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Meb Charitable Foundation

Name: Meb Charitable 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.

125
grants reported: $794,850
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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

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

Greater Chicago Food Depository3 grants · $150,000
Jewish United Fund3 grants · $58,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum3 grants · $40,000
The Theatre Lab3 grants · $38,850
Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute3 grants · $30,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois3 grants · $30,000
Camp for All Kids3 grants · $25,000
Paws Chicago3 grants · $25,000
Nourishing Hope3 grants · $20,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights3 grants · $17,000

Giving over time

$273,850

2022

$260,000

2023

$261,000

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 125 grants.

$50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$33,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$15,000
The Theatre Lab · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$15,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$15,000
Hawai'I Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$15,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$12,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$12,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$12,000
The Theatre Lab · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$11,850
The Theatre Lab · Washington, DC · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Camp for All Kids · St Louis, MO · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Camp for All Kids · St Louis, MO · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Maui Humane Society · Puunene, HI · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$9,000
Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$7,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Gender Justice · St Paul, MN · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Howard Brown Health · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Laurel School · Shaker Heights, OH · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
One Family Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Rainn · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Ark Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Gender Justice · St Paul, MN · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Howard Brown Health · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Rainn · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Sos Children'S Villages Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Alliance for the Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Ark Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Camp for All Kids · St Louis, MO · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Camp Kesem · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Gender Justice · St Paul, MN · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Meals On Wheels · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
My Block My Hood My City · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Rainn · Washington, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Save the Children Children'S Emergency Fund · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Sos Children'S Villages Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Texas Equal Access Fund · Dallas, TX · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$4,500
Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$3,000
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$3,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley · Youngstown, OH · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,500
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
To Write Love On Her Arms · Melbourne, FL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
Laurel School · Shaker Heights, OH · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
To Write Love On Her Arms · Melbourne, FL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights Iran · Washington, DC · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
Cradles To Crayons · Newton, MA · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
Hope for the Day · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
Howard Brown Health · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
To Write Love On Her Arms · Melbourne, FL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Alliance for the Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization

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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.