Ehrlichman Family Foundation
Highland Park, IL · EIN 20-1517940. Reported 76 grants totalling $84,800 to 56 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ehrlichman Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $250. Half of everything it gave fell between $200 and $500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $11,250. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $33,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish United Fund | Chicago, IL | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mccallum Theatre Foundation Inc | Palm Desert, CA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area | Rancho Mirage, CA | $5,450 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of the Desert | Rancho Mirage, CA | $4,625 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ravinia Festival Association | Highland Park, IL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mccallum Theatre | Palm Desert, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palm Springs Art Museum | Palm Springs, CA | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Institute for Cancer Research | Arlington, VA | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beit T'shuvah | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Hearing & Speech Resources | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Institute for Cancer Research | Washington, DC | $950 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Highland Park Community Foundation | Highland Park, IL | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Desert Community Foundation | Palm Desert, CA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eisenhower Health Foundation | Rancho Mirage, CA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind | Warrington, PA | $550 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dolphins Challenge Sylvester Cancer Research | Miami Gardens, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Service Organizations | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Working in the Schools | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Musuem | Washington, DC | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory Foundation | Rancho Mirage, CA | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe, IL | $260 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chicago Sinai Congregation | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Hearing & Speech Rehabilitation | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hollywood Food Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel Guide Dog Center | Warrington, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Services of the Desert | Palm Springs, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lubavitch Chabad of Northbrook | Northbrook, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Suburban Synagogue Beth El | Highland Park, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northshore University Health System Foundation | Evanston, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwestern School of Medicine | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Andrews Lighthouse Inc | Jax Bch, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc | Memphis, TN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Temple Jeremiah | Northfield, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Uja Federation | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wits | Clifton Park, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 112 Education Foundation | Highwood, IL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anti Defamation League | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barkee Laroux's House of Love Animal Sanctuary | Palm Springs, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | Glenview, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hebrew Theological College | Skokie, IL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jdrf International | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation | Chicago, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miami City Ballet Inc | Miami Beach, FL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parkinsons Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Parkinsons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning | Chicago, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unc Health Foundation Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northshore Senior Center | Northfield, IL | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rancho Mirage Library & Obervatory Foundation | Rancho Mirage, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| AARP Foundation | Washington, DC | $90 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alzheimers Disease Research | Clarksburg, MD | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
14 of 56 (25%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 33%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Jewish United Fund
EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 52 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | $17,550 | $250 |
| 2022 | 15 | $21,650 | $500 |
| 2023 | 17 | $21,690 | $250 |
| 2024 | 23 | $23,910 | $250 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 64% of this one's giving went to organizations in Illinois. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $250. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Illinois.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ehrlichman Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 74 Oakvale, Highland Park, IL, 60035. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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