Funding search · EIN 824077901 · Kenilworth, IL

Kaufman Family Foundation

Name: Kaufman 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.

107
grants reported: $2.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Old Town School of Folk Music3 grants · $322,500
Northwestern Memorial Foundation2 grants · $228,000
Central Park Conservancy4 grants · $195,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $190,000
The University of Chicago4 grants · $165,000
Temple Jeremiah3 grants · $130,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition4 grants · $120,000
Jewish United Fund (Juf)3 grants · $85,000
Chicago Public Media2 grants · $80,000
Gvlt2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$230,000

2022

$738,100

2023

$624,000

2024

$700,500

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 107 grants.

$160,000
Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$124,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$120,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$104,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$100,000
Temple Jeremiah · Northfield, IL · 2025
General support
$100,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General support
$87,500
Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$87,500
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$75,000
Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$70,000
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$60,000
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$50,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
New Trier Educational Foundation · Northfield, IL · 2025
General support
$50,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$50,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$37,500
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$37,500
Yellowstoen Forever · Yellowstone National P, WY · 2023
General support
$35,000
Jewish United Fund (Juf) · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$30,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
Gvlt · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General support
$25,000
Jewish United Fund (Juf) · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
Wild Montana · Helena, MT · 2025
General support
$25,000
Gvlt · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General support
$25,000
Jewish United Fund (Juf) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$25,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Northfield Mount Hermon · Gill, MA · 2023
General support
$25,000
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$25,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$20,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Equal Hope · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Glencoe Public Library Foundation · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Lowell Elementary School · Santa Ana, CA · 2025
General support
$20,000
Temple Jeremiah · Northfield, IL · 2024
General support
$20,000
Erie Family Health Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$20,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$17,500
The Lowell School · Whitestone, NY · 2022
General support
$15,000
Erie Family Health Centers · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
Ntef · Lacey, WA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Howard Area Community Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$15,000
Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$12,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$12,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$11,000
Equal Hope · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Anti Defamation League · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Erie Family Health Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General support
$10,000
Montana Land Reliace · Helena, MT · 2025
General support
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Wfmt Radio Network · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Congregation Rodfei Zedek · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Rosenwald Park Campaign · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General support
$10,000
The American Independent · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Lowell School · Whitestone, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Trust for Public Land · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Wild Montana · Helena, MT · 2024
General support
$10,000
Anti Defamation League · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Howard Area and Evanston Community Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Legal Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Lowell Elementary School · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Friends of the Kenilworth Club · Kenilworth, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Temple Jeremiah · Northfield, IL · 2022
General support
$6,000
National Public Housing Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Misericordia Womens Board · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Athenaeum Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Foundation for Homan Square · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Howard Area and Evanston Community Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Misericordia Womens Board · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$5,000
Montana Land Reliace · Helena, MT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Northfield Mount Hermon · Gill, MA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Ark · Williamstown, KY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Athenaeum Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Montana Land Reliace · Helena, MT · 2023
General support
$5,000
National Public Housing Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support
$5,000
Ali Forney Center · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Athenaeum Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Equal Hope · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Erie Family Health Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General support
$3,600
The Ark · Williamstown, KY · 2023
General support
$2,500
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$2,500
Glencoe Pto · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General support
$2,500
Milwaukee Public Library Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General support
$2,500
Acs · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General support
$2,500
Blue Card · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,500
Friends of the Library · North Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$2,500
Glencoe Pto · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General support
$2,500
Kenilworth Comm Fund · Kenilworth, IL · 2024
General support
$2,500
Milwaukee Public Library Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
$2,500
Nrdc · Chicago, IL · 2024
General 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.