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Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 23-7028857 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$6M
Grants reported
210
Median grant
$15K
Future commitments
None reported

Giving by tax year

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
202597$2.7M
2024113$3.3M

Where Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.

RecipientLocationPurposeTax yearAmount
CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESSCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$450K
NORTHWESTERN FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINECHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2025$225K
FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE BATLLE DISCRETIONARYCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$225K
WEST COAST SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$215K
WEST COAST SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2025$205K
LOOKINGGLASS THEATRE COMPANYCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2025$115K
COLLABORACTION THEATRECHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2025$105K
FRIENDS OF ELNETCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2025$100K
DOVETAIL PROJECTCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$100K
BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATIONCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$100K
CORNELL UNIVERSITYCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$100K
ECHOES OF HOPECHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2025$100K
FRIENDS OF ELNETCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$100K
IOLA'S LYCEUMCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2025$100K
DOVETAIL PROJECTCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2025$100K
YOUNG CHICAGO AUTHORSCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$100K
IMAGINE ENGLEWOOD IFCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2025$75.4K
CHAMAHCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$75K
LOOKINGGLASS THEATRE COMPANYCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$75K
IMAGINE ENGLEWOOD IFCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$75K
ECHOES OF HOPECHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$75K
TIMELINE THEATRECHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2025$60K
TIMELINE THEATRECHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$60K
LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATIONCHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$52K
GIRLS 4 SCIENCECHICAGO, ILGENERAL UNRESTRICTED, EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION2024$51K

How to apply

This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.

About this data

Figures are aggregated from Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.

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