Howard & Helaine Resnick Foundation
Glencoe, IL · EIN 23-7024808. Reported 107 grants totalling $1,144,029 to 69 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. Howard & Helaine Resnick 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 $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $188 and $3,622; the smallest was $18 and the largest $672,311. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resnick Charitable Fund | Glencoe, IL | $672,311 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $176,375 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $79,155 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North Suburban Synagogue Beth El Endowment Fund Inc | Highland Park, IL | $61,681 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Israel Tennis Centers Foundation | Deerfield Beach, FL | $15,360 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | Chicago, IL | $13,233 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $13,040 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Soloman Schechter Day School | Northbrook, IL | $11,970 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Moriah Congregation | Deerfield, IL | $10,780 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Opendor Media | Sunrise, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Il Holocaust Museum & Education Center | Skokie, IL | $7,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema | Highland Park, IL | $7,367 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Glencoe | Glencoe, IL | $5,580 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Ramah in Wisconsin | Chicago, IL | $5,192 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Israeli American Council | Woodland Hills, CA | $5,125 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe, IL | $5,018 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maccabi USA | Philadelphia, PA | $4,360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Detroit, MI | $4,260 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Israel Defense Forces Impact Program | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Shore Auxiliary of Jewish Child and Family Services | Chicago, IL | $2,175 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Purple | Seymour, CT | $2,115 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ravinia Festival Association | Highland Park, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israaid | Palo Alto, CA | $1,841 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jgive Friends of Asor Fund USA | Lakewood, NJ | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kehillah Jewish Education Fund | Skokie, IL | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make a Wish America | Phoenix, AZ | $1,345 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jcfs Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Birthright Isreal | New York, NY | $1,050 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas-Isreal Chamber of Commerce | Austin, TX | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cure Alliance | Miami, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Asor | Alexandria, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Barbara Hillel | Isla Vista, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sky's the Limit Fund | Milpitas, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Chesed Fund | Lincolnwood, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dana Farber - the Jimmy Fund | Boston, MA | $463 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc | Skokie, IL | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $373 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cals Angel Foundation | St Charles, IL | $371 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sach USA | Potomac, MD | $368 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| No Shame on U | Chicago, IL | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rett Syndrome Research Trust | Trumbull, CT | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society | Kennesaw, GA | $354 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rohr Chabad at Uw-Madison | Madison, WI | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reading Power Inc | Lake Bluff, IL | $290 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Givengain Foundation USA | Boston, MA | $263 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Bene Shalom | Skokie, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation Fighting Blindness | Columbia, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Enmotive | Chicago, IL | $245 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of New Hampshire | Bedford, NH | $207 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Timid Group Maryland | College Park, MD | $205 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Infinite Campus Foundation | Blaine, MN | $197 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crohns and Colitis Foundation | New York, NY | $189 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends | New York, NY | $184 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shalva | Chicago, IL | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Art Institute | Chicago, IL | $160 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Calgary Jewish Federation | Calgary, AB | $134 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Back on My Feet Boston | Boston, MA | $132 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Semper Fi & American Fund | Oceanside, CA | $132 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| DARE2TRI Paratriathlon Club | Chicago, IL | $104 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congregation Shaarey | Southfield, MI | $103 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation | Herriman, UT | $103 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Shore Congregation Isreal | Glencoe, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Society of Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Solidarity Bridge | Evanston, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Richmond Jewish Day School | BC | $52 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| L'chaim Center | Deerfield, IL | $37 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
21 of 69 (30%) 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 45%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 62 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | $293,968 | $2,887 |
| 2022 | 22 | $762,380 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $32,102 | $188 |
| 2024 | 25 | $55,579 | $373 |
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. 93% 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 $500. 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Howard & Helaine Resnick 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: 255 Mortimer Road, Glencoe, IL, 60022. 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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