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Who funds Wbez?

Chicago, Illinois

50 private foundations reported grants to Wbez in Chicago, Illinois totaling $172,736 across 51 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was The Howard S Dubin Family Foundation, with $30,000.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Funders of Wbez that accept applications

If your organization does similar work, these foundations are prospects: they already fund work like Wbez's and say in their IRS filings that they accept applications.

More prospects in the funder finder, filtered to foundations that give in Illinois.

Foundations that fund Wbez

All 50 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
The Howard S Dubin Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
General support1$30,000
The Walsh Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General charitable purposes1$25,000
The Lehman-Stamm Family Fund
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
All contributions were made for the general, charitable, educational or scientific purpose of each organization.2$20,000
Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc
Illinois · 2024
Charity1$12,000
Susan & Robert Wislow Charitable Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General unrestricted charitable purpose1$10,000
Red Lodge Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Charitable purposes1$8,000
Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General unrestricted, exempt purpose of organization1$5,000
Kanter Family Foundation
Utah · 2023 · accepts applications
Support Charitable Purpose1$5,000
The Anstiss and Ronald Krueck Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
General purposes1$5,000
Dewoskinroskin Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Unrestricted1$5,000
McCortney Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
General1$5,000
Joseph H Goldberg Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Donation1$4,500
John Marshall Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Unrestricted1$4,000
Roslyn & Joseph Perlman Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General charitable purposes1$3,000
Modestus Bauer Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General charitable use1$3,000
The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Charitable purpose of recipient1$2,250
The Hale Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Operating funds1$2,000
Bertha Lebus Charitable Trust
Illinois · 2025
General support1$2,000
Irving & Marilyn Naiditch Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
To aid organization1$1,500
Joseph Perlman Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Charitable1$1,250
Rothman Charitable Trust
Illinois · 2025
Literary1$1,200
King Spruce Company
Massachusetts · 2024
Unrestricted gift1$1,000
Good Heart Work Smart Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Exempt Purpose of Organization1$1,000
The Goldblatt Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
Promote org's activity by gifts to gen'l rev fund.1$1,000
Thomas H and Donna M Stone Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Humanitarian1$1,000
Sirius Fund
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
To support charitable purpose1$1,000
Paul Bechtner Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Support public broadcasting1$1,000
The Joseph B Glossberg Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Donation1$1,000
36 Foundation Inc
Florida · 2024
Charitable1$1,000
Covington Charitable TR
Illinois · 2025
General donation1$1,000
John and Margaret Sagan Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General purpose grant1$1,000
Ferdi Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Same as orgainization 1.1$900
Robert G Weiss Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General purposes1$750
Sinha Kikeri Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Contribution1$681
Morna R-Schwartz Foundation Inc
Washington · 2024
Donation1$500
Helmut Wolfgang Schumann Foundation
New Hampshire · 2024
General Support1$500
The Bruno and Sallie Pasquinelli Family Foundation
Michigan · 2024 · accepts applications
To support the community1$500
Bruce and Ann Bachmann Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
To foster and promote activities of recipient.1$500
Mardell Family Charitable Fdn
Illinois · 2025
General donation1$500
Foley Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Community1$500
Jocarno Fund
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Support general operations1$500
Lydia and Gus Backer Family Foundation
Arizona · 2025
Program Support1$500
Karen and Jason Sussman Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
To enhance the purpose of the organization1$365
The Baila Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General charitable contribution1$365
Tim and Maureen Hunter Charitable Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General Operating1$250
Mendelson-Wolff Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Exempt purpose of organization1$250
Robert G Shaw Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Unrestricted1$200
Arkes Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Exempt purpose of organization1$120
The Michel Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
To support civic community1$100
Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General Fund Raising1$55

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.

Using this list

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Questions people ask

Who funds Wbez?

The Howard S Dubin Family Foundation, The Walsh Foundation, The Lehman-Stamm Family Fund, Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation Inc and Susan & Robert Wislow Charitable Foundation, and 45 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Wbez get from foundations?

$172,736 in 51 reported grants from 50 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

The Howard S Dubin Family Foundation, The Lehman-Stamm Family Fund, Kanter Family Foundation, The Anstiss and Ronald Krueck Foundation and Dewoskinroskin Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

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