Funding search · EIN 363165216 · Chicago, IL

Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

780
grants reported
$8.1M
total given
2021–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212025. 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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Top recipients

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  • Jewish United Fund4 grants · $404,465
  • United Jewish Appeal Federation2 grants · $239,230
  • Legal Aid Chicago4 grants · $231,000
  • Evans Scholars Foundation3 grants · $205,000
  • National Kidney Foundation of Illinois3 grants · $150,000
  • Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law3 grants · $135,750
  • Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy4 grants · $135,000
  • National Immigrant Justice Center3 grants · $130,000
  • Help for Children3 grants · $125,000
  • Uja-Federation of New York3 grants · $113,000

Giving over time

$2.4M
2021
$2.6M
2022
$2.1M
2023
$324,216
2024
$586,625
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 780 grants.

  • $233,500

    United Jewish Appeal Federation · New York, NY · 2025

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $212,763

    Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $123,602

    Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $100,000

    Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $89,250

    Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Chicago, IL · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $81,000

    Ravinia Festival Assocation · Highland Park, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $80,000

    Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $80,000

    Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $70,000

    Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $65,000

    National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $62,000

    Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Ctr · Skokie, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $60,000

    Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy · Charlotte, NC · 2023

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $56,000

    Uja-Federation of New York · Albany, NY · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $52,500

    Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $52,500

    Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $50,000

    Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles · Bellflower, CA · 2025

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $50,000

    Ymca of Metropolitan Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $50,000

    The American Red Cross ( North Carolina Region ) · Boston, MA · 2024

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $50,000

    National Kidney Foundation of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $50,000

    National Kidney Foundation of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $50,000

    Academy for Urban School Leadership · Chicago, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $50,000

    National Kidney Foundation of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $50,000

    Noah Benjamin Reisman Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $47,000

    Uja-Federation of New York · Albany, NY · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $45,000

    Help for Children · Chicago, IL · 2023

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $45,000

    Help for Children · Chicago, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $45,000

    Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $44,625

    Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2023

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $43,100

    Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $40,000

    Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $40,000

    B'Nai Brith Men'S Camp Association · Washington, DC · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $40,000

    Gateway for Cancer Research · Schaumburg, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $40,000

    Gateway for Cancer Research · Schaumburg, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $37,285

    Chicago Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $35,000

    National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $35,000

    100 Women in Finance Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $35,000

    Help for Children · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $35,000

    100 Women in Finance Foundation · New York, NY · 2021

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $35,000

    Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Chicago, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $34,625

    Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2025

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $34,625

    Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Chicago, IL · 2021

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $34,615

    Chicago Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $33,950

    Save the Children Ukraine Crisis Relief · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $33,437

    Urban Land Institute · Boston, MA · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $32,581

    Chicago Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $31,500

    Council for Children'S Rights · Charlotte, NC · 2023

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $31,000

    Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $30,002

    Bernice & Philip Frieze Fund · Boston, MA · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $30,002

    Bernice & Philip Frieze Fund · Boston, MA · 2021

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $30,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2025

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $30,000

    West Side Campaign Against Hunger · New York, NY · 2025

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $30,000

    Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $30,000

    Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $30,000

    Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $30,000

    Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $30,000

    Wings Program · Palatine, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $30,000

    American Swiss Foundation · New York, NY · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $30,000

    Cancer Research Foundation Chicago Chapter · Chicago, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $30,000

    Gardeneers · Chicago, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $30,000

    Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $30,000

    National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $29,255

    Legal Aid Society of Dist of Columbia · Washington, DC · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $28,250

    Council for Childrens Rights · Charlotte, NC · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $27,786

    Council for Children'S Rights · Charlotte, NC · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $27,500

    Urban Land Institute · Boston, MA · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $27,000

    Easter Seals Dupage & Fox Valley · Villa Park, IL · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $26,000

    Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $25,000

    Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington · Washington, DC · 2025

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy · Charlotte, NC · 2025

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Riley'S Way Foundation (the Call for Kindness) · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy · Charlotte, NC · 2024

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Volunteers of Legal Service - Vols · New York, NY · 2024

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    100 Women in Finance Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Autonation Foundation · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Bernice & Philip Frieze Fund · Boston, MA · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $25,000

    Breakthrough New York · New York, NY · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $25,000

    Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $25,000

    Institute of Well Being in Law · Rockville, MD · 2023

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Navy Pier · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $25,000

    Signature Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $25,000

    Special Olympics of Southern California · Long Beach, CA · 2023

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $25,000

    Volunteers of Legal Service · New York, NY · 2023

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois · Wilmette, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $25,000

    Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy · Charlotte, NC · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Easter Seals Dupage & Fox Valley · Villa Park, IL · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Friends of the Folds of Honor Foundation · Inverness, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $25,000

    Institute of Well Being in Law · Rockville, MD · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Just the Beginning - a Pipeline Org · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $25,000

    Legal Services Nyc · New York, NY · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Signature Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    The Breakthrough Board · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

  • $25,000

    Volunteers of Legal Service · New York, NY · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    West Side Campaign Against Hunger · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Boys Hope Girls Hope · Leawood, KS · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Easter Seals Dupage & Fox Valley · Villa Park, IL · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Folds of Honor Foundation · Albany, NY · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Institute of Well Being in Law · Rockville, MD · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Legal Services Nyc · New York City, NY · 2021

    In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.

  • $25,000

    Signature Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2021

    Payment to charity that is not counted as a qd since it falls under section 4941.

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