Funding search · EIN 366169301 · Cambridge, MA

Minow Family Foundation

Name: Minow Family 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.

62
grants reported: $2.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $3,000
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

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.

Wttw2 grants · $450,000
Chicago History Museum3 grants · $360,000
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute2 grants · $250,500
Northwestern University1 grant · $150,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation1 grant · $120,000
Rand Corporation2 grants · $101,000
Mayo Clinic2 grants · $101,000
University of Notre Dame1 grant · $100,000
Chicago Sinai Congregation1 grant · $100,000
Northwestern Hillel1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$268,900

2022

$1.2M

2023

$960,000

2024

Grant history

All 62 reported grants, largest first.

$350,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$260,000
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$250,000
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$150,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$120,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Mayo Clinic · Eau Claire, WI · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Northwestern Hillel · Evanston, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$75,000
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Nnmjbm Plant for Our Children · Omaha, NE · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,000
Wgbh Education Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$35,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Northwestern University School of Law · Evanston, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Beyond Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Kanoon Magnet School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Millenium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Catholic Theological Union · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Catholic Theological Union · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Chicago Council On Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Lincoln Presidential Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Injustice Watch · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Leo Catholic High School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Mayo Clinic · Eau Claire, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrations · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Propublica Illinois · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Storycorps Honor Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
University of Chicago Institute of Politics · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Chicago Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Common Sense Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
The Good People Fund · Millburn, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Top Box Foods · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$300
American Diabetes Association · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$200
Sidley Austin Fund for Kanoon School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100
Cocktails and Caregivers · Westfield, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$100
Lace 'Em Up Nfp · Glen Ellen, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Unrestricted
$100
Touro Synagogue Foundation · Newport, RI · 2022
Unrestricted
$80
The National Wwii Museum · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Unrestricted

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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.