Lehman-Stamm Family Fund
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4267578 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Lehman-Stamm Family Fund
275grants reported
$5,000median award
$2,000lower quartile
$250smallest grant
$2.2Mtotal paid
16states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 17 of its 275 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $221K 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
227 W Monroe St Ste 3750
Chicago, IL 60606-5085
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 |
|---|---|---|
| American Jewish World Services ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $70,000 |
| American Jewish World Services ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| American Jewish World Services ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Lambda Legal ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | New York, NY | $37,500 |
| Lambda Legal ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | New York, NY | $37,500 |
| Lambda Legal ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | New York, NY | $37,500 |
| Northlight Theater ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Skokie, IL | $25,000 |
| NPR Foundation ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Tides Foundation ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Northlight Theater ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Skokie, IL | $25,000 |
| Tides Foundation ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
| Evanston Northshore YWCA ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Evanston, IL | $23,000 |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| National Public Housing Museum ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Chicago Media Project ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $17,500 |
| National Immigrant Justice Center ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $17,500 |
| Brennan Center for Justice ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Crossroads Fund ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Howard Brown Health Center ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| National Immigrant Justice Center ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| New Israel Fund ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Reproductive Rights Project ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Wbez ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Crossroads Fund ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Howard Brown Health Center ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| National Immigrant Justice Center ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| New Israel Fund ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Brennan Center for Justice ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| Howard Brown Health Center ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| New Israel Fund ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| AIDS Fdtn Chgo ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $12,500 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | New York, NY | $12,500 |
| Chicago Community Trust ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $12,500 |
| Evanston Community Foundation ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Evanston, IL | $12,500 |
| Evanston Scholars ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Evanston, IL | $12,500 |
| IL Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $12,500 |
| Queer Nightlight Community ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Brooklyn, NY | $12,500 |
| AIDS Fdtn Chgo ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $12,500 |
| Brennan Center for Justice ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | New York, NY | $12,500 |
| Chicago Media Project ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $12,500 |
| Evanston Community Foundation ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Evanston, IL | $12,500 |
| AIDS Fdtn Chgo ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $12,500 |
| Chicago Media Project ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $12,500 |
| Evanston Community Foundation ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Evanston, IL | $12,500 |
| IL Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $12,500 |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $12,500 |
| ACLU Foundation of Taxes ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Houston, TX | $10,000 |
| ACLU National Gay and Lesbian Project ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Center on Halsted ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH O | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
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