Chern Family Foundation
Private foundation · Northbrook, IL · EIN 87-3202211 · reported 2023–2025
37grants reported
$20Kmedian award
$10Klower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$2.6Mtotal paid
6states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 4 of its 37 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $34K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
3824 Sunset LN
Northbrook, IL 60062-1805
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Autism Speaks DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Princeton, NJ | $747,985 |
| Autism Speaks DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | New York, NY | $327,670 |
| Third Way Institute DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Washington, DC | $250,899 |
| Finca International Inc DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Washington, DC | $148,452 |
| A Better Chicago DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $126,690 |
| A Better Chicago DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $115,826 |
| A Better Chicago DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $104,151 |
| American Israel Education Foundation DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Washington, DC | $102,698 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $102,292 |
| American Israel Education Foundation DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Washington, DC | $100,940 |
| Finca International Inc DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Washington, DC | $100,621 |
| American Israel Education Foundation DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Washington, DC | $50,172 |
| Camp Out for Kids DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| American Red Magen David DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Camp Out for Kids DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Camp Out for Kids DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Central Fund of Israel DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Cedarhurst, NY | $25,000 |
| Autism Speaks DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Princeton, NJ | $21,500 |
| Childrens Hospital Chicago Foundation DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Jewish United Fund DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $10,250 |
| Mercaz Academy DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Plainview, NY | $10,018 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Camp Thunderbird Charitable Foundation DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Illinois Holocaust Memorial Museum DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Skokie, IL | $10,000 |
| Jewish United Fund DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| American Red Magen David DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Jewish United Fund DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| University of Illinois Foundation DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Champaign, IL | $6,000 |
| Israel Cancer Research Fund DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | New York, NY | $5,500 |
| The Giving Back Fund DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Boston, MA | $5,113 |
| Gigi's Playhouse Chicago DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Aspiretech DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Evanston, IL | $5,000 |
| Bethel United Ministries DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Evanston, IL | $3,604 |
| Anticruelty Society DONATION TOWARDS EXEMPT PURPOSE | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
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