The Lehman-Stamm Family Fund
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4267578. Reported 169 grants totalling $1,335,600 to 89 organizations across tax years 2023-2024. 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. The Lehman-Stamm Family Fund 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $50,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Jewish World Services | Chicago, IL | $101,750 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | Chicago, IL | $90,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lambda Legal | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $37,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Israel Fund | San Francisco, CA | $34,750 | 5 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Immigrant Justice Center | Chicago, IL | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Media Project | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Howard Brown Health Center | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Public Housing Museum | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northlight Theater | Skokie, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Evanston Northshore YWCA | Evanston, IL | $28,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| AIDS Fdtn Chgo | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Evanston Community Foundation | Evanston, IL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Il Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee | Chicago, IL | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crossroads Fund | Chicago, IL | $21,500 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Voices for Peace | Berkeley, CA | $21,500 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| ACLU National Gay and Lesbian Project | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Community Trust | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equality Illinois Education Fund | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Erie Family Health Center Fnd | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Little Village Environmental Justice Org | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Evanston Scholars | Evanston, IL | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Midwest Access Project | Chicago, IL | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| James B Moran Center | Eanston, IL | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Victory Institute | Washington, DC | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Refugee One | Chicago, IL | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Constitution Society | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Abortion Fund | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equal Hope | Chicago, IL | $14,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Foundation for Women | Chicago, IL | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| J Street Education Fund | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equality Texas | Austin, TX | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| ACLU Foundation of Taxes | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bend the Arc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Blacks in Greenemmett Till Museum | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center on Halsted | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chicago Frontline Funding Initiative | Beidgeton, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chicago House | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighbors for Environmental Justice | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Telluride Foundation | Telluride, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tent Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wbez | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Council Urban Affairs | Chicago, IL | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tides Center - Palastine Legal | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Cenral Kitchen | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brave Space Alliance | Chicago, IL | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Health | Harvey, IL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Convergence | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Evanston Roundtable Media | Evanston, IL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Children - Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Palestine Legalvia Tides Organization | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Dads Foundation | Trenton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unify America | Evanston, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Currents | Brooklyn, NY | $3,750 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Unicef | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins Children's Center | Baltimore, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mondoweiss | Detroit, MI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Family Serivice Chicago | Chicago, IL | $2,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alabama School of Math and Science | Mobile, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Astrea Lesbian Foundation for Justice | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leadership Greater Chicago | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Meccsei Project Midle East Cultural & Charitable Society | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northshore University Health Systems | Evanston, IL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sparky Latina Scholarship Fund | Telluride, CO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Telluride Medical Center Foundation | Telluride, CO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wttw Channel 11 | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ashrei Foundation | St Louis, MO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Earth Justice | San Francisco, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fountain House | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Transgender Education | Austin, TX | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Green Council | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Council of Jewish Women | Northbrook, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Telluride Mountain Film | Telluride, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Fire | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trans Pride Initiative | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ah Haa School | Telluride, CO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
60 of 89 (67%) received money in more than one year over the 2 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 90%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- American Jewish World Services
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH ORGANIZATION.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 93 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 81 | $652,750 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 88 | $682,850 | $5,000 |
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. 67% 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 $5,000. 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 The Lehman-Stamm Family Fund'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: 227 W Monroe Street Suite 3750, Chicago, IL, 60606. 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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