Funding search · EIN 383328175 · Chicago, IL

The Van Dam Charitable Foundation

Name: The Van Dam Charitable 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.

47
grants reported: $841,784
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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.

Timeline Theatre3 grants · $451,671
Fourth Church3 grants · $110,804
Landmarks Illinois3 grants · $91,181
University of Chicago3 grants · $30,000
Northwestern University3 grants · $30,000
University of Michigan3 grants · $30,000
Deerfield Academy3 grants · $30,000
Auditorium Theatre3 grants · $12,500
Columbia College of Chicago2 grants · $12,500
Ccds3 grants · $7,500

Giving over time

$258,103

2022

$233,500

2023

$350,181

2024

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

$226,349
Timeline Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$115,422
Timeline Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$109,900
Timeline Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$41,181
Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$40,804
Fourth Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$40,000
Fourth Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$30,000
Fourth Church · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
General fund
$10,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$10,000
University of Michigan · Palatine, IL · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Columbia College of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
General fund
$10,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$10,000
University of Michigan · Palatine, IL · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
General fund
$10,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$10,000
University of Michigan · Palatine, IL · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Auditorium Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Auditorium Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Wolcott School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$2,510
Chicago Parks Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Ccds · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Lpzoo · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Wbez Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Auditorium Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Ccds · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Lpzoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Roosevelt University Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Wbez Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Ccds · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$2,500
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$2,500
Columbia College of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$2,500
Lpzoo · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$1,800
Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2023
General fund
$1,800
Wolcott School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$1,500
Historic Preservation Fund of the Fortnightly · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$1,500
Historic Preservation Fund of the Fortnightly · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Breakthrough T1d · New York City, NY · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Jdrf International · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Historic Preservation Fund of the Fortnightly · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$518
The Cradle · Evanston, IL · 2024
General fund
$500
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General fund

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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.