Funding search · EIN 364120411 · Evanston, IL

Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation

Name: Lewis-Sebring 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.

193
grants reported: $6.5M
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

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

Eths Foundation4 grants · $1.8M
Chicago Public Mediawbez4 grants · $587,500
First Repair3 grants · $585,088
Northwestern University4 grants · $371,198
McGaw Ymca2 grants · $250,500
American Red Cross3 grants · $225,000
Teach for America2 grants · $200,000
A Better Chicago1 grant · $200,000
You2 grants · $200,000
University of Chicago1 grant · $176,000

Giving over time

$773,586

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.6M

2024

$3.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 193 grants.

$1.1M
Eths Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$501,667
Eths Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$277,500
Chicago Public Mediawbez · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$250,000
Chicago Public Mediawbez · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$235,088
First Repair · Evanston, IL · 2022
Recruitment fees
$200,000
A Better Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$200,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$176,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$175,000
First Repair · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$175,000
First Repair · Evanston, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$158,198
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Create fellowship fund
$150,500
McGaw Ymca · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$150,000
Braven · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$130,000
Eths Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$101,000
Foundation 65 · Evanston, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$100,000
Teach for America · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$100,000
You · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$100,000
Teach for America · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$100,000
McGaw Ymca · Evanston, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$100,000
Northlight Theater · Skokie, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$100,000
You · Evanston, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$75,000
American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$75,000
Evanston Roundtable · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$75,000
Fora · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$75,000
American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$75,000
American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2022
Fund/capital
$60,000
Books and Breakfast · Evanston, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$50,500
Fora · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$50,000
Evanston Scholars · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$50,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$50,000
Northlight Theater · Skokie, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$50,000
Peace Corps Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$50,000
Rebuilding Exchange · Evanston, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$50,000
Foundation 65 · Evanston, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$50,000
The Auxthe Growing Season · Evanston, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$50,000
Bright Star Community Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2022
Fund/capital
$50,000
Evanston Scholars · Evanston, IL · 2022
Fund/capital
$50,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2022
Annual fund / columbian ball
$45,000
Books and Breakfast · Evanston, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$35,000
Chicago Public Mediawbez · Chicago, IL · 2022
Gala
$32,000
Evanston Roundtable · Evanston, IL · 2022
Pledge payment
$30,000
Books and Breakfast · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$30,000
Ubuntu Global Connectionsaxium · Concord, MA · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$25,000
Chicago Public Mediawbez · Chicago, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$25,000
Ubuntu Global Connectionsaxium · Concord, MA · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$20,000
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$20,000
Cherry Scholarship Fund · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$20,000
Kuumba Evanston · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$16,500
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$16,092
Facing History and Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$15,000
Communities in Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$15,000
National Council On Measurement in Education · Mount Royal, NJ · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$14,500
Conservatory of the Arts · Springfield, MA · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$12,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$11,000
Chicago Council On Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2022
Director's circle
$10,600
Children First Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
American Independent · Washington, DC · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Chicago Cred · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Evanston Community Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Chicago Council On Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
The American Independent · Washington, DC · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Chicago Council On Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Facing History and Ourselves · Chicago, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Lun (Creative Visions) · Nipomo, CA · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
Fund/capital
$10,000
Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2022
Fund/capital
$10,000
Northlight Theater · Skokie, IL · 2022
Fund/capital
$8,000
New England Music Camp · Sidney, ME · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$8,000
Advance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$7,500
Girls Play Sports · Evanston, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Afp Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
C&W Market Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Evanston Case · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Girls Play Sports · Evanston, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Latino Policy Forum · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Mikva Challenge · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
People'S Music School · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Restless Books · Amherst, MA · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
U-Go Initiative · Solana Beach, CA · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Wttw Channel 11 · Chicago, IL · 2025
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
C&W Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Evanston Voices for Choice Coalition · Evanston, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Illinois Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Latino Policy Forum · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
New England Public Media · Springfield, MA · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of organization's mission
$5,000
Family Focus · Chicago, IL · 2023
In support of organization's mission

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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.