Funding search · EIN 651164639 · Chicago, IL

The Polsky Foundation

Name: The Polsky 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.

121
grants reported: $21.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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.

Uchicago Polsky Center2 grants · $6.4M
Northwestern Memorial Foundation2 grants · $4.0M
Brca Research and Cure Alliance1 grant · $2.3M
University of Chicago 20161 grant · $1.7M
Our Home Ukraine1 grant · $968,283
White Stork3 grants · $789,704
World Resources Institute2 grants · $750,000
Obama Foundation1 grant · $666,665
United States Holocaust Museum2 grants · $605,000
Voice Health Institute2 grants · $400,000

Giving over time

$9.1M

2022

$4.4M

2023

$7.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 121 grants.

$4.0M
Uchicago Polsky Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$2.4M
Uchicago Polsky Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$2.3M
Brca Research and Cure Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$2.0M
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$2.0M
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$1.7M
University of Chicago 2016 · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$968,283
Our Home Ukraine · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$666,665
Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$600,000
United States Holocaust Museum · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General fund
$500,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$414,160
White Stork · Winnetka, IL · 2023
General fund
$250,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$225,544
White Stork · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General fund
$200,000
Voice Health Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
General Fund
$200,000
Voice Health Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
General Fund
$190,100
Polish Messenger of the Sacred Heart · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$175,000
Uofc Young Innovators · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$150,000
White Stork · Winnetka, IL · 2024
General fund
$100,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$100,000
Las Olas Chabad · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023
General fund
$100,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General fund
$100,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General fund
$100,000
Yahad in Unum Mid-America · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General fund
$79,182
This Child Here · Daytona Beach, FL · 2022
General fund
$55,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2023
General Fund
$50,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$50,000
St Nicholas UK Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Fund
$50,000
The Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Fund
$50,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$50,000
Pine Crest · Hazel Crest, IL · 2023
General fund
$50,000
St Nicholas UK Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$50,000
Yahad in Unum Mid-America · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General fund
$50,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Pine Crest · Hazel Crest, IL · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$40,000
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$35,000
The Young Center for Immigrant Children · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$32,000
Ping Pong Productions · Glendale, CA · 2022
General fund
$31,568
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$30,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$27,801
Chicago Association of Veterans of Wwii · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Fund
$27,700
Chicago Association of Veterans of Wwii · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$27,500
Ukrainian Resistance Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$26,800
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2024
General Fund
$25,000
Latin School of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Harvey Global Health · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Heritage Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$25,000
Jdrf International · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Vetvoice Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
General Fund
$25,000
Harvey Global Health · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Jdrf International · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Ukrainian Resistance Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$24,000
World Jewish Congress · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$23,000
The Honeycomb Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$22,500
Union of Jewish Religious Communities · 2023
General fund
$20,000
Vetvoice Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
General Fund
$20,000
Pack the Plane Ukraine Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$18,452
Chicago Media Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$15,000
Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General Fund
$15,000
Latin School of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Chicago Media Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$12,000
The Fund for Cooper Roberts · Radnor, PA · 2024
Charity
$10,875
World Jewish Congress · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$10,000
American Foreign Policy Council · Washington, DC · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Chicago Cares · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Chicago Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Las Olas Chabad · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
General Fund
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Save Ukraine · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$10,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
General Fund
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Big Green · Broomfield, CO · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Las Olas Chabad · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Latin School of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$9,893
Union of Jewish Religious Communities · 2022
General fund
$9,000
Saved Dreams Foundation · Arlington, TX · 2023
General Fund
$8,300
Help Heroes of Ukraine · Carol Stream, IL · 2023
General Fund
$8,000
Chicago Council of Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$7,500
College Possible · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General Fund
$7,254
Eldan Electronic Instruments · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
American Friends of Chabad Cabo · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charity
$5,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$5,000
The Clayco Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Wolcott School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Chicago Architecture Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
City Year Chicago · Boston, MA · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
Navy Pier · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
The Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund
$5,000
Ukrainian National Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Fund

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