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David & Cathy Husman Fmly Foundatn

Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3851275. Reported 32 grants totalling $336,775 to 24 recipients across tax years 2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$336,775granted, 2024
24recipients, as named on its returns
$2,030,481assets, latest filing

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. David & Cathy Husman Fmly Foundatn did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $2,500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $150,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
13 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
14 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
1 grant
$10,000 - $25,000
1 grant
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
2 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
American Friends Hebrew UniversityChicago, IL$160,000312024
Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale, FL$155,000212024
Foot LightersNewport, KY$3,425412024
Jewish Learning InstituteBrooklyn, NY$2,500112024
Open DoorAurora, IL$2,500112024
Orthodox UnionNew York, NY$2,500112024
Halzalah South Florida Emergency Medical ServicesMiami, FL$2,000112024
Folds of HonorOwasso, OK$1,000112024
Hatzolah AirKew Gardens, NY$1,000112024
I Have a Dream FoundationNew York, NY$1,000112024
Kosher Food BankBrooklyn, NY$1,000112024
South Florida ZionistsHollywood, FL$1,000112024
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer CenterMiami, FL$1,000112024
Uhcd FoundationFarmingdale, NY$1,000112024
Fiu FoundationMiami, FL$500112024
Williams Island SynagogueAventura, FL$500112024
Guiding Eyes for the BlindYorktown, NY$150212024
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsNew York, NY$150212024
American Jewish CommitteeNew York, NY$100112024
Lighthouse for the BlindSeattle, WA$100112024
Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY$100112024
St Jude Research HospitalMemphis, TN$100112024
World Jewish CongressNew York, NY$100112024
Humane SocietyChicago, IL$50112024
Plus 42 grants to individuals totalling $347,049 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 14 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.

Education
3 grants
Religion
2 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Animal Welfare
2 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Youth Development
1 grant
Crime & Legal
1 grant
Civil Rights
1 grant

Where its money goes

48% 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.

Illinois
$163K
Florida
$160K
New York
$10K
Kentucky
$3K
Oklahoma
$1K
Tennessee
$100
Washington
$100

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund4 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc4 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program4 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust3 shared recipientsGreater Miami Jewish Federation Inc2 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc2 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Illinois.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 David & Cathy Husman Fmly Foundatn's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 1535 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL, 60642. 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.

EIN 36-3851275 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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