Funding search · EIN 823730336 · Chicago, IL

Linda D Friedman Family Foundation

Name: Linda D Friedman Family Foundation grants, 2021–2025
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.

61
grants reported: $882,240
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $8,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

Glessner House5 grants · $150,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation4 grants · $150,000
Anshe Emet Synagogue5 grants · $125,000
Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School4 grants · $110,000
City Year Chicago3 grants · $75,000
Legends of the Ball1 grant · $50,000
Muddy Waters Mojo Museum2 grants · $50,000
Urban Juncture Foundation2 grants · $40,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum4 grants · $25,000
Aclu of Illinois1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$180,000

2021

$176,200

2022

$256,300

2023

$131,990

2024

$137,750

2025

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$110,000
Glessner House · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Legends of the Ball · Rockdale, TX · 2021
Charitable
$25,000
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Aclu of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
City Year Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
City Year Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Muddy Waters Mojo Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable
$25,000
City Year Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable
$25,000
Muddy Waters Mojo Museum · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable
$25,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable
$20,000
Urban Juncture Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Urban Juncture Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Chicago Lawyers Committee · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Glessner House · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Chicago Lawyers Committee · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Glessner House · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Glessner House · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Glessner House · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable
$8,000
Seeds of Hope · Elkhorn, WI · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Black Metropolis National · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Elastic Arts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable
$5,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2021
Charitable
$5,000
Students Without Mothers · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Charitable
$2,750
Stepponwolf Theater · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Stepponwolf Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Stepponwolf Theater · Chicago, IL · 2021
Charitable
$2,300
Stepponwolf Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Northshore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Stepponwolf Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,990
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Lambda Legal · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Chicago Austin Youth Travel · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,200
Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2022
Charitable
$1,200
Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Northshore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Northshore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Northshore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Northlight Theater · Skokie, IL · 2021
Charitable
$1,000
Northshore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2021
Charitable
$800
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Charitable
$500
Northlight Theater · Skokie, IL · 2022
Charitable
$500
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2021
Charitable

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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.