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Lavin Family Foundation

Name: Lavin Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

152
grants reported: $12.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Enchanted Backpack7 grants · $2.6M
Northwestern Memorial Foundation3 grants · $2.2M
Tulane University6 grants · $2.1M
Andrew C Langert Family Foundation2 grants · $1.0M
Center for Humane Technology1 grant · $1.0M
Jewish United Fund3 grants · $900,000
Cast Water Safety Foundation5 grants · $635,200
Anti-Defamation League2 grants · $255,000
Chicago Hope Academy2 grants · $140,000
Sos Children'S Villages1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$4.7M

2022

$4.3M

2023

$3.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 152 grants.

$1.0M
Center for Humane Technology · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Science & technology
$1.0M
Andrew C Langert Family Foundation · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
General operations
$850,000
Enchanted Backpack · Chicago, IL · 2024
Q1 funding
$750,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General fund education
$750,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Pledge payment 1 of 7 (nm physician & employee wellness fund)
$750,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Pledge payment 1 of 7 (nm physician & employee wellness fund)
$700,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Pledge payment 1 of 7 (nm physician & employee wellness fund)
$500,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$500,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Education
$400,000
Enchanted Backpack · Chicago, IL · 2022
Q4 funding
$400,000
Enchanted Backpack · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$350,000
Enchanted Backpack · Chicago, IL · 2023
Enchanted backpack
$300,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General fund
$250,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
General operations civil rights/social action
$250,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$250,000
Enchanted Backpack · Chicago, IL · 2023
Enchanted backpack
$250,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General fund
$250,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Pledge #: 959823
$205,200
Cast Water Safety Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$200,000
Enchanted Backpack · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$200,000
Enchanted Backpack · Chicago, IL · 2022
Q1 funding
$150,000
Cast Water Safety Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Cast
$150,000
Cast Water Safety Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$150,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$125,000
Cast Water Safety Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$100,000
Oak Park & River Forest High School Imagine Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2024
General fund education
$100,000
Youth Haven · Naples, FL · 2023
Women & children
$100,000
Jewish United Fund - Ukraine Relief Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$100,000
Sos Children'S Villages · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$70,000
Chicago Hope Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education
$70,000
Chicago Hope Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education
$50,000
Brother Rice High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund education
$50,000
Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund health
$50,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024
Military/veterans
$50,000
Junior Achievement of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education
$50,000
Farm Aid · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General fund
$50,000
The Campanile Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
Laivn entrepreneurship center startup fund (5 of 5)
$50,000
Volunteer Florida Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Florida disaster fund
$40,000
Hua Momona Foundation · Lahaina, HI · 2024
General fund food
$40,000
Sgi (Soka Gakkai International-USA) · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General fund
$40,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Food
$30,000
Farm Aid · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General fund food
$30,000
Lexington School · Lexington, KY · 2022
One project - pledge payment 5 of 5
$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Women & children
$25,000
Icap · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General fund arts
$25,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund health
$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Annual summer ball
$25,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Spark! 2022
$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Annual summer ball
$25,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2022
Spark! 2022
$20,000
Amplify Horse Racing · Lexington, KY · 2024
General fund animal welfare
$20,000
Chicago Navy Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund military/veterans
$20,000
Help Agency of the Forest · Silver Spgs, FL · 2023
Community
$20,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund: food
$20,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$20,000
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine · Evanston, IL · 2022
Department of ophthalmology
$20,000
Sgi (Soka Gakkai International-USA) · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General fund
$20,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Northwestern Healthcare Total · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund healthcare brain tumor and scholarships
$15,000
Wings · Palatine, IL · 2024
General fund women & children
$15,000
Metropolitan Planning Council · Chicago, IL · 2023
Community
$15,000
Wingssweet Home Chicago · Palatine, IL · 2023
Women & children
$15,000
The Civic Federation · Chicago, IL · 2022
In honor of bill brodsky
$13,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Pledge #: 959823
$12,000
Wings · Palatine, IL · 2022
General fund
$11,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
Public safety/disaster relief
$10,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
Public safety/disaster relief
$10,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund arts
$10,000
Junior Achievement of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education
$10,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund arts
$10,000
Maryville Academy · Des Plaines, IL · 2024
Crisis nursery program women and children
$10,000
Unites States Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund: arts
$10,000
City Year Chicago · Boston, MA · 2023
General fund: education
$10,000
Genesys Works Chicago · Houston, TX · 2023
Education
$10,000
Junior Achievement of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education
$10,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023
Military/veterans
$10,000
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$10,000
City Year Chicago · Boston, MA · 2022
General fund
$10,000
College Possible · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
In honor of tina & byron trott & carol & larry levy
$10,000
Housing Forward · Maywood, IL · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Kentucky Equine Education Project Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
Inv. 2022-05
$10,000
Maryville Academy · Des Plaines, IL · 2022
Crisis nursery program
$10,000
Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$10,000
National Veterans Art Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
In honor of nancy ronquillo
$10,000
Ucan · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
In honor of peter bernick
$10,000
Wings · Palatine, IL · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Leader luncheon event 11.17.22
$7,500
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Environment
$7,500
Providence St Mel School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Annual leadership gift
$5,000
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund: arts
$5,000
Ingenuity · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund education
$5,000
New World Symphony · Miami Beach, FL · 2024
General fund arts
$5,000
Off the Street Club · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund women and children
$5,000
Sgi (Soka Gakkai International-USA) · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Ucan · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund:women & children
$5,000
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education
$5,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Environment

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