Jack & Sandra Guthman Foundation
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3501517 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Jack & Sandra Guthman Fdn
71grants reported
$500median award
$250lower quartile
$100smallest grant
$77Ktotal paid
4states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 2 of its 71 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $1,600 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
30 E Cedar St
Chicago, IL 60611-1113
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $7,000 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | $6,250 |
| Chicago Architecture Biennial | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Wttw | Chicago, IL | $4,335 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | $4,200 |
| Chicago Sinai Congragation | Chicago, IL | $4,070 |
| Yale Law School Fund | New Haven, CT | $3,000 |
| Renaissance Society | Chicago, IL | $2,835 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $2,500 |
| Timeline Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | $2,500 |
| Art Insitute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $2,500 |
| Wttw | Chicago, IL | $2,335 |
| Wttw | Chicago, IL | $2,335 |
| Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,965 |
| Harris Theater | Chicago, IL | $1,700 |
| Harris Theater for Music and Dance | Chicago, IL | $1,377 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | Chicago, IL | $835 |
| Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | Chicago, IL | $835 |
| Jewish United Fund | Chicago, IL | $800 |
| Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL | $800 |
| Jewish United Fund | Chicago, IL | $800 |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Co | Chicago, IL | $800 |
| Chiarts Foundaton | Chicago, IL | $800 |
| Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $675 |
| Experimental Station | Chicago, IL | $600 |
| Albany Park Theater Project | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Art Insitute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $500 |
| Renaissance Society | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Arts Alliance Illinoi | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Timeline Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Yale Law School Fund | New Haven, CT | $500 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Music of the Baroque | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Art Insitute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Albany Park Theater Project | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Experimental Station | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Yale Law School Fund | New Haven, CT | $500 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $500 |
| Albany Park Theater Project | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Experimental Station | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Renaissance Society | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Chicago Jazz Philharmonic | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Society for Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | $335 |
| Society for Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | $335 |
| Chicago Architecture Center | Chicago, IL | $300 |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Co | Chicago, IL | $300 |
| Chicago Architecture Center | Chicago, IL | $300 |
| Chicago Architecture Center | Chicago, IL | $300 |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Co | Chicago, IL | $300 |
| Chicago Jazz Philharmonic | Chicago, IL | $250 |
| Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago, IL | $250 |
| Gephardt Institute | St Louis, MO | $250 |
| Brain Research Foundation | Chicago, IL | $250 |
| Design Museum of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $250 |
| Chiarts Foundaton | Chicago, IL | $200 |
| Design Museum of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $200 |
| Driehaus Museum | Chicago, IL | $200 |
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