The Lehman-Stamm Family Fund
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4267578. Reported 275 grants totalling $2,194,135 to 122 recipients across tax years 2023-2025. 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 $70,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Jewish World Services | Chicago, IL | $171,750 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | Chicago, IL | $135,000 | 6 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lambda Legal | New York, NY | $114,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU | Chicago, IL | $65,000 | 6 | 3 | 2025 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $62,500 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Northlight Theater | Skokie, IL | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| New Israel Fund | San Francisco, CA | $52,250 | 7 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chicago Media Project | Chicago, IL | $47,500 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Immigrant Justice Center | Chicago, IL | $47,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Howard Brown Health Center | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Crossroads Fund | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 7 | 3 | 2025 |
| AIDS Fdtn Chgo | Chicago, IL | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Evanston Community Foundation | Evanston, IL | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Il Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Public Housing Museum | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Evanston Northshore YWCA | Evanston, IL | $33,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chicago Community Trust | Chicago, IL | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jewish Voices for Peace | Berkeley, CA | $31,500 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| ACLU National Gay and Lesbian Project | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chicago Abortion Fund | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Equality Illinois Education Fund | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Erie Family Health Center Fnd | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Evanston Scholars | Evanston, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Little Village Environmental Justice Org | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wbez | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Victory Institute | Washington, DC | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Refugee One | Chicago, IL | $25,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| NPR Foundation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| James B Moran Center | Eanston, IL | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Constitution Society | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chicago Foundation for Women | Chicago, IL | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| J Street Education Fund | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equal Hope | Chicago, IL | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| ACLU Foundation of Taxes | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Center on Halsted | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Midwest Access Project | Chicago, IL | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tides Center - Palastine Legal | Chicago, IL | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bend the Arc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chicago House | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neighbors for Environmental Justice | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Reproductive Rights Project | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Telluride Foundation | Telluride, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Equality Texas | Austin, TX | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jewish Council Urban Affairs | Chicago, IL | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Queer Nightlight Community | Brooklyn, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Earth Justice | San Francisco, CA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| World Cenral Kitchen | Washington, DC | $11,250 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Blacks in Greenemmett Till Museum | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Frontline Funding Initiative | Beidgeton, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Health | Harvey, IL | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Elpc | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Abortion Fund | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nijc | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ppil | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tent Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unify America | Evanston, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wellspring Health Access | Casper, WY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brave Space Alliance | Chicago, IL | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Children - Chicago | Chicago, IL | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Convergence | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Evanston Roundtable Media | Evanston, IL | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Icirr | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Repro Tlc | Berwyn, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Abortion Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Palestine Legalvia Tides Organization | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Dads Foundation | Trenton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wttw Channel 11 | Chicago, IL | $4,500 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jewish Currents | Brooklyn, NY | $3,750 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trans Pride Initiative | Dallas, TX | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Unicef | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Johns Hopkins Children's Center | Baltimore, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leadership Greater Chicago | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mondoweiss | Detroit, MI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Out Youth Austin | Austin, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sparky Latina Scholarship Fund | Telluride, CO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Telluride Medical Center Foundation | Telluride, CO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Family Serivice Chicago | Chicago, IL | $2,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Health Alliance for Austin Musicians | Austin, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kind Clinic | Austin, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sims Foundation | Austin, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Austin Sanctuary Network | Austin, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Carleton University Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| CASA Marianella | Austin, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Charleston University Foundation | Charleston, WV | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kutx | Austin, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Telluride Mountain Film | Telluride, CO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Safe Alliance | Austin, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ashrei Foundation | St Louis, MO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Climate Action Evanston | Evanston, IL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fountain House | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Telluride Arts | Telluride, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Transgender Education | Austin, TX | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Green Council | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ah Haa School | Telluride, CO | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Chicago, IL | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Relief and International Development | Arlington, VA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Westside Food Bank | Santa Monica, CA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Health Medicine Policy | Chicago, IL | $1,035 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ashwell Clinic | Austin, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Brower Park Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hospitals Foundation-Endeavor Health | Evanston, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Council of Jewish Women | Northbrook, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Fire | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crown Family School of Social Work | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
68 of 122 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 83%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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. - Kutx
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH ORGANIZATION.ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE GENERAL, CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE OF EACH ORGANIZATION.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 146 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 81 | $652,750 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 88 | $682,850 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 106 | $858,535 | $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
66% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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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