The Grossinger Foundation
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6108185 · reported 2023–2025
50grants reported
$5,013median award
$2,500lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$555Ktotal paid
9states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 9 of its 50 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $141K 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
PO Box 30201
Chicago, IL 60630-0201
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 of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $80,000 |
| Breakthrough Energy | Kirkland, WA | $40,000 |
| Breakthrough Energy | Kirkland, WA | $40,000 |
| The Chicago Lighthouse | Chicago, IL | $33,000 |
| The Chicago Lighthouse | Chicago, IL | $30,000 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $29,900 |
| Hope Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Hope Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| The Chicago Lighthouse | Chicago, IL | $15,000 |
| The Lyon Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | $11,500 |
| Harvard Kennedy School | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 |
| Institute of Soil and Soul | Glencoe, IL | $10,000 |
| Ravinia Festival Association | Highland Park, IL | $10,000 |
| Ravinia Festival Association | Highland Park, IL | $10,000 |
| Harvard Kennedy School | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 |
| Ravinia Festival Association | Highland Park, IL | $10,000 |
| Orlando Health Foundation | Orlando, FL | $8,500 |
| Orlando Health Foundation | Orlando, FL | $8,500 |
| The Lyon Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | $7,500 |
| The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc | Norwalk, CT | $6,044 |
| Operation White Stork (ukraine) | Winnetka, IL | $5,370 |
| Congregation Ohev Shalom | Maitland, FL | $5,026 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Jewish National Fund - Keren Kayemeth Leisrael - Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Mod Collective | Winnetka, IL | $5,000 |
| Mod Collective | Winnetka, IL | $5,000 |
| Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Festival of Children Foundation | Costa Mesa, CA | $5,000 |
| Embarc Inc | Chicago, IL | $3,400 |
| Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando Inc | Winter Park, FL | $3,000 |
| Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center | Skokie, IL | $3,000 |
| White Stork - United States Ltd | Winnetka, IL | $2,581 |
| Mod Collective | Winnetka, IL | $2,557 |
| For Autistic Kids Foundation | Glenview, IL | $2,500 |
| Cal's All-Star Angel Foundation Inc | St Charles, IL | $2,500 |
| For Autistic Kids Foundation | Glenview, IL | $2,500 |
| Pink Squirrels Critter Rescue Inc | Windermere, FL | $2,000 |
| Jewish Family Service Orlando | Winter Park, FL | $2,000 |
| Pink Squirrels Critter Rescue Inc | Windermere, FL | $2,000 |
| Pink Squirrels Critter Rescue Inc | Windermere, FL | $2,000 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | $1,250 |
| Keys Jewish Community Center Inc | Tavernier, FL | $575 |
| Help Hope Live Inc | Radnor, PA | $500 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc | Hagerstown, MD | $500 |
| Camp Gan Israel | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Camp Gan Israel | Chicago, IL | $500 |
Which foundations would fund your organization?
Tell us what you do, where you are and how big you are. We search 4,435,845 reported grants and hand back the foundations that already funded organizations like yours, at a size you can actually win.
Get your funder match — $29