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Morton S Abelson Foundation

Name: Morton S Abelson Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

74
grants reported: $209,080
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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.

Fistula Foundation4 grants · $25,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation1 grant · $25,000
Southern Poverty Law Center4 grants · $24,000
Anti Defamation League4 grants · $22,000
Jewish United Fund4 grants · $20,000
Northwest Memorial Foundation1 grant · $20,000
Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago1 grant · $15,000
Sparky1 grant · $7,500
Sparky Productions1 grant · $7,500
Back Bay Ringers1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$18,000

2022

$58,660

2023

$39,410

2024

$93,010

2025

Grant history

All 74 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Northwest Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$12,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General
$10,000
Anti Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$7,500
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2025
General support
$7,500
Sparky Productions · Telluride, CO · 2025
General support
$7,500
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2024
General
$7,500
Sparky · Telluride, CO · 2024
General
$5,000
Anti Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Back Bay Ringers · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Anti Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General
$5,000
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2023
General
$5,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$3,250
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2025
General support
$2,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$2,000
Anti Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$2,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General
$1,250
Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$1,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$1,000
Genesys Works Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$1,000
Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$1,000
St Jude'S Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
General support
$1,000
Telluride Medical Center Foundation · Telluride, CO · 2025
General support
$1,000
Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
Mountain Seed Foundation · Centreville, VA · 2024
General
$1,000
Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
General
$1,000
Telluride Medical Center Foundation · Telluride, CO · 2024
General
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$1,000
Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$1,000
Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
General
$1,000
Telluride Medical Center Foundation · Telluride, CO · 2023
General
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1,000
Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$500
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$500
Genesys Works Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$500
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2023
General
$500
Genesys Works Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$500
Hands of Peace · Glenview, IL · 2023
General
$500
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General
$500
Northern Illinios Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023
General
$500
Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$500
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2023
General
$500
University of Chicago Law School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$500
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General
$500
Genesys Works Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$250
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$250
Josselyn Clinic · Northbrook, IL · 2025
General support
$250
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$250
Northern Illinios Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
General
$250
The Josselyn Center · Northfield, IL · 2024
General
$250
Sierra Club · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$250
Urban Gateways · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$250
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2022
General
$200
Project K-9 Hero · Whitwell, TN · 2025
General support
$200
St Labre Indian School · Ashland, MT · 2025
General support
$200
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$160
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$160
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$160
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General

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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.