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Julian Family Foundation

Name: Julian Family 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.

154
grants reported: $10.1M
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

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Top recipients

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $4.6M
Merit School of Music4 grants · $1.5M
Lyric Opera of Chicago4 grants · $852,500
Grant Park Symphony & Music Festival4 grants · $552,500
League of American Orchestras (Lao)4 grants · $551,600
Wttwwfmt - Window To the World Communications4 grants · $550,000
Cedille Chicago - Recording Foundation4 grants · $230,000
Music Institute of Chicago4 grants · $220,000
Third Coast Percussion4 grants · $150,000
Fractured Atlas Empowering Artists Everywhere2 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$3.0M

2022

$1.8M

2023

$3.0M

2024

$2.3M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 154 grants.

$2.0M
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$985,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$935,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$684,500
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$500,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$475,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$433,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$275,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$262,500
Grant Park Symphony & Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$255,000
Grant Park Symphony & Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$225,000
Merit School of Music · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$200,000
League of American Orchestras (Lao) · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
$160,000
Wttwwfmt - Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$155,000
Wttwwfmt - Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$150,000
League of American Orchestras (Lao) · New York, NY · 2025
General purposes
$140,500
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$140,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$139,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$130,000
Wttwwfmt - Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$110,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$105,000
Wttwwfmt - Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$101,600
League of American Orchestras (Lao) · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$100,000
League of American Orchestras (Lao) · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
$95,000
Third Coast Percussion · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$75,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$70,000
Cedille Chicago - Recording Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$70,000
Cedille Chicago - Recording Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$65,000
Cedille Chicago - Recording Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Fractured Atlas Empowering Artists Everywhere · New York, NY · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Fractured Atlas Empowering Artists Everywhere · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$40,000
Ensemble Dal Niente · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$40,000
The Dr Julien Foundation - Montreal Cello Ensemble · 2024
General purposes
$30,000
The Dr Julien Foundation - Montreal Cello Ensemble · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Third Coast Percussion · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
The Chicago Community Trust - Innovation 80 · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Cedille Chicago - Recording Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
The Chicago Community Trust - Innovation 80 · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Elmhurst University - College of Music · Elmhurst, IL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
The Chicago Community Trust - Innovation 80 · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$17,500
Grant Park Symphony & Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$17,500
Grant Park Symphony & Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$17,200
King-Bruwaert House · Burr Ridge, IL · 2023
General purposes
$15,000
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago (Caic) · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago (Caic) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago (Caic) · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$15,000
Third Coast Percussion · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$15,000
Art Smart · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General purposes
$15,000
Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General purposes
$15,000
Third Coast Percussion · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$12,500
Wellness House · Hinsdale, IL · 2023
General purposes
$12,200
King-Bruwaert House · Burr Ridge, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Arts Alliance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo) · Brookfield, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Solti Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo) · Brookfield, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo) · Brookfield, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Arts Alliance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo) · Brookfield, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Ingenuity - Chicago Public Schools · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2022
General purposes
$9,000
Arts Alliance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$6,100
Wellness House · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
General purposes
$5,500
King-Bruwaert House · Burr Ridge, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,500
Chicago Architectural Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Civitas Education Partners · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Classical Music Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Immaculate Conception Parish · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
King-Bruwaert House · Burr Ridge, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
People'S Music School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
The Metropolitan Opera Association (the Met) · New York, NY · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Civitas Education Partners · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Classical Music Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
People'S Music School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Solti Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Civitas Education Partners · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
International Music Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
People'S Music School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Philadelphia Orchestra · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Solti Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Civitas Learning · Austin, TX · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Ear Taxi Festival - New Music Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
International Music Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
People'S Music School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes

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