Private foundation · EIN 36-6085373 · Chicago, IL · Return for the year ending 2024-11-30

Where Meyer and Raena Hammerman Foundation's grants went

It reported $67,500 in grants paid across 129 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 79.6% of those dollars to 101 recipient organizations.

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What its filing says about applications

Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 127 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2167725
$3,220OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Planned Parenthood of Illinois
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2170901
$3,000OPERATING PROGRAMSSame city 1.00
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Columbia, MD · no confident EIN match
$2,813OPERATING PROGRAMSUnmatched Help match
Penny Possible Foundation
Northbrook, IL · no confident EIN match
$2,812OPERATING PROGRAMSUnmatched Help match
Harvard Club of Chicago C/O Sacl
Dallas, TX · EIN 36-6110239
$2,001OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
The Wetlands Initiative
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3942451
$1,150OPERATING PROGRAMSSame city 1.00
Americares Foundation
Stamford, CT · EIN 06-1008595
$1,000OPERATING PROGRAMSKnown alias 1.00
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2167823
$1,000OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Hearing Health Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-1882107
$1,000OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
HIAS
Silver Spring, MD · EIN 13-5633307
$1,000OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Just Detention International
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 13-3711840
$1,000OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6008929
$1,000OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Project on Government Oversight
Washington, DC · EIN 52-1739443
$1,000OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
World Central Kitchen
Washington, DC · EIN 27-3521132
$1,000OPERATING PROGRAMSKnown alias 1.00
Conservation Fund
Arlington, VA · no confident EIN match
$1,000OPERATING PROGRAMSUnmatched Help match
Advance Illinois
Chicago, IL · EIN 26-2052733
$900OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Charity Global
Franklin, TN · EIN 22-3936753
$900OPERATING PROGRAMSKnown alias 1.00
Khan Academy
Mountain View, CA · EIN 26-1544963
$900OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Geneva, IL · EIN 36-3203648
$900OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Mentor
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$900OPERATING PROGRAMSUnmatched Help match
Build
Chicago, IL · EIN 23-7022085
$850OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA
New York, NY · EIN 13-3433452
$850OPERATING PROGRAMSKnown alias 1.00
Feeding America
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3673599
$850OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
San Francisco, CA · EIN 46-4638549
$850OPERATING PROGRAMSSame city 1.00
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · EIN 36-2167817
$850OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
The Trust for Public Land
San Francisco, CA · EIN 23-7222333
$850OPERATING PROGRAMSSame street 1.00
Niu Foundation
Dekalb, IL · no confident EIN match
$850OPERATING PROGRAMSUnmatched Help match
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Chicago, IL · EIN 23-7104524
$800OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Wdcb Public Radio
Glen Ellyn, IL · no confident EIN match
$800OPERATING PROGRAMSUnmatched Help match
Puppies Behind Bars
New York, NY · EIN 13-3969389
$785OPERATING PROGRAMSSame ZIP 1.00
University of Wisconsin Foundation
Madison, WI · EIN 39-0743975
$750OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3292607
$685OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund
New York, NY · EIN 20-0366717
$675OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
National Council on Aging
Arlington, VA · EIN 13-1932384
$675OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Wfmt Public Radio
Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match
$600OPERATING PROGRAMSUnmatched Help match
Human Rights FIRST
New York, NY · EIN 13-3116646
$590OPERATING PROGRAMSSame city 1.00
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2971864
$550OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-6213516
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSKnown alias 1.00
American Library Association
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2166947
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
As Good As Gold - Golden Retriever Rescue of Illinois
McHenry, IL · EIN 90-0083192
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 0.61
Block Club Chicago
Chicago, IL · EIN 82-3844275
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Center for Disaster Philanthropy
Washington, DC · EIN 45-5257937
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Chicago History Museum
Chicago, IL · EIN 20-4982186
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Common Cause Education Fund
Washington, DC · EIN 31-1705370
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSSame ZIP 1.00
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3866530
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 0.87
Equal Justice Initiative
Montgomery, AL · EIN 63-1135091
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Finca International
Washington, DC · EIN 13-3240109
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSSame ZIP 1.00
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association
Manteca, CA · EIN 91-1402470
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Humane World for Animals
Washington, DC · EIN 53-0225390
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00
Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Chicago, IL · EIN 23-7310602
$500OPERATING PROGRAMSSame address 1.00

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    84 recipients in common
  2. Jpmorgan Chase Foundation New York, NY
    57 recipients in common
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    53 recipients in common
  4. The Pfizer Foundation New York, NY
    43 recipients in common
  5. Texas Instruments Foundation Dallas, TX
    41 recipients in common
  6. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    34 recipients in common
  7. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    33 recipients in common
  8. Verizon Foundation Basking Ridge, NJ
    33 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.