Funding search · EIN 366941059 · Chicago, IL

Sonja & F Conrad Fischer Foundation

Name: Sonja & F Conrad Fischer 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.

53
grants reported: $970,200
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $3,000
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.

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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.

Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation2 grants · $200,000
Kalamazoo College3 grants · $160,000
Joffrey Ballet2 grants · $150,000
Shakespeare Theater1 grant · $125,000
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business1 grant · $100,000
The Gilmore3 grants · $75,000
Chicago Botanic Garden2 grants · $30,000
Salvation Army3 grants · $22,500
Chicago Shakespeare Theater1 grant · $16,500
Art Institute of Chicago1 grant · $15,000

Giving over time

$205,200

2022

$212,500

2023

$552,500

2024

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$125,000
Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General purpose
$125,000
Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$120,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$75,000
Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$45,000
The Gilmore · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General purpose
$16,500
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$15,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
The Gilmore · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
The Gilmore · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Bank · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Chicago Symphony · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Chicago Symphony · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$4,000
Cato Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
Court Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
Cato Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Special Olympics · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$1,500
Cato Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
General purpose
$1,200
Harvard University · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Hope · Springfield, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Kalamazoo Nature Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Shriner'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Historic Preservation Foundation Fortnightly · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Kalamazoo Nature Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$500
Special Olympics · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$500
Foundation of the Fortnightly Historic Preservatio · Chicago, ID · 2023
General purpose
$500
Special Olympics · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
General purpose
$500
University of Chicago - Womens Board · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$500
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose

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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.