Funding search · EIN 814563334 · Chicago, IL

Paul Liebman Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

104
grants reported
$3.5M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • National Philanthropic Trust (Npt)1 grant · $300,000
  • Green Empowerment3 grants · $300,000
  • National Regional Defense Council (Nrdc)2 grants · $200,000
  • Save the Boundary Waters3 grants · $155,000
  • Reading Power3 grants · $150,000
  • Adirondack Mountain Club3 grants · $150,000
  • Fund for the City of New York Inc (Casa)3 grants · $120,000
  • Path Home4 grants · $120,000
  • Rose Haven4 grants · $120,000
  • Kieve Wavus Education2 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$125,000
2022
$390,000
2023
$1.4M
2024
$1.6M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 104 grants.

  • $300,000

    National Philanthropic Trust (Npt) · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    Green Empowerment · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    Greenwood Project · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    National Regional Defense Council (Nrdc) · New York, NY · 2025

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    One Simple Wish · Trenton, NJ · 2025

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    Save the Boundary Waters · Ely, MN · 2025

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    Green Empowerment · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    National Regional Defense Council (Nrdc) · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $100,000

    Green Empowerment · Portland, OR · 2023

    General purposes

  • $75,000

    Casa for Children Inc (Court Appointed Special Advocates) · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $60,000

    Children'S Healing Art Project · Hillsboro, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $60,000

    Makeway Foundation - Ayalik Fund · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Adirondack Mountain Club · Lake Placid, NY · 2025

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Churches United in Ministry (Chum) · Duluth, MN · 2025

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Colorectal Cancer Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Damiano Center · Duluth, MN · 2025

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Kieve Wavus Education · Nobleboro, ME · 2025

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Path Home · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Reading Power · Lake Bluff, IL · 2025

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Rose Haven · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Adirondack Mountain Club · Lake Placid, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Center for Biological Diversity · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Divided Sky Foundation · Ludlow, VT · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Fund for the City of New York Inc (Casa) · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Gods Love We Deliver · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Kieve Wavus Education · Nobleboro, ME · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Reading Power · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Adirondack Mountain Club · Lake Placid, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Chester Bowl Improvement Club · Duluth, MN · 2023

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Fund for the City of New York Inc (Casa) · New York, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $50,000

    Reading Power · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023

    General purposes

  • $40,000

    Pueblo Unido Pdx · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $40,000

    Casa for Children · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $40,000

    Churches United in Ministry (Chum) · Duluth, MN · 2024

    General purposes

  • $40,000

    Path Home · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $40,000

    Rose Haven · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $30,000

    Equine Sanctuary of Ojai · Parker, CO · 2025

    General purposes

  • $30,000

    Lena Foundation · Louisville, CO · 2025

    General purposes

  • $30,000

    Multnomah Bar Foundation · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $30,000

    Lena Foundation · Louisville, CO · 2024

    General purposes

  • $30,000

    Save the Boundary Waters · Ely, MN · 2024

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Mentor North · Duluth, MN · 2025

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Oregon Public Broadcasting · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Entreamigos · Truckee, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Mentor North · Duluth, MN · 2024

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    North Shore Horizons · Two Harbors, MN · 2024

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Diversify Whitewater · Loveland, CO · 2022

    General purposes

  • $25,000

    Save the Boundary Waters · Ely, MN · 2022

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Cultivate Initiatives · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Free Geek · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Fresh Youth Initiatives · New York, NY · 2025

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Human Appeal · Mission Viejo, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Immigrant Defenders Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Native American Rehabilitation · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Palestine Children'S Relief Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Pear · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Project Ledo · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Rosewood Initiative · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Sunstone Montessori School · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    White Salmon Boat Library · White Salmon, WA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Free Geek · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Rosewood Initiative · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Sunstone Montessori School · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Casa for Children · Portland, OR · 2023

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Path Home · Portland, OR · 2023

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Rose Haven · Portland, OR · 2023

    General purposes

  • $20,000

    Fund for the City of New York Inc (Casa) · New York, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Columbia Gorge Casa · Hood River, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Earthrise Law Center - Lewis & Clark Law School · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Entre Amigos · Truckee, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Columbia Land Trust · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Earthrise Law Center - Lewis & Clark Law School · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $15,000

    Casa for Children · Portland, OR · 2022

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Blueprint Foundation · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Camp Kesem - George Washington University · Covina, CA · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Communnity Support Services (Work Day Program) · Brookfield, IL · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Historic US Route 20 · Seneca Falls, NY · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Hood River Area Trail Stewards (Hrats) · Hood River, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Music for the Ages (Rock 'N' Kids) · Crystal Lake, IL · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Stuyvesant Park Neighborhood Association · Cooper Station, NY · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    The Nature Conservancy - Connecting Canopies · Portland, OR · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    You Gotta Believe (Older Child Adoption) · New York, NY · 2025

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Camp Kesem - George Washington University · Covina, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Cultivate Initiatives · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Fresh Youth Initiatives · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Hood River Area Trail Stewards (Hrats) · Hood River, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Main Street Mosier · Mosier, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Music for the Ages (Rock 'N' Kids) · Crystal Lake, IL · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Stuyvesant Park Neighborhood Association · Cooper Station, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    The Blueprint Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    The Nature Conservancy - Connecting Canopies · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Urban League of Portland · Portland, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    You Gotta Believe (Older Child Adoption) · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Free Geek · Portland, OR · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Sunstone Montessori School · Portland, OR · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Urban League of Portland · Portland, OR · 2023

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Path Home · Portland, OR · 2022

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Rose Haven · Portland, OR · 2022

    General purposes

  • $8,000

    Earthrise Law Center - Lewis & Clark Law School · Portland, OR · 2022

    General purposes

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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.