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Who funds American Bar Foundation?

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 366110271

11 private foundations reported grants to American Bar Foundation in Chicago, Illinois totaling $617,429 across 11 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was Freedom Together Foundation, with $600,000.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Foundations that fund American Bar Foundation

All 11 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
Freedom Together Foundation
New York · 2024
Access to justice scholars program1$600,000
Herbert & Bui Simon Foundation Inc
Indiana · 2024
Donation in honor of sandra chan1$10,000
Mildred L Phillips Charitable Foundation Inc
Florida · 2025
A research institute committed to the principle that a deep understanding of the law is vital to a more just, equitable world.1$3,500
Melvin and Sylvia Kafka Foundation co Sara Suchman
Vermont · 2025
Financial Support1$1,000
Howard & Katherine Aibel Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
To further the donees' exempt purpose.1$1,000
Louis and Maria Harrison Charitable Fund
Illinois · 2024
General purposes1$750
Marina P and Stephen E Kaufman Foundation
New York · 2023 · accepts applications
Humanitarian1$300
Mitzvah Charitable Trust
Florida · 2025
Charitable contribution1$300
Mandel Family Foundation
California · 2025
For organization's charitable purpose1$300
Shatz Schwartz and Fentin Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Advancing justice with rigorous rese1$250
Amazonsmile Foundation
Washington · 2023
General support1$29

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

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Questions people ask

Who funds American Bar Foundation?

Freedom Together Foundation, Herbert & Bui Simon Foundation Inc, Mildred L Phillips Charitable Foundation Inc, Melvin and Sylvia Kafka Foundation co Sara Suchman and Howard & Katherine Aibel Foundation, and 6 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does American Bar Foundation get from foundations?

$617,429 in 11 reported grants from 11 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

Marina P and Stephen E Kaufman Foundation and Shatz Schwartz and Fentin Charitable Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

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