Funding search · EIN 363991489 · Chicago, IL

Seymour a Cohen Family Foundation

Name: Seymour a Cohen Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

56
grants reported: $963,509
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.

What they fund

gifts promote scholarship

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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.

University of Chicago3 grants · $295,000
Cancer Research Foundation4 grants · $215,000
Metropolitan Family Services4 grants · $201,028
Beacon Academy3 grants · $86,000
Center for International Experiential Learning4 grants · $41,169
Emory University3 grants · $25,000
Link Unlimited Scholars3 grants · $15,258
St Mary'S College3 grants · $15,000
Casa3 grants · $12,500
Ravinia3 grants · $10,900

Giving over time

$262,918

2022

$270,553

2023

$199,112

2024

$230,926

2025

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$135,000
Cancer Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$130,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$130,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$51,028
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$50,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$50,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$50,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$36,000
Beacon Academy · Evanston, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$35,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$30,000
Cancer Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$25,000
Beacon Academy · Evanston, IL · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$25,000
Cancer Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$25,000
Beacon Academy · Evanston, IL · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$25,000
Cancer Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$15,000
Center for International Experiential Learning · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$10,799
Center for International Experiential Learning · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$10,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to scholarship fund
$10,000
Center for International Experiential Learning · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$10,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to scholarship fund
$10,000
Emory College of Arts and Sciences · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to scholarship fund
$5,370
Center for International Experiential Learning · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$5,258
Link Unlimited Scholars · Chicago, IL · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$5,000
Casa of Contra Costa County · Concord, CA · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$5,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to scholarship fund
$5,000
Link Unlimited Scholars · Chicago, IL · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$5,000
Casa · Chicago, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$5,000
Comer Children'S Hospital University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$5,000
Ravinia · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$5,000
St Mary'S College · Winona, MN · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$5,000
Casa · Chicago, IL · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$5,000
St Mary'S College · Winona, MN · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$5,000
Link Unlimited Scholars · Chicago, IL · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$5,000
St Mary'S College · Winona, MN · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$4,900
Ravinia · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$3,000
University of Chicago Women'S Board · Chicago, IL · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$2,500
Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$2,500
Life Long Medical Care · Berkeley, CA · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$2,500
University of Chicago Women'S Board · Chicago, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$2,500
Casa · Chicago, IL · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$2,280
Anshe Amet · Chicago, IL · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$1,926
Anshe Amet · Chicago, IL · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$1,846
Anshe Amet · Chicago, IL · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$1,800
Anshe Amet · Chicago, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$1,085
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$1,000
Chicago State Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$1,000
Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$1,000
Ravinia · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$1,000
University of Chicago Women'S Board · Chicago, IL · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$600
Hhp Lift · Chicago, IL · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$589
Chicago State Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$515
Interlochen · Interlochen, MI · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$513
Fresh Lens · Chicago, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$500
Lymphoma Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$500
Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$500
Chicago State Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund
$500
Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund

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