Funding search · EIN 237169351 · Chicago, IL

Philip & Myn Rootberg Foundation

Name: Philip & Myn Rootberg 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.

134
grants reported: $195,118
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $600
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.

Los Angeles Opera3 grants · $47,539
Jewish United Fund3 grants · $36,000
Trustees of Tufts College3 grants · $12,600
Folk Arts Rajasthan3 grants · $9,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering3 grants · $5,500
Temple Akiba1 grant · $5,000
Autism Speaks3 grants · $5,000
Smile Train3 grants · $4,300
Amherst Cinema3 grants · $4,300
American Cancer Society3 grants · $4,200

Giving over time

$72,765

2022

$62,416

2023

$59,937

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 134 grants.

$16,805
Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General funding
$15,479
Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General funding
$15,255
Los Angeles Opera · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General funding
$12,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
$12,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
$12,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
$5,000
Temple Akiba · Culver City, CA · 2022
General funding
$4,200
Trustees of Tufts College · Somerville, MA · 2024
General funding
$4,200
Trustees of Tufts College · Somerville, MA · 2023
General funding
$4,200
Trustees of Tufts College · Somerville, MA · 2022
General funding
$3,000
Folk Arts Rajasthan · New York, NY · 2024
General funding
$3,000
Folk Arts Rajasthan · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
$3,000
Folk Arts Rajasthan · New York, NY · 2022
General funding
$2,655
Parkinsons Research Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2022
General funding
$2,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
$2,000
Aclu · Boston, MA · 2022
General funding
$2,000
Autism Speaks · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General funding
$2,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2022
General funding
$1,700
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2022
General funding
$1,500
American Film Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General funding
$1,500
Amherst Cinema · Amherst, MA · 2024
General funding
$1,500
Autism Speaks · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General funding
$1,500
Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2024
General funding
$1,500
Autism Speaks · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General funding
$1,500
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2022
General funding
$1,400
American Cancer Society · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General funding
$1,400
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2024
General funding
$1,400
American Cancer Society · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General funding
$1,400
Amherst Cinema · Amherst, MA · 2023
General funding
$1,400
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
$1,400
American Cancer Society · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General funding
$1,400
Amherst Cinema · Amherst, MA · 2022
General funding
$1,206
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
$1,200
Hartsbrook School · Hadley, MA · 2024
General funding
$1,200
University of Illinois College of Medicine (Howard Tessler Endowment Fund) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General funding
$1,200
Hartsbrook School · Hadley, MA · 2023
General funding
$1,200
University of Illinois College of Medicine (Howard Tessler Endowment Fund) · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
$1,200
New England Public Media · Springfield, MA · 2022
General funding
$1,200
The Hartsbrook School · Hadley, MA · 2022
General funding
$1,200
University of Illinois College of Medicine (Howard Tessler Endowment Fund) · Chicago, IL · 2022
General funding
$1,100
New England Public Media · Springfield, MA · 2024
General funding
$1,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2024
General funding
$1,000
Wnet - 13 · New York, IL · 2024
General funding
$1,000
Aclu · Boston, MA · 2023
General funding
$1,000
New England Public Media · Springfield, MA · 2023
General funding
$1,000
Thirteen - New York Public Media (Wnet) · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
$1,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
General funding
$1,000
Thirteen - New York Public Media (Wnet) · New York, NY · 2022
General funding
$900
Aclu · Boston, MA · 2024
General funding
$900
New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
$900
Parkinsons Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
General funding
$800
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General funding
$800
Macular Degeneration Association · Sarasota, FL · 2022
General funding
$779
Parkinsons Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
General funding
$700
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
General funding
$700
Amherst Survival Center · North Amherst, MA · 2024
General funding
$700
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General funding
$700
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
General funding
$700
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General funding
$650
Food Bank of Western Massachusetts · Hatfield, MA · 2024
General funding
$650
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General funding
$600
Feldenkrais Guild of North America · Wakefield, MA · 2024
General funding
$600
Amherst Survival Center · North Amherst, MA · 2023
General funding
$600
Feldenkrais Guild of North America · Wakefield, MA · 2023
General funding
$600
Food Bank of Western Massachusetts · Hatfield, MA · 2023
General funding
$600
Macular Degeneration Association · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General funding
$600
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2022
General funding
$600
Cure Alzheimers Fund · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022
General funding
$600
Feldenkrais Guild of North America · Wakefield, MA · 2022
General funding
$600
The Food Bank of Western Massachusettes · Hatfield, MA · 2022
General funding
$554
Cooley Dickinson Health Care · Northampton, MA · 2024
General funding
$550
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
General funding
$550
Shakespeare and Company · Lenox, MA · 2022
General funding
$500
Afromundo · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General funding
$500
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General funding
$500
Shakespeare and Company · Lenox, MA · 2024
General funding
$500
Afromundo · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General funding
$500
Cooley Dickinson Health Care · Northampton, MA · 2023
General funding
$500
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
General funding
$500
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General funding
$500
Shakespeare and Company · Lenox, MA · 2023
General funding
$500
Amherst Survival Center · North Amherst, MA · 2022
General funding
$500
Cooley Dickinson Health Care · Northampton, MA · 2022
General funding
$500
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022
General funding
$500
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General funding
$500
New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2022
General funding
$500
Parole Preparation Project · New York, NY · 2022
General funding
$400
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2024
General funding
$400
International Myeloma Foundation · North Hollywood, CA · 2024
General funding
$400
St Judd Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
General funding
$400
Wnyc - New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024
General funding
$400
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
General funding
$400
American Humane Association · Washington, DC · 2023
General funding
$400
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General funding
$400
International Myeloma Foundation · North Hollywood, CA · 2023
General funding
$400
American Humane Association · Washington, DC · 2022
General funding
$400
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General funding
$400
International Myeloma Foundation · North Hollywood, CA · 2022
General funding
$350
The Barak Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General funding
$350
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2022
General funding

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