Private foundation
CHICAGO, ILEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 990-PF | $730,929 | $629,357 | $533,129 | $6,456,901 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 71% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEWISH COUNCIL ON URBAN AFFAIRSCHICAGO, IL | UNRESTRICTED | $45,000 | 2022 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kay Berkson | PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Kenneth J Landau | SECRETARY/DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Sidney Hollander | TREASURER/DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Daniel Berkson | DIRECTOR |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $6,456,901 |
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $561,241 | $711,485 | $597,328 | $6,405,329 | $6,405,329 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $958,299 | $742,376 | $582,454 | $6,555,573 | $6,555,573 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $585,863 | $659,083 | $510,000 | $6,339,650 | $6,339,650 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $975,106 | $627,469 | $509,500 | $6,737,870 | $6,412,870 |
| UNRESTRICTED |
| $45,000 |
| 2021 |
| JEWISH COUNCIL ON URBAN AFFAIRSCHICAGO, IL | UNRESTRICTED | $45,000 | 2023 |
| JEWISH COUNCIL ON URBAN AFFAIRSCHICAGO, IL | GENERAL SUPPORT | $45,000 | 2024 |
| CHANGING WORLDSCHICAGO, IL | UNRESTRICTED | $45,000 | 2021 |
| THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 20 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.CHICAGO, IL | GENERAL SUPPORT | $40,000 | 2025 |
| CHANGING WORLDSCHICAGO, IL | UNRESTRICTED | $35,000 | 2022 |
| CHANGING WORLDSCHICAGO, IL | UNRESTRICTED | $35,000 | 2023 |
| CHANGING WORLDSCHICAGO, IL | GENERAL SUPPORT | $35,000 | 2024 |
| ARISE CHICAGOCHICAGO, IL | GENERAL SUPPORT | $35,000 | 2025 |
| CHANGING WORLDSCHICAGO, IL | GENERAL SUPPORT | $35,000 | 2025 |
| VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN UPTOWN INCCHICAGO, IL | GENERAL SUPPORT | $30,000 | 2024 |
| ALBANY PARK THEATRE PROJECTCHICAGO, IL | $25,000 PORT OF ENTRY CAMPAIGN, $5,000 UNRESTRICTED | $30,000 | 2021 |
| SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAWCHICAGO, IL | HOUSING JUSTICE | $30,000 | 2022 |
| SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAWCHICAGO, IL | HOUSING JUSTICE | $30,000 | 2021 |
| J STREET EDUCATION FUNDWASHINGTON, DC | GENERAL SUPPORT | $30,000 | 2024 |
| SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAWCHICAGO, IL | HOUSING JUSTICE | $30,000 | 2024 |
| VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN UPTOWNCHICAGO, IL | GENERAL SUPPORT | $30,000 | 2025 |
| AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICENEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $30,000 | 2024 |
| IL COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTSCHICAGO, IL | GENERAL SUPPORT | $30,000 | 2025 |
| SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAWCHICAGO, IL | HOUSING JUSTICE | $30,000 | 2023 |
| LATINO UNION OF CHICAGOMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.CHICAGO, IL | GENERAL SUPPORT | $25,000 | 2025 |
| IL COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTSCHICAGO, IL | UNRESTRICTED | $25,000 | 2021 |
| IL COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTSCHICAGO, IL | UNRESTRICTED | $25,000 | 2023 |
| AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICENEW YORK, NY | UNRESTRICTED | $25,000 | 2023 |
| 1.00 |
| $0 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Nov 30, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202520799349100632
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Nov 30, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202421359349103692
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Nov 30, 2022
Filing id 202330459349100623
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Nov 30, 2021
Filing id 202212739349101416
Form 990-PF · FY2015 · period ending Nov 30, 2015
Filing id 201632359349100453
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.