Funding search · EIN 462648455 · Lake Forest, IL

Sachs Family Foundation

Name: Sachs 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.

49
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $14,000
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.

What they fund

enhance

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

Thome Nature Centre2 grants · $500,000
Paws Chicago3 grants · $355,917
Goodman Theater3 grants · $131,931
New York Presbyterian Fund2 grants · $100,000
American Jeweish Committee1 grant · $100,000
The Barack Obama Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Boulder Junior Cycling3 grants · $95,000
Hope Chicago1 grant · $75,000
The Family Institute2 grants · $65,000
Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation3 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$159,481

2022

$801,642

2023

$824,239

2024

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$333,334
Thome Nature Centre · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$166,666
Thome Nature Centre · Lafayette, CO · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$146,500
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$134,417
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$100,000
American Jeweish Committee · New York, NY · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$100,000
The Barack Obama Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$75,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$75,000
New York Presbyterian Fund · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$75,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$64,073
Goodman Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$50,000
The Family Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$42,858
Goodman Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$35,000
Boulder Junior Cycling · Boulder, CO · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$35,000
Boulder Junior Cycling · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$25,000
New York Presbyterian Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$25,000
Niu Foundation · Dekalb, IL · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$25,000
Boulder Junior Cycling · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$25,000
Goodman Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$20,000
Boulder Museum of Contemp Art · Boulder, CO · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$20,000
Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation · Dallas, TX · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$20,000
Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation · Dallas, TX · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$20,000
Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation · Dallas, TX · 2022
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$15,000
USA Cycling Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$15,000
The Family Institute · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$14,000
Cahme · Springhouse, PA · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$11,500
The Hap Foundation · Oak Brook Terrace, IL · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$11,000
Mackintosh Academy · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Breakthrough Alliance of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Mackintosh Academy · Boulder, CO · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Ywca Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Daily Arts Centre · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$7,500
Bixby School · Boulder, CO · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$7,000
Cahre · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$6,388
Michael J Buvke · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$6,000
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$6,000
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$5,500
Bixby School · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$5,000
First Presbyterian Church of Fort Lauderdale · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$5,000
Nexus Performing Arts · Chicago, IL · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$4,748
Avonberg Goldgehn · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$3,000
Lifetime Foundation · Chanhassen, MN · 2024
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$2,591
David Sachs · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$2,500
Bixby School · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$2,300
Lifetime Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$1,500
The H&P Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$500
Lifetime Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$345
Illinois Academy General · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$72
Avonberg Goldgehn · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization
$70
Michael J Buvke · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
To enhance the purpose of the organization

Who else funds this kind of work

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

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.