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Willens Family Foundation

Name: Willens Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

77
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,100
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.

What they fund

public endowment willens joanne ronald center nano oncology

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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.

Northwestern University3 grants · $645,400
Northwestern University Office of Alumni Relations & Development1 grant · $302,000
Doctors Without Borders USA3 grants · $86,650
Boca Raton Regional Hospital4 grants · $58,350
Civic Soul1 grant · $55,134
Caltech2 grants · $51,000
Imahelps3 grants · $50,050
Med Access International1 grant · $37,600
My Block My Hood My City3 grants · $35,000
Minds Matter Nyc2 grants · $25,783

Giving over time

$363,800

2022

$405,950

2023

$478,500

2024

$602,800

2025

Grant history

All 77 reported grants, largest first.

$302,000
Northwestern University Office of Alumni Relations & Development · Evanston, IL · 2025
Endowment
$240,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Endowment Fund Willens Center for Nano Oncology
$203,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Endowment Fund Ronald and JoAnne Willens Center for Nano Oncology
$202,400
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Endowment Fund Ronald & JoAnne Willens Center for Nano Oncology
$55,134
Civic Soul · Woodland Hills, CA · 2025
Public Charity
$37,600
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hangerstown, MD · 2025
Public Charity
$37,600
Med Access International · Palm Desert, CA · 2025
Public Charity
$26,500
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hangerstown, MD · 2024
Charity
$26,000
Caltech · Pasadena, CO · 2024
Caltech Endowment Fund Ronald & JoAnne Willens Scholar
$25,000
Caltech Advancement and Alumni Relations · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Endowment
$25,000
Boca Raton Regional Hospital · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Charity
$25,000
Caltech · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Endowment Fund Ronald JoAnne Willens Scholar
$22,550
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hangerstown, MD · 2023
Charity
$22,550
Imahelps · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2023
Charity
$20,200
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable Grant
$17,500
Imahelps · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Charity
$16,500
Brain Behavior Research Foundatio · New York, NY · 2024
Charity
$15,000
Camfed USA · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Public Charity
$15,000
My Block My Hood My City · Chicago, IL · 2025
Public Charity
$15,000
The University of Texas Md Anderson · Houston, TX · 2024
Charity
$15,000
Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Charity
$15,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable Grant
$13,500
Matthew Larson Foundation for Pedia · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 2024
Charity
$13,250
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2024
Charity
$13,250
Minds Matter Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
Charity
$12,600
Boca Raton Regional Hospital · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
Public Charity
$12,550
Magee-Womens Research Institute F · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charity
$12,533
Childrens Aid Nyc · New York, NY · 2025
Public Charity
$12,533
Minds Matter Nyc · New York, NY · 2025
Public Charity
$12,000
Matthew Larson Foundation for Pediatric Brain Tumors · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 2025
Public Charity
$11,275
Ann and Robert H Lurie Childrens Ho · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$11,275
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2023
Charity
$10,550
Boca Raton Regional Hospital · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
Charity
$10,200
Boca Raton Regional Hospital · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Charitable Grant
$10,200
Feeding Palm Beach County · Pembrook Park, FL · 2022
Charitable Grant
$10,100
Abortion Care Network · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable Grant
$10,100
Ann and Robert H Lurie Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable Grant
$10,100
Children'S Place Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable Grant
$10,100
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2022
Charitable Grant
$10,000
Cancer Free Kids Pediatric Cancer Research Alliance · Loveland, OH · 2025
Public Charity
$10,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2025
Public Charity
$10,000
The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2025
Public Charity
$10,000
My Block My Hood My City · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Indigenous Environmental Network · Bemidji, MN · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Matthew Larson Foundation for Pedia · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 2023
Charity
$10,000
My Block My Hood My City · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Imahelps · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2022
Charitable Grant
$10,000
The Brigid Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable Grant
$9,600
Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Public Charity
$9,550
Feeding Palm Beach Florida · Pembrook Park, FL · 2023
Charity
$9,000
Theatreworks Development Department · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Charity
$8,600
Community Food Bank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2025
Public Charity
$8,000
Assistance League of Las Vegas Operation School Bell · Las Vegas, NV · 2025
Public Charity
$8,000
Community Foodbank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2024
Charity
$7,600
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Public Charity
$7,550
Assistance League of Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Charity
$7,550
Community Foodbank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2023
Charity
$7,550
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational · New York, NY · 2023
Charity
$7,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable Grant
$7,000
Mathew Larson Foundation · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 2022
Charitable Grant
$7,000
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable Grant
$6,500
Cancer Free Kids Pediatric Cancer R · Loveland, OH · 2024
Charity
$6,500
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational · New York, NY · 2024
Charity
$6,200
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable Grant
$6,000
Community Foodbank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2022
Charitable Grant
$5,200
Assistance League of Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
Charitable Grant
$5,000
Assistance League of Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Urban Initiatives · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Urban Growers Collective · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Urban Initiatives · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable Grant
$2,000
Urban Initiatives · Chicago, IL · 2025
Public Charity
$2,000
Feeding Palm Beach Florida · Pembrook Park, FL · 2024
Charity
$2,000
Urban Initiatives · Chicago, IL · 2022
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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.