Hale Family Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 82-0865495 · reported 2023–2025
157grants reported
$500median award
$500lower quartile
$150smallest grant
$1.4Mtotal paid
17states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 157 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $58K 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
461 N Clinton St
Chicago, IL 60654-8876
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Purdue Research Foundation | West Lafayette, IN | $195,000 |
| Schwab Charitable | San Francisco, CA | $176,000 |
| Purdue Research Foundation | West Lafayette, IN | $165,000 |
| Purdue Research Foundation | West Lafayette, IN | $120,000 |
| Cosley Zoo | Wheaton, IL | $75,000 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $60,000 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $55,000 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $55,000 |
| Cosley Zoo | Wheaton, IL | $50,000 |
| Cosley Zoo | Wheaton, IL | $50,000 |
| Outreach Community Ministries | Carol Stream, IL | $33,000 |
| Depaul University | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Chicago Classic Computing | Elk Grove Village, IL | $22,000 |
| Chicago Classic Computing | Elk Grove Village, IL | $20,000 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Outreach Community Ministries | Carol Stream, IL | $15,000 |
| Dupage County Historical Museum Fou | Wheaton, IL | $12,000 |
| Friends of the Smithsonian | Washington, DC | $10,350 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Illinois Environmental Council Educ | Springfield, IL | $10,000 |
| Chicago Classic Computing | Elk Grove Village, IL | $10,000 |
| Illinois Environmental Council Educ | Springfield, IL | $10,000 |
| Outreach Community Ministries | Carol Stream, IL | $10,000 |
| Illinois Environmental Council Educ | Springfield, IL | $10,000 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Dupage County Historical Museum Fou | Wheaton, IL | $7,000 |
| International Museum of Surgical SC | Chicago, IL | $6,000 |
| David & Claudia Jackson Foundation | Chicago, IL | $6,000 |
| Alaska Whale Foundation | Petersburg, AK | $5,000 |
| Friends of South Georgia Island | Carbondale, CO | $5,000 |
| Simmaron Research | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 |
| Riverkeeper | Ossining, NY | $5,000 |
| Lookout Mountain Conservancy | Lookout Mountain, TN | $5,000 |
| Simmaron Research | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 |
| Lookout Mountain Conservancy | Lookout Mountain, TN | $3,000 |
| Riverkeeper | Ossining, NY | $3,000 |
| Angel Flight Central | Kansas City, MO | $2,000 |
| Meet the Ocean | Portland, OR | $2,000 |
| Riverkeeper | Ossining, NY | $2,000 |
| Tau Beta PI Association | Knoxville, TN | $2,000 |
| Alaska Whale Foundation | Petersburg, AK | $2,000 |
| Alaska Whale Foundation | Petersburg, AK | $2,000 |
| Tau Beta PI Association | Knoxville, TN | $2,000 |
| The Agape Ringers | Carol Stream, IL | $1,600 |
| Friends of the Smithsonian | Washington, DC | $1,200 |
| Oceanites Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities | Oakbrook, IL | $1,000 |
| The Conservation Foundation | Naperville, IL | $1,000 |
| The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $1,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Wttw | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Angel Flight Central | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 |
| Dupage County Historical Museum Fou | Wheaton, IL | $1,000 |
| Gateway Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| International Museum of Surgical SC | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Meet the Ocean | Portland, OR | $1,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities | Oakbrook, IL | $1,000 |
| Tau Beta PI Association | Knoxville, TN | $1,000 |
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