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Modestus Bauer Foundation

Name: Modestus Bauer 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.

566
grants reported: $4.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

Jewish United Fund4 grants · $343,000
Northshore University Health System4 grants · $180,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois4 grants · $145,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund4 grants · $103,000
Highland Park Community Foundation4 grants · $102,500
Mayo Foundation4 grants · $80,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation4 grants · $80,000
Cn Foundation4 grants · $76,000
Partners in Health4 grants · $75,000
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $73,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2022

$1.0M

2023

$1.0M

2024

$1.0M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 566 grants.

$109,700
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$104,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$101,600
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$60,000
Jewish Federation · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$45,000
Northshore University Health System · Evanston, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$45,000
Northshore University Health System · Evanston, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$45,000
Northshore University Health System · Evanston, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$45,000
Northshore University Health System · Evanston, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$40,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$40,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$35,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$30,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$28,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund · Northfield, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$27,700
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$26,500
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$25,500
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$25,500
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$25,500
Cn Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General charitable use
$25,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$25,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund · Northfield, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$25,000
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$25,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund · Northfield, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$23,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$21,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$21,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$21,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$20,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General charitable use
$20,000
Mayo Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2025
General charitable use
$20,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$20,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$20,000
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2025
General charitable use
$20,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General charitable use
$20,000
Cn Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable use
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · Ny, NY · 2024
General charitable use
$20,000
Mayo Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2024
General charitable use
$20,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2024
General charitable use
$20,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General charitable use
$20,000
Entertainment Industry Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General charitable use
$20,000
Mayo Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2023
General charitable use
$20,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2023
General charitable use
$20,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General charitable use
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable use
$20,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$20,000
Mayo Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2022
General charitable use
$20,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2022
General charitable use
$19,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$18,000
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$18,000
Moraine Township Food Pantry · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$18,000
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$18,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable use
$17,000
National Council of Jewish Womenlos Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General charitable use
$16,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$16,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$15,500
Moraine Township Food Pantry · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$15,500
Cn Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable use
$15,000
Aspiritech Nfp · Highland Pk, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Cn Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Real Options for City Kids · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
General charitable use
$15,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$15,000
Real Options for City Kids · Francisco, CA · 2024
General charitable use
$15,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General charitable use
$15,000
University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation · Vegas, NV · 2024
General charitable use
$15,000
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable use
$15,000
Moraine Township Food Pantry · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$15,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$15,000
Real Options for City Kids · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General charitable use
$15,000
University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$15,000
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2023
General charitable use
$15,000
Moraine Township Food Pantry · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$15,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$15,000
Northlight Theatre · Skokie, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$15,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$14,000
Glencoe Public Library · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$14,000
Highland Park Public Library · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$14,000
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$13,600
American Friends of Magen David Adom · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$13,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$13,000
The Art Center · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$13,000
The Art Center · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$12,500
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$12,500
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$12,500
Friends of the Boundary Waters · St Paul, MN · 2022
General charitable use
$12,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$12,000
Highland Park Public Library · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$12,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable use
$12,000
Family Action Network · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$12,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable use
$11,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$11,000
Highland Park Public Library · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$11,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General charitable use
$10,500
Hias · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable use
$10,250
World Central Kitchens · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable use
$10,000
Art Encounter · Evanston, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$10,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$10,000
Family Action Network · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General charitable use
$10,000
Glencoe Public Library · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General charitable use

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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.