Funding search · EIN 364159217 · Northbrook, IL

Richard and Judith Stern Family Foundation

Name: Richard and Judith Stern Family Foundation 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.

115
grants reported: $264,425
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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.

What they fund

research

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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

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Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute4 grants · $27,500
Jewish United Fund1 grant · $25,000
Mayo Clinic2 grants · $17,500
World Jewish Congress (American Section)1 grant · $15,000
New Israel Fund3 grants · $13,000
Rocky Mountain Institute2 grants · $12,000
University of Chicago3 grants · $11,500
Japan Society3 grants · $11,000
Proctor Academy4 grants · $10,500
The Art Institute of Chicago3 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$99,675

2022

$78,250

2023

$38,000

2024

$48,500

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 115 grants.

$25,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$17,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
Research
$15,000
World Jewish Congress (American Section) · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General purposes
$12,500
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
$6,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023
General purposes
$6,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022
General purposes
$5,500
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Japan Society · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
National Womens Law Center · Washington, DC · 2025
General purposes
$5,000
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Proctor Academy · Andover, NH · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Gilmore Family Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Alzheimer'S Disease Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge · Needham, MA · 2022
General purposes
$4,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$4,000
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$3,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$3,000
The Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2025
General purpose
$3,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose
$3,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
$3,000
Japan Society · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Japan Society · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicageo, IL · 2025
General purposes
$2,500
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General purposes
$2,500
University of Chicago Laboratory · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$2,500
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$2,500
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
General purposes
$2,500
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
Proctor Academy · Andover, NH · 2023
General purposes
$2,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General purposes
$2,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2025
General purposes
$2,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation for · New York, NY · 2025
General purposes
$2,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
$2,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
Friends of the Idf (Israeli Defense Forces) · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
Proctor Academy · Andover, NH · 2022
General purposes
$1,500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
General purposes
$1,500
Newman Nation · Libertyville, IL · 2025
General purposes
$1,500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Proctor Academy · Andover, NH · 2025
General purposes
$1,000
Gilmore Family Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Goodman Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Newman Nation · Libertyville, IL · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Northshore University · Westbury, NY · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Goodman Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
Northshore University · Westbury, NY · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
General purposes
$1,000
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Guide Dogs for the Blind · San Rafael, CA · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Lincoln Park Cooperative Nursery School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
National Foundation for Cancer Research · Rockville, MD · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Wttw (Channel 11) · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$750
Newman Nation · Libertyville, IL · 2023
General purposes
$500
American Committee for Shaare Zedek · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$500
American Institute for Cancer Research · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$500
American Red Cross of Greater Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$500
Chicago Public Media (Wbez) · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$500
Cje Senior Life (Council for Jewish Elderly) · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$500
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$500
Friends of Yad Sarah · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$500
Jewish Child & Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$500
Make a Wish Illinois · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$500
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
Research
$500
Meals On Wheels Foundation of Northern Illinois · North Riverside, IL · 2022
General purposes
$500
Newman Nation · Libertyville, IL · 2022
General purposes
$500
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicago Nw Ind · Oakbrook, IL · 2022
General purposes
$500
Special Olympics · Normal, IL · 2022
General purposes
$500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
General purposes
$500
Uso · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$400
American Foundation for the Blind · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purposes
$400
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$300
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$300
Israel Children'S Cancer Foundation · Lawrence, NY · 2022
General purposes
$300
Orbis · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$300
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2022
General purposes
$300
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes
$250
Cspi (Center for Science in the Public Interest) · Washington, DC · 2022
General purposes
$250
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purposes

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