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Elinor Beidler Siklossy Foundation

Accepts applications Chicago, Illinois · EIN 363488641

Elinor Beidler Siklossy Foundation is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2024 it gave $131,650 in 49 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $20,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $120,900 the year before.

0% of its 2024 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$120,90049$2.9 million
2024$131,65049$2.9 million

How to apply

ContactElinor B Siklossy
53 W Jackson 530, Chicago, IL 60604
Phone or email(312) 922-3792
What to submitApplications should be in writing and should include information necessary to evaluate the organization and grant the request.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Elinor Beidler Siklossy Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 16 states, the most to Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida13$25,750
Pennsylvania1$20,000
New York5$18,500
Virginia5$12,000
Massachusetts3$11,500
Illinois7$9,400
District of Columbia4$9,000
Maryland2$7,000
Georgia2$5,000
Michigan1$3,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 49 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA
General fund$20,000
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
New York, NY
General fund$7,000
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
New York, NY
General fund$6,000
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA
General fund$6,000
Nat'l Alliance on Mental Illness of PB County
West Palm Beach, FL
General fund$6,000
The Voter Participation Center
Washington, DC
General fund$6,000
Berkshire County Arc
Pittsfield, MA
General fund$5,000
Nat'l Alliance on Mental Illness
Arlington, VA
General fund$5,000
Rollins School of Public Health
Atlanta, GA
General fund$4,000
Epilepsy Found of America
Landover, MD
General fund$3,500
The Stanley Medical Research Institute
Kensington, MD
General fund$3,500
Barry University
Miami, FL
General fund$3,000
Columbia College
New York, NY
General fund$3,000
Doctors Without Borders
Merrifield, VA
General fund$3,000
Memorial Presbyterian Church
WP Beach, FL
General fund$3,000
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
General fund$3,000
Washington University
St Louis, MO
General fund$3,000
Animal Regulation
West Palm Beach, FL
General fund$2,500
Animal Rescue League
West Palm Beach, FL
General fund$2,500
American Diabetes Association
Merrifield, VA
General fund$2,000
Carthage College
Kenosha, WI
General fund$2,000
Csulb 49ER Foundation
Long Beach, CA
General fund$2,000
Florida Audubon
Miami, FL
General fund$2,000
Nat'l Alliance on Mental Illness of Florida
Tallahassee, FL
General fund$2,000
Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
General fund$2,000
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Dallas, TX
General fund$2,000
Clubhouse International
New York, NY
General fund$1,500
Esperanza Community Services
Chicago, IL
General fund$1,500
Imerman Angels
Chicago, IL
General fund$1,500
Nature Conservancy
Arlington, VA
General fund$1,500
Giant Steps
Lisle, IL
General fund$1,400
Alzheimer's Association
Chicago, IL
General fund$1,000
American Institute for Cancer Research
Washington, DC
General fund$1,000
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Harpers Ferry, WV
General fund$1,000
Autism Speaks
New York, NY
General fund$1,000
Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance-Greater Chicago
Chicago, IL
General fund$1,000
Easter Seals
West Palm Beach, FL
General fund$1,000
Edward Hines Jr Va Hospital-Hines Fisher House
Hines, IL
General fund$1,000
Epilepsy Foundation of Florida
West Palm Beach, FL
General fund$1,000
Florida Atlantic U Foundation
Boca Raton, FL
General fund$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Elinor Beidler Siklossy Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Elinor Beidler Siklossy Foundation give?

$131,650 in tax year 2024, across 49 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Elinor Beidler Siklossy Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Elinor Beidler Siklossy (Trustee) and Francis Beidler III (Trustee).

What does Elinor Beidler Siklossy Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, health and science and research.

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