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Walder Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 46-4092041 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
- Total grants paid
- $24.4M
- Grants reported
- 200
- Median grant
- $77.5K
- Future commitments
- None reported
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 200 | $24.4M |
Where Walder 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.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO | CHICAGO, IL | Arie Crown Hebrew Day School Capital Project | 2024 | $2.3M |
| LUBAVITCH GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL INC | CHICAGO, IL | Capital Expenses for Construction of a New School building | 2024 | $1.5M |
| HILLEL TORAH NORTH SUBURBAN DAY SCHOOL | SKOKIE, IL | Hillel Torah Campus Expansion and Renovation | 2024 | $500K |
| LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | CHICAGO, IL | Global expansion of Chicago-led urban biodiversity research and conservation network | 2024 | $482.7K |
| ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES | CHICAGO, IL | Chicago(land) Flooding and Sanitation Equity Initiative | 2024 | $450K |
| MORTON ARBORETUM | LISLE, IL | A Chicago Based Hub For Assessment, Planning, And Action For Saving Threatened Trees | 2024 | $388.1K |
| CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY | GLENCOE, IL | Improving ex situ plant conservation: Scaling up zoo pedigree management approaches to critically rare plants in the Pacific | 2024 | $387K |
| SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY | CHICAGO, IL | Maximizing Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation Through global partnerships | 2024 | $373.4K |
| YESHIVA SHEARIS YISROEL-VEITZENER CHEDER INC | CHICAGO, IL | Mortgage Reduction Funds | 2024 | $360K |
| UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH | GUELPH, ONTARIO | BIOALFA: ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE OF COSTA RICAN BIODIVERSITY THROUGH DNA BARCODES | 2024 | $333K |
| ETZION FOUNDATION INC | TEANECK, NJ | Women's Shulchan Aruch and Halachic Writing Fellowship | 2024 | $330.1K |
| NIJC NFP | CHICAGO, IL | Strengthening Legal Services for Chicago Immigrants | 2024 | $300K |
| METROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL | CHICAGO, IL | Right Infrastructure, Right Place | 2024 | $300K |
| RESEARCH CORPORATION | TUCSON, AZ | Scialog Partnership to Support Chicago-Area Fellows research | 2024 | $300K |
| RELIEF RESOURCES INC | LAKEWOOD, NJ | Relief Global Midwest Division | 2024 | $275K |
| HEALTHY SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN | CHICAGO, IL | Green + Resilient Chicago: A sustainable, equitable plan for public investment in Green Stormwater Infrastructure | 2024 | $260K |
| JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | BALTIMORE, MD | The Walder Foundation Distinguished Professorship in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 2024 | $250K |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HALA | CLEVELAND, OH | Support for Purchase of MRI Machine | 2024 | $250K |
| SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW | CHICAGO, IL | Migration and Immigrant Communities | 2024 | $250K |
| CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | CHICAGO, IL | Illinois Immigration Funders Collaborative | 2024 | $250K |
| SOULU | CHICAGO, IL | Upward Community Circle of Support | 2024 | $250K |
| IFF | CHICAGO, IL | America's Cultural Treasures Chicago | 2024 | $250K |
| JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO | CHICAGO, IL | Israel Emergency Response | 2024 | $244K |
| THE JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY | JERUSALEM, GIVAT MORDECHAI | Tal Campus Bioinformatics Department and Conference center | 2024 | $240K |
| FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | CHICAGO, IL | Magnifying Conservation Impact and Biodiversity Understanding in the Guiana Shield | 2024 | $229.1K |
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 Walder Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). 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.