Funding search · EIN 366157038 · Lake Forest, IL

S Edward Marder Family Foundation

Name: S Edward Marder 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.

96
grants reported: $255,850
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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

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.

Prairie State Legal Services4 grants · $46,000
Family Resource Center4 grants · $40,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces4 grants · $16,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository4 grants · $12,500
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless4 grants · $12,000
Ravinia Festival3 grants · $12,000
Evergreen Shared Housing2 grants · $10,000
Doctors Without Borders USA4 grants · $10,000
Fidelity Charitable1 grant · $10,000
Frank Lentz Foundation Ltd2 grants · $8,000

Giving over time

$46,250

2022

$48,500

2023

$78,750

2024

$82,350

2025

Grant history

All 96 reported grants, largest first.

$12,000
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2025
Charitable
$12,000
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2024
Charitable
$12,000
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Family Resource Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Family Resource Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Ravinia Festival · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Family Resource Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Family Resource Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Evergreen Shared Housing · Elmhurst, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Evergreen Shared Housing · Elmhurst, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Frank Lentz Foundation Ltd · Skokie, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$4,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$4,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$4,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$4,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$4,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
Frank Lentz Foundation Ltd · Skokie, IL · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Holy Cross Lutheran Church · Libertyville, IL · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Off Campus Writers Workshop · Winnetka, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
University of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Youthbuild Lake County · North Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
American Red Cross- Ukraine Crisis · Boone, IA · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Makom Solel Lakeside · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
University of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Youthbuild Lake County · North Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
American Red Cross- Ukraine Crisis · Boone, IA · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Lakeside Congregation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
University of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Youthbuild Lake County · North Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
The Salvation Army · Waukegan, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,250
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
The Salvation Army · Waukegan, IL · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Makom Solel Lakeside · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
University of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Youthbuild Lake County · North Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2022
Charitable
$500
City of Hope · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable
$500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$500
Occidental College · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable
$500
Orphans of the Storm · Deerfield, IL · 2025
Charitable
$500
United Way of Lake County · Gurnee, IL · 2025
Charitable
$500
City of Hope · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$500
Occidental College · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$500
Story Catchers Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$500
United Way of Lake County · Gurnee, IL · 2024
Charitable
$500
City of Hope · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$500
Occidental College · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$500
Off Campus Writers Workshop · Winnetka, IL · 2023
Charitable
$500
United Way of Lake County · Gurnee, IL · 2023
Charitable
$500
University of Maryland College Park Foundation · College Park, MD · 2023
Charitable
$500
City of Hope · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Occidental College · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable
$500
United Way of Lake County · Gurnee, IL · 2022
Charitable
$350
The Pilgrim Chamber Players · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Charitable
$250
The Pilgrim Chamber Players · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
$250
Story Catchers Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$250
Story Catchers Theatre · Chicago, IL · 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.