Funding search · EIN 363485579 · Oakbrook Terrace, IL

The Sue and Melvin Gray Foundation

Name: The Sue and Melvin Gray 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.

83
grants reported: $606,140
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.

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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.

Newberry Library - Conversations4 grants · $130,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $65,000
Lyric Opera - Annual Campaign3 grants · $55,000
Intrinsic Schools of Chicago4 grants · $40,000
Lurie Children'S Memorial Foundation4 grants · $40,000
Ryan Opera Center2 grants · $35,000
University of Chicago Hospitals3 grants · $30,000
Sinai Congregation4 grants · $26,140
Lyric Opera Rising Stars1 grant · $25,000
Art Institute of Chicago (Sustaining Fellows)4 grants · $22,000

Giving over time

$168,500

2022

$153,625

2023

$148,500

2024

$135,515

2025

Grant history

All 83 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
Newberry Library - Conversations · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$30,000
Newberry Library - Conversations · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$30,000
Newberry Library - Conversations · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$30,000
Newberry Library - Conversations · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Ryan Opera Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$25,000
Lyric Opera - Annual Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$25,000
Lyric Opera Rising Stars · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$15,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Lyric Opera - Annual Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Lyric Opera - Annual Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Intrinsic Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
Lurie Children'S Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
University of Chicago-Medicine & Biological Sciences Dept · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
Intrinsic Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Lurie Children'S Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Ryan Opera Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
University of Chicago Hospitals · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Intrinsic Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Lurie Children'S Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
University of Chicago Hospitals · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Intrinsic Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Lurie Children'S Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ryon Opera Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
University of Chicago Hospitals · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,500
Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$6,515
Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$6,125
Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$6,000
Art Institute of Chicago (Sustaining Fellows) · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$6,000
Art Institute of Chicago (Sustaining Fellows) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$6,000
Sinai Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Wfmtwttw · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Latin School of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Temple Israel - Tallahassee · Talahassee, FL · 2024
General
$5,000
Wfmtwttw · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Art Institute of Chicago (Sustaining Fellows) · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Latin School of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Wfmtwttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Art Institute of Chicago (Sustaining Fellows) · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Human Rights Watch · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Latin School of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Steppenwolf Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wfmtwttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Bga-Better Government Association · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$2,500
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$2,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$2,500
Bga-Better Government Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$2,500
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$2,500
Illinois Institute of Technology (Goldsmith) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$2,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$2,500
Bga-Better Government Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$2,500
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$2,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$2,500
Bga-Better Government Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$1,500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Brain Research Foundationn Bobins · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$1,000
Chikaming Open Lands · Sawyer, MI · 2025
General
$1,000
Spertus Institute · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$1,000
Brain Research Foundationn Bobins · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Chikaming Open Lands · Sawyer, MI · 2024
General
$1,000
Spertus Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Brain Research Foundationn Bobins · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Chikaming Open Lands · Sawyer, MI · 2023
General
$1,000
Spertus Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Chikaming Open Lands · Sawyer, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Spertus Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$500
Iit - the Mies Van Der Rohe Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$500
Iit - the Mies Van Der Rohe Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$500
Iit - the Mies Van Der Rohe Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$500
Brain Research Foundationn Bobins · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Iit - the Mies Van Der Rohe Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Pro Publica · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted

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