Herbst Family Foundation
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4333045 · reported 2023–2025
88grants reported
$500median award
$300lower quartile
$100smallest grant
$359Ktotal paid
13states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 88 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $500 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
1040 N Lake Shore Dr Apt 5c
Chicago, IL 60611-1107
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 |
|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $70,500 |
| U of A Foundation SCHOOL OF ART | Tucson, AZ | $52,000 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| U of A Foundation COLLEGE OF SCIENCE | Tucson, AZ | $20,000 |
| Gilder Lehrman Inst of Amer Hist | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Gilder Lehrman Inst of Amer Hist | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| U of A Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $12,200 |
| Gilder Lehrman Inst of Amer Hist | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| U of A Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $10,000 |
| U of A Foundation SCHOOL OF ART | Tucson, AZ | $10,000 |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Chicago, IL | $9,000 |
| Arizona Public Media | Tucson, AZ | $6,000 |
| Arizona Theatre Company | Tucson, AZ | $5,000 |
| Tucson Symphony Orchestra | Tucson, AZ | $5,000 |
| Friends of Idf | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Arizona Theatre Company | Tucson, AZ | $5,000 |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Tucson Symphony Orchestra | Tucson, AZ | $5,000 |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Chicago, IL | $4,500 |
| Arizona Theatre Company | Tucson, AZ | $4,000 |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $3,500 |
| Refugee One | Chicago, IL | $2,000 |
| National Academy of Medicine | Washington, DC | $1,500 |
| Smithsonian | Washington, DC | $1,250 |
| Tucson Festival of Books | Tucson, AZ | $1,100 |
| Arizona Public Media | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 |
| Harvard Radcliffe Institute | Boston, MA | $1,000 |
| Invisible Theater | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 |
| National Academy of Medicine | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| University of Chicago WOMEN'S BOARD | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Tucson Festival of Books | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 |
| South Seaport Museum | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Booth School of Business | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| New York 529 College Savings Plan | Boston, MA | $1,000 |
| Arizona Public Media | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| University of Chicago WOMEN'S BOARD | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Smithsonian | Washington, DC | $850 |
| Wttw Wfmt | Chicago, IL | $700 |
| Wttw Wfmt | Chicago, IL | $600 |
| Therapeutic Riding of Tucson | Tucson, AZ | $500 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Annapolis Junction, MD | $500 |
| Jewish Family Services | San Diego, CA | $500 |
| Invisible Theater | Tucson, AZ | $500 |
| Arizona Land and Water Trust | Tucson, AZ | $500 |
| Compassion and Choices | Denver, CO | $500 |
| Invisible Theater | Tucson, AZ | $500 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Annapolis Junction, MD | $500 |
| Obama Foundation | Topeka, KS | $500 |
| University of Arizona Museum of Art | Tucson, AZ | $500 |
| Committee of Human Rights | Atlanta, GA | $500 |
| Wbez Public Radio | Chicago, IL | $400 |
| Wttw Wfmt | Chicago, IL | $350 |
| Americans United for Separation of Churc | Washington, DC | $300 |
| Compassion and Choices | Denver, CO | $300 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $300 |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $300 |
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