Funding search · EIN 203970463 · Highland Park, IL

Polen Family Foundation

Name: Polen 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.

104
grants reported: $358,700
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
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.

Shirly Ryan Abilitylab2 grants · $50,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces3 grants · $22,000
United Way3 grants · $20,000
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation2 grants · $19,200
Catholic Charities3 grants · $18,000
Salvation Army3 grants · $15,000
Hp Community Foundation3 grants · $15,000
Jimmy Fund3 grants · $15,000
For Autistic Kids3 grants · $13,000
Heifer International3 grants · $12,000

Giving over time

$92,000

2022

$126,000

2023

$140,700

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 104 grants.

$25,000
Shirly Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Shirly Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$12,700
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation · Aspen, CO · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Catholic Charities · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Lurie Children'S Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$7,500
United Way · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
United Way · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Charitable
$6,500
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation · Aspen, CO · 2023
Charitable
$6,000
Disabled American Veterans · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,500
Catholic Charities · Carol Stream, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
For Autistic Kids · Glenview, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Hp Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Jimmy Fund · Brookline, MA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Vision Corps · Lancaster, PA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
For Autistic Kids · Glenview, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Hp Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Jimmy Fund · Brookline, MA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Hp Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Jimmy Fund · Brookline, MA · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
United Way · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Charitable
$3,500
Aspen Community Foundation · Basalt, CO · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
For Autistic Kids · Glenview, IL · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
Icfs · National City, CA · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
American Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled · Northfield, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Cancer Wellness Center · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
American Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled · Northfield, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Cancer Wellness Center · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Cancer Wellness Center · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Catholic Charities · Carol Stream, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Disabled American Veterans · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Icfs · National City, CA · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Jewish War Veterans of the USA · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Multiple Sclerosis of America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Wild Aid · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Icfs · National City, CA · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Jewish War Veterans of the USA · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Multiple Sclerosis of America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Wild Aid · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
College Board Opportunities · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Disabled American Veterans · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Multiple Sclerosis of America · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Wild Aid · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Chicago Botanical Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Josselyn Center · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Lake County Children'S Advocacy · Gurnee, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Uso · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Chicago Botanical Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Josselyn Center · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Lake County Children'S Advocacy · Gurnee, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Uso · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Chicago Botanical Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Lake County Children'S Advocacy · Gurnee, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Lake County Family Services · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Uso · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
College Board Opportunities · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Lake Forest Open Lands · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
National Park Foundation · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Pads Lake County · Waukegan, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
College Board Opportunities · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Lake Forest Open Lands · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
National Park Foundation · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Pads Lake County · Waukegan, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
American Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled · Northfield, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Aspen Glen Education Foundation · Aspen, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Avenue Animal Hospital · Tinley Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Jewish War Veterans of the USA · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
National Park Foundation · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
Charitable

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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.