Funding search · EIN 874000252 · Chicago, IL

Mendelson-Wolff Family Foundation

Name: Mendelson-Wolff 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.

82
grants reported: $308,473
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
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.

The University of Chicago3 grants · $53,000
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning3 grants · $37,500
Jewish United Fund USA1 grant · $28,712
Skyart4 grants · $28,064
Jewish National Fund3 grants · $25,968
Jewish United Fund3 grants · $21,000
Lookingglass Theatre Company3 grants · $15,500
Mishkan Chicago3 grants · $9,967
Anshe Emet2 grants · $9,176
Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership1 grant · $8,500

Giving over time

$41,945

2022

$68,525

2023

$71,805

2024

$126,198

2025

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$28,712
Jewish United Fund USA · Rockville Centre, NY · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$18,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$18,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$15,000
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$12,500
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Lookingglass Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$9,308
Skyart · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$8,500
Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,756
Skyart · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$7,500
Jewish National Fund · Rockville Centre, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,000
Skyart · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,155
Temple Sholom · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,048
Anshe Emet · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,025
Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
University of Chicago Booth · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Skyart · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Lookingglass Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,128
Anshe Emet · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$3,700
Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$3,575
Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$3,500
Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$3,500
Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Storycatchers Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,692
Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Grant Park Music Fest · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,500
Grant Park Music Fest · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,500
Storycatchers Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,100
Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
University of Illinois - Champaign · Urbana, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
3arts · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
Fjc a Foundation of Philanthropic Funds · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
Run for Something · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$2,000
Anshe Emet Synagogue · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,850
Timelinetheatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,750
The Children'S Heart · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,500
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,500
Simon Weisenthal Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,500
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,200
Children'S Health · Dallas, TX · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Baby2babyorg · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Marfan Foundation · Port Washington, NY · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Ragdale · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Chicago Chess Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Fidf · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Lurie Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$512
Restore Justice Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
Lurie Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
Marfan Foundation · Port Washington, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
Planned Parenthood Act · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
The Red Tent Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
Lookingglass Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
Lynn Sage · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
Marfan Foundation · Port Washington, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
US Holocaust Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
Weizmann Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$500
Planned Parenthood · Orland Park, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$468
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$270
Lynn Sage · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$253
Mazon · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$250
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$250
Adl · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$180
70 Facesmediaorg · New York, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$180
Adlorg · New York, NY · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$180
Mazon · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$125
Wwii Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$108
Chicago Jewish Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization
$108
Chicago Jewish Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$65
Wwii Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization
$25
Wwii Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2025
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.