name: The Jessica Fund 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.

109
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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 Theatre Group4 grants · $610,000
Museum of Contemporary Art4 grants · $392,500
Chicago Foundation for Women4 grants · $168,600
Barnard College3 grants · $50,000
The Brearley School3 grants · $35,000
Georgia O'Keefe Museum4 grants · $30,000
Chicago Sinai Temple4 grants · $29,900
Goodman Theatre Group3 grants · $28,500
Dartmouth College1 grant · $25,000
Friends of United Hatzalah1 grant · $24,000

Giving over time

$418,500

2022

$665,000

2023

$307,830

2024

$387,435

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 109 grants.

$350,000
Chicago Theatre Group · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$150,000
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$125,000
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$125,000
Chicago Theatre Group · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Chicago Theatre Group · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$90,000
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$80,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$60,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$35,000
Chicago Theatre Group · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$27,500
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$26,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Goodman Theatre Group · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$24,000
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$20,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$20,000
The Brearley School · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$15,000
Alzheimer'S Association Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
Maman Nonprofit · Encino, CA · 2024
General operating support
$12,000
The Neighborhood Playhouse · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$12,000
Erickson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$12,000
New Roads School · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General operating support
$11,120
Standwithus · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$11,000
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$10,675
Chicago Sinai Temple · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Friends of the Children - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Institute for Music and Nerologic Function · Mount Vernon, NY · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Maman Nonprofit · Encino, CA · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Chicago Arts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Georgia O'Keefe Museum · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Lets Do Something · Starkville, MS · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Standwithus · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Georgia O'Keefe Museum · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
The Brearley School · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$8,990
Temple Shalom · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$8,000
Justice for Children Foundation · Savannah, GA · 2025
General operating support
$7,000
Impact Forum Foundation · Encino, CA · 2025
General operating support
$7,000
Chicago Sinai Temple · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$6,225
Chicago Sinai Temple · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$6,000
Mitzvah Matters · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$6,000
Chicago Sinai Temple · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$6,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Georgia O'Keefe Museum · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Girlforward · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Mitzvah Matters · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Ready for Succeed · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
The Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Chabad at UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Mitzvah Matters · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Tamid · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Zioness · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Alzheimer'S Association Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
American Jewish World Services · New York, IL · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Center On Halsted · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Leaque of Chicago Theatres · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
The Parker Fund · Attleboro, MA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Art Alliance of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Georgia O'Keefe Museum · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Lynn Sage Cancer Research Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
The Brearley School · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$3,905
Temple Shalom · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$3,500
The Neighborhood Playhouse · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$3,000
American Friends of Unit 669 · Livingston, NJ · 2025
General operating support
$3,000
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$3,000
Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General operating support
$3,000
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$3,000
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$2,600
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$2,500
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$2,500
Goodman Theatre Group · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$2,500
United Friends of the Children · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$2,500
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$2,500
Ingenuity · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$2,500
Museum of New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General operating support
$2,500
Bright Promises Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$2,100
Jewish Community Center · Northbrook, IL · 2025
General operating support
$2,000
Almost Home Kids · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$2,000
Mitzvah Matters · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$1,600
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$1,000
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$1,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$1,000
Israfest Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
The Parker Fund · Attleboro, MA · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
Imerman Angels · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$1,000
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$1,000
Goodman Theatre Group · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$1,000
Ingenuity · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$1,000
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$750
The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$750
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support

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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.