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Avrum Gray Family Fund

Accepts applications Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois · EIN 201533159

Avrum Gray Family Fund is a private foundation in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $1.2 million in 1 grant; the typical grant was $1.2 million and the largest $1.2 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $534,791 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$427,5431$0
2024$534,7911$0
2025$1.2 million1$0

How to apply

ContactAvrum Gray
17W110 22nd Street - Suite 650, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Phone or email(312) 967-4211
What to submitGeneral request

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois1$1.2 million

Grants paid in 2025

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
See Attached Schedule
Chicago, IL
See attached schedule$1.2 million

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Avrum Gray Family Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Avrum Gray Family Fund give?

$1.2 million in tax year 2025, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $1.2 million.

Who runs Avrum Gray Family Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists Avrum Gray (V.P., Treas), James Gray (Vice Pres.), Lori Gray Faversham (President) and Matthew Gray (Vice Pres.).

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