Jerrold Ruskin Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 83-1467844 · reported 2023–2025
164grants reported
$500median award
$250lower quartile
$35smallest grant
$533Ktotal paid
14states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 16 of its 164 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $93K 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
70 W Madison St Ste 5200
Chicago, IL 60602-4378
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Museum of Contemporary Photography EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $63,393 |
| AM Shalom RELIGIOUS | Glencoe, IL | $43,170 |
| AM Shalom RELIGIOUS | Glencoe, IL | $41,311 |
| Jewish United Fund CIVIC | Chicago, IL | $30,000 |
| Hope Chicago EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| AM Shalom RELIGIOUS | Glencoe, IL | $24,000 |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $21,000 |
| Jewish United Fund CIVIC | Chicago, IL | $17,500 |
| Jewish United Fund CIVIC | Chicago, IL | $16,500 |
| Bayit Brigade America CIVIC | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Anti-Defamation League CIVIC | New York, NY | $12,350 |
| American Jewish Committe - Jacob Blaustein Building RELIGIOUS | New York, NY | $12,000 |
| Bayit Brigade America CIVIC | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Hope Chicago EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Hope Chicago EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Clearbrook CIVIC | Arlington Heights, IL | $9,500 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum EDUCATIONAL | Washington, DC | $9,500 |
| Montresso Art Foundation EDUCATIONAL | Marrakesh | $8,708 |
| The Art Center of Highland Park EDUCATIONAL | Highland Park, IL | $7,957 |
| The Art Center of Highland Park EDUCATIONAL | Highland Park, IL | $7,580 |
| Clearbrook CIVIC | Arlington Heights, IL | $6,600 |
| American Jewish Committe - Jacob Blaustein Building RELIGIOUS | New York, NY | $6,250 |
| Adl CIVIC. | New York, NY | $5,210 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum EDUCATIONAL | Washington, DC | $5,100 |
| American Jewish Committee - Jacob Blaustein Building RELIGIOUS | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Arts of Life EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Spertus Institute EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $4,900 |
| The Art Center of Highland Park EDUCATIONAL | Highland Park, IL | $4,665 |
| The Ember Foundation RELIGIOUS | Chicago, IL | $3,750 |
| The Ember Foundation RELIGIOUS | Chicago, IL | $3,500 |
| Spertus Institute EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $3,450 |
| Anti-Defamation League CIVIC | New York, NY | $3,400 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $2,770 |
| The Ember Foundation RELIGIOUS | Chicago, IL | $2,750 |
| Friends of the Idf CIVIC | New York, NY | $2,575 |
| Pasadena Jewish Temple RELIGIOUS | Pasadena, CA | $2,572 |
| Israel Cancer Research Foundation MEDICAL | New York, NY | $2,500 |
| Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $2,500 |
| Ravinia Festival CIVIC | Highland Park, IL | $2,500 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $2,393 |
| American Friends of Alyn Hospital MEDICAL | New York, NY | $1,800 |
| American Friends of Alyn Hospital MEDICAL | New York, NY | $1,563 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom MEDICAL | New York, NY | $1,500 |
| Camp Young Judea Midwest RELIGIOUS | Northbrook, IL | $1,500 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago EDUCATIONAL | Chicago, IL | $1,500 |
| Crohns and Colitis Foundation MEDICAL | Des Plaines, IL | $1,350 |
| Crohns and Colitis Foundation MEDICAL | Des Plaines, IL | $1,250 |
| Lynn Safe Breast Cancer Foundation MEDICAL | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Chicago Bar Foundation CIVIC | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Ravinia Festival CIVIC | Highland Park, IL | $1,000 |
| World Wildlife Fund CIVIC | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| YMCA Camp Independence EDUCATIONAL | Ingleside, IL | $1,000 |
| Biltmore Scholarship Foundation EDUCATIONAL | North Barrington, IL | $1,000 |
| Camp One Step at A Time CIVIC | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Northshore Hospital Foundation MEDICAL | Evanston, IL | $1,000 |
| The Birthright Israel Foundation EDUCATIONAL | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| YMCA Camp Independence EDUCATIONAL | Ingleside, IL | $1,000 |
| Art Encounter EDUCATIONAL | Evanston, IL | $862 |
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