Funding search · EIN 363961599 · Chicago, IL

Walter S Mander Foundation

Name: Walter S Mander Foundation grants, 2020–2024
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.

248
grants reported: $2.7M
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

further scholarship scholarshhip

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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.

Forefront5 grants · $477,191
Northwestern Memorial Foundation5 grants · $250,000
University of Chicago Law School5 grants · $250,000
Garfield Park Community Council5 grants · $82,500
Growing Home5 grants · $82,000
Star Farm Chicago5 grants · $78,350
Advocates for Urban Agriculture4 grants · $77,500
Jewish United Fund5 grants · $75,000
Chicago Botanic Garden4 grants · $70,000
Oak Park Temple5 grants · $65,000

Giving over time

$548,291

2020

$470,275

2021

$540,709

2022

$552,793

2023

$538,351

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 248 grants.

$117,784
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$116,393
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$116,288
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$66,726
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$60,000
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$50,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$50,000
University of Chicago Law School · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$50,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$50,000
University of Chicago Law School · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$50,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$50,000
University of Chicago Law School · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$50,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$50,000
University of Chicago Law School · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$50,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$50,000
University of Chicago Law School · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$40,000
Advocates for Urban Agriculture · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$25,000
Oak Park Temple · Oak Park, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$22,000
Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$20,350
Star Farm Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$20,000
Star Farm Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$20,000
Advocates for Urban Agriculture · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$20,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$20,000
The Selfhelp Home · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$20,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$20,000
Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$20,000
Family Farmed Organization · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$20,000
Garfield Park Community Council · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$17,500
Garfield Park Community Council · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$17,000
Urban Growers Collective · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Garfield Park Community Council · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Opportunity Knocks · River Forest, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Garfield Park Community Council · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Opportunity Knocks · River Forest, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Opportunity Knocks · River Forest, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Star Farm Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Garfield Park Community Council · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Opportunity Knocks · River Forest, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
The Selfhelp Home · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$15,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$13,000
Star Farm Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$11,325
Temple Beth Shalom · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,750
Court Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,400
Jewish Council On Urban Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Babson College · Wellesley, MA · 2024
Scholarship
$10,000
Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Kam Isaiah Israel Congregation · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Northern Illinois University · Dekalb, IL · 2024
Scholarship
$10,000
Oak Park Temple · Oak Park, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
The Forward Association · New York, NY · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
University of Illinois Springfield · Springfield, IL · 2024
Scholarship
$10,000
Advocates for Urban Agriculture · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Babson College · Wellesley, MA · 2023
Scholarship
$10,000
Good Food Catalyst · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Northern Illinois University · Dekalb, IL · 2023
Scholarship
$10,000
Plant Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
The Selfhelp Home · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
U Chicago Hillel · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Urban Growers Collective · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Oak Park Temple · Oak Park, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Plant Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Unc Health Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Urban Growers Collective · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Babson College · Babson Park, MA · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Congregation Rodfei Zedek · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Family Farmed Organization · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Oak Park Temple · Oak Park, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Seven Generations Ahead · Oak Park, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Star Farm Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
University of Chicago Hillel · Chicago, IL · 2021
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Accion Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Babson College · Babson, MA · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Jewish Council On Urban Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Medical Foundation of North Carolina · Chapel Hill, NC · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Oak Park Temple · Oak Park, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Plant Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
Rohr Chabad Jewish Center · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
The Selfhelp Home · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$10,000
University of Chicago Hillel · Chicago, IL · 2020
To further the purpose of the organization
$9,911
Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL · 2020
Scholarship
$9,858
Temple Beth Shalom · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$7,605
Temple Beth Shalom · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the purpose of the organization
$7,500
Advocates for Urban Agriculture · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$7,500
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$7,500
New Israel Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization
$7,500
Plant Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the purpose of the organization

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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.