Sacks Family Foundation
Private foundation · Highland Park, IL · EIN 36-4053778 · reported 2023–2025
163grants reported
$25Kmedian award
$10Klower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$19.4Mtotal paid
8states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 8 of its 163 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $1.9M 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
833 Central Ave Unit 1155
Highland Park, IL 60035-6240
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund | Chicago, IL | $1,176,000 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $1,077,500 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $1,050,000 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000,000 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000,000 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $1,000,000 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000,000 |
| Jewish United Fund | Chicago, IL | $600,000 |
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $500,000 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $500,000 |
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $500,000 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $500,000 |
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $500,000 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $500,000 |
| Navy Seal Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | $375,000 |
| Anti Defamation League Foundation | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| EB Research Partnership | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| Hope Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| Hope Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| Hope Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Co | Chicago, IL | $225,000 |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Co | Chicago, IL | $215,000 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $210,000 |
| Breaking Through Inc | Highland Park, IL | $200,000 |
| Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago, IL | $200,000 |
| Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago, IL | $200,000 |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Co | Chicago, IL | $200,000 |
| Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago, IL | $200,000 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $180,000 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | $179,571 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | $175,000 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | $170,000 |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $162,500 |
| Anti Defamation League Foundation | New York, NY | $150,000 |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $130,000 |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $125,000 |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Washington, DC | $125,000 |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Washington, DC | $125,000 |
| After School Matters | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | Rancho Mirage, CA | $100,000 |
| Shirley Ryan Ability Lab | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | Rancho Mirage, CA | $100,000 |
| Shirley Ryan Ability Lab | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | Rancho Mirage, CA | $100,000 |
| Help Hope Live | Radnor, PA | $100,000 |
| Shirley Ryan Ability Lab | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| AM Shalom | Glencoe, IL | $93,100 |
| Erikson Institute | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Teach for America | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Erikson Institute | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Teach for America | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $75,000 |
| WE Women Empowered | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Erikson Institute | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Teach for America | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $75,000 |
| Chicago Architecture Biennial | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Communities in Schools of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Ellington Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 |
| Food Allergy Research and Education | McLean, VA | $50,000 |
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