Funding search · EIN 260587477 · Chicago, IL

Martin and Mary L Boyer Foundation

Name: Martin and Mary L Boyer 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.

87
grants reported: $2.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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

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.

Juf - Jewish United Fund4 grants · $565,000
North Shore Senior Center4 grants · $150,000
Ravinia3 grants · $150,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository4 grants · $150,000
Keshet4 grants · $100,000
Anti Defamation League4 grants · $100,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center4 grants · $95,000
Sharsheret4 grants · $80,000
The Nora Project3 grants · $75,000
Misericordia4 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$585,000

2022

$527,500

2023

$547,500

2024

$568,300

2025

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
Juf - Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$150,000
Juf - Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$145,000
Juf - Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$120,000
Juf - Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Ravinia · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
North Shore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Ravinia · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$50,000
North Shore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2022
General purposes
$50,000
Ravinia · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General purposes
$30,000
Wttwwfmt Public Broadcasting Service · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Anti Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
North Shore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Anti Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
North Shore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
The Nora Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Anti Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
The Nora Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Anti Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
The Nora Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$20,800
Illini Chabad Center for Jewish Life · Champaign, IL · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Mindfulness Leader Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Sharsheret · Teaneck, NJ · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Sharsheret · Teaneck, NJ · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Wttwwwci Public Broadcasting Service · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Sharsheret · Teaneck, NJ · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Wttw Public Broadcasting Service · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Covenant House Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Sharsheret · Teaneck, NJ · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Wttw Public Broadcasting Service · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$15,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
Mindfulness Leader Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$15,000
Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General purposes
$12,500
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
General purposes
$12,500
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General purposes
$12,500
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Billings Clinic Foundation · Billings, MT · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Covenant House Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Street Samaritans · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Billings Clinic Foundation · Billings, MT · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Covenant House Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Illini Chabad Center for Jewish Life · Champaign, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Street Samaritans · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Billings Clinic Foundation · Billings, MT · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Cherry Preschool · Evanston, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Covenant House Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Family Action Network · Winnetka, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Hadley School for the Blind · Winnetka, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Street Samaritans · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Billings Clinic Foundation · Billings, MT · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Cherry Preschool · Evanston, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Family Action Network · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Street Samaritans · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
The Kids Equipment Network (Tken) · Itasca, IL · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
The Bloc Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Family Action Network · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
The Bloc Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes

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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.