Funding search · EIN 262026540 · Chicago, IL

Randy and Michele Mehrberg Schara

Name: Randy and Michele Mehrberg Schara grants, 2022–2025
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.

55
grants reported: $592,585
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Millennium Park Foundation2 grants · $150,000
Lincoln Park Zoo4 grants · $115,000
Cure4 grants · $60,025
Latin School of Chicago1 grant · $50,000
United Way of Metro Chicago3 grants · $40,000
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation2 grants · $32,000
History Makers3 grants · $30,000
University of Pennsylvania Cirigliano Clinical Care Endowment Fund1 grant · $25,000
College Possible3 grants · $15,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation1 grant · $12,500

Giving over time

$141,000

2022

$157,385

2023

$201,200

2024

$93,000

2025

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$50,000
Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$50,000
Latin School of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$37,500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$35,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$30,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$25,000
University of Pennsylvania Cirigliano Clinical Care Endowment Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General fund
$20,000
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation · Jupiter, FL · 2024
General fund
$20,000
United Way of Metro Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$15,025
Cure · Lemoyne, PA · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Cure · Lemoyne, PA · 2025
General fund
$15,000
Cure · Lemoyne, PA · 2024
General fund
$15,000
United Way of Metro Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Cure · Lemoyne, PA · 2022
General fund
$12,500
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$12,500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$12,000
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation · Jupiter, FL · 2023
General fund
$10,000
History Makers · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$10,000
History Makers · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$10,000
History Makers · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$10,000
The History Makers · Chicagp, IL · 2022
General fund
$5,000
College Possible · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$5,000
National Mill Dog Rescue · Port Washington, NY · 2025
General fund
$5,000
United Way of Metro Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$5,000
Carpls · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$5,000
College Possible · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$5,000
University of Michigan Law School · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Make a Difference Fund · Onancock, VA · 2023
General fund
$5,000
University of Michigan Law School · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General fund
$5,000
College Possible · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Sos · Avon, CO · 2022
General fund
$2,500
Walking Mountains Science Center · Avon, CO · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Walking Mountains Science Center · Avon, CO · 2023
General fund
$1,500
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2025
General fund
$1,210
Marine Corps Air Transport Association · Walden, NY · 2023
General fund
$1,200
Gary Comer Youth Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Challenged Athletes Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2025
General fund
$1,000
The Cycle Effect · Eagle, CO · 2025
General fund
$1,000
The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia · Washington, DC · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Challenger Athlete Fdn · San Diego, CA · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Lymphoma & Leukemia Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Respiratory Health Assn · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$1,000
The Chicago School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Als Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Jdrf · Denver, CO · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Challenged Athletes Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
General fund
$500
Chicago Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$500
Arthritis Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General fund
$500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$250
Chicago Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$200
Joan & Alan Benikow Jcc of Staten Island · Staten Island, NY · 2023
General fund
$200
Phil Hauck Scholarship for Nonprofit Leaders · De Pere, WI · 2023
General fund

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