Funding search · EIN 205841614 · Evanston, IL

Straus Family Foundation

Name: Straus 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.

86
grants reported: $267,500
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,500
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

education athletic youth

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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.

Planned Parenthood3 grants · $22,500
Celebrate the Beat3 grants · $20,000
Evanston Community Foundation3 grants · $11,000
Camperships for Nebagamon2 grants · $10,000
Little John'S Kitchens1 grant · $10,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital2 grants · $10,000
Forman School2 grants · $9,500
Hope Chicago2 grants · $9,500
Bernie'S Book Bank3 grants · $8,500
Lambda Legal3 grants · $8,500

Giving over time

$80,500

2022

$90,000

2023

$97,000

2024

Grant history

All 86 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Little John'S Kitchens · Fitchburg, WI · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Celebrate the Beat · Denver, CO · 2022
Education
$7,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Bernie'S Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Camperships for Nebagamon · Lake Nebagamon, WI · 2024
Education
$5,000
Celebrate the Beat · Dillon, CO · 2024
Education
$5,000
Evanston Community Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Forman School · Litchfield, CT · 2024
Education
$5,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Program support
$5,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program support
$5,000
The Conservation Fund · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Association for Experiential Education (Aee) · Denver, CO · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Celebrate the Beat · Denver, CO · 2023
Education
$5,000
Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Midwest Usta Edu Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Youth athletic education
$5,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Camperships for Nebagamon · East Troy, WI · 2022
Education
$4,500
Forman School · Litchfield, CT · 2022
Education
$3,000
American Group Psychotherapy Association (Agpa) · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Community Partners for Affordable Housing · Libertyville, IL · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Lambda Legal · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Turning Point Health Center · Skokie, IL · 2024
Program support
$3,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$3,000
American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Evanston Community Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Lambda Legal · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Evanston Community Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Institute for Therapy Through the Arts · Evanston, IL · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Bernie'S Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Community Partners for Affordable Housing · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Group Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Wbezchicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$2,500
A Just Harvest · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$2,500
American Group Psychotherapy Association (Agpa) · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of America · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Chicago Cred · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Community Partners for Affordable Housing · Libertyville, IL · 2022
Program support
$2,500
David Lynch Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Lambda Legal · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Planned Parenthood · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
Program support
$2,500
World Central Kitchen · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Ywca Evanston · Evanston, IL · 2022
Program support
$2,000
A Just Harvest · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Lawndale Community Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Luc · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Next Stage Acts Project · Putney, VT · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Reach Out and Read · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Atlantic Theater Co · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Children'S Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center · Abiquiu, NM · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$2,000
North Lawndale College Prep · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2023
Program support
$2,000
You · Evanston, IL · 2023
Education
$2,000
Atlantic Theater Co · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Evanston Animal Shelter · Evanston, IL · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Evanston Scholars · Evanston, IL · 2022
Education
$2,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Midwest Usta Edu Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Youth athletic education
$2,000
Prowess · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Top Box Foods · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Turning Point · Skokie, IL · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Wbezchicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$1,500
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Straus Historical Society · Smithtown, NY · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Hands of Peace · Glenview, IL · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Haymarket Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Kitchen Angels · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Straus Historical Society · Smithtown, NY · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Bernie'S Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Fight the New Drug · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center · Abiquiu, NM · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Next Stage Acts Project · Putney, VT · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Steppenwolf Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Straus Historical Society · Smithtown, NY · 2022
Program support

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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.