Funding search · EIN 262387412 · Oak Brook, IL
Laurence E Herman Family 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.
- 68
- grants reported
- $511,100
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $1,000
- 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.
- Fidelity Charitable Giving4 grants · $441,000
- University of Illinois Foundation4 grants · $11,450
- Camp Thunderbird4 grants · $6,500
- Old Town School of Folk Music4 grants · $6,000
- Erie Family Health Foundation2 grants · $5,500
- United States Holocaust Memorial Mu4 grants · $5,300
- River of Light Ltd1 grant · $5,250
- Erie Family Health Center2 grants · $5,000
- Ronald McDonald House Charities4 grants · $4,000
- Camp One Step4 grants · $4,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 68 reported grants, largest first.
- $118,500
Fidelity Charitable Giving · Cincinatti, OH · 2025
Advocacy
- $115,000
Fidelity Charitable Giving · Cincinatti, OH · 2022
Advocacy
- $106,500
Fidelity Charitable Giving · Cincinatti, OH · 2023
Advocacy
- $101,000
Fidelity Charitable Giving · Cincinatti, OH · 2024
Advocacy
- $5,250
River of Light Ltd · Westchester, IL · 2022
Advocacy
- $5,000
Camp Thunderbird · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Advocacy
- $3,300
University of Illinois Foundation · Champaign, IL · 2025
Advocacy
- $3,250
University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2024
Advocacy
- $3,000
Erie Family Health Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Advocacy
- $2,700
University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $2,500
Erie Family Health Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Advocacy
- $2,500
Erie Family Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $2,500
Erie Family Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Advocacy
- $2,200
University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2022
Advocacy
- $1,500
Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2025
Advocacy
- $1,500
Jdrfbreakthrough T1d-Il · Chicago, IL · 2024
Advocacy
- $1,500
Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
Advocacy
- $1,500
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law · Evanston, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $1,500
Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $1,500
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law · Evanston, IL · 2022
Advocacy
- $1,500
Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2022
Advocacy
- $1,400
United States Holocaust Memorial Mu · Washington, DC · 2025
Advocacy
- $1,350
United States Holocaust Memorial Mu · Washington, DC · 2024
Advocacy
- $1,350
United States Holocaust Memorial Mu · Washington, DC · 2023
Advocacy
- $1,300
Oak Brook Historical Society · Oak Brook, IL · 2024
Advocacy
- $1,200
United States Holocaust Memorial Mu · Washington, DC · 2022
Advocacy
- $1,000
Butler 53 Pto · Oak Brook, IL · 2025
Operating
- $1,000
Camp One Step · Chicago, IL · 2025
Advocacy
- $1,000
Etz Chaim Foundation · Lombard, IL · 2025
Advocacy
- $1,000
Junior Board of Rock Island · Rock Island, IL · 2025
General operating
- $1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Hines, IL · 2025
Advocacy
- $1,000
Camp One Step · Chicago, IL · 2024
Advocacy
- $1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Oak Brook, IL · 2024
Advocacy
- $1,000
Camp One Step · Chicago, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $1,000
Little City · Inverness, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Oak Brook, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $1,000
Camp One Step · Chicago, IL · 2022
Advocacy
- $1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
Advocacy
- $500
Camp Thunderbird · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Advocacy
- $500
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Advocacy
- $500
Folds of Honor · Inverness, IL · 2025
Advocacy
- $500
Camp Thunderbird · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Advocacy
- $500
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Advocacy
- $500
Folds of Honor · Inverness, IL · 2024
Advocacy
- $500
Camp Thunderbird · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Advocacy
- $500
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $500
Folds of Honor · Inverness, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $500
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Advocacy
- $500
Folds of Honor · Inverness, IL · 2022
Advocacy
- $250
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
Advocacy
- $250
Akshaya Patra USA · Fremont, CA · 2024
Advocacy
- $250
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Advocacy
- $250
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $250
Oak Brook Park District Foundation · Oak Brook, IL · 2023
Operating
- $250
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Advocacy
- $200
Dr Martin Luther King Unity Fund · Downers Grove, IL · 2025
Advocacy
- $200
Dr Martin Luther King Unity Fund · Downers Grove, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $200
Oak Brook Historical Society · Oak Brook, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $200
Oak Brook Historical Society · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
Advocacy
- $150
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2025
Advocacy
- $150
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Advocacy
- $100
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Operational support
- $100
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundatio · Norwalk, CT · 2025
General operating
- $100
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Advocacy
- $100
Graue Mill Endowment Fund · Oak Brook, IL · 2023
Advocacy
- $100
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Advocacy
- $100
Graue Mill Endowment Fund · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
Advocacy
- $100
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Advocacy
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- The Big Ten Conference60 grants · $3.91B
Similar purposes
- Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors3,481 grants · $767.7M
- New Venture Fund2,669 grants · $1.28B
- Open Society Action Fund582 grants · $498.4M
Similar grant size
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