Florence and Laurence Spungen Family
Lincolnshire, IL · EIN 20-7155204. Reported 237 grants totalling $3,253,552 to 129 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Florence and Laurence Spungen Family checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
7 of the organizations Florence and Laurence Spungen Family funded make grants themselves, and it reported 13 grants totalling $378,018 to them. That is 16% of the $2,397,673 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara Foundation | community foundation | California | $153,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| The Lake County Community | grantmaking organization | Illinois | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Funders Network | grantmaking organization | New York | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Fund for Santa Barbara Inc | community foundation | California | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan | federated giving programme | Illinois | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Ventura County Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc | federated giving programme | Wisconsin | $18 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $18 and the largest $95,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | $160,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ark (the Ark) | Northbrook, IL | $157,205 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $153,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Friends of Hand in Hand | Portland, OR | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lake County Community Foundation | Grayslake, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation B'nai B'rith | Santa Barbara, CA | $98,600 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Food Bank of Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Israaid Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc | Palo Alto, CA | $83,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sharsheret | Teaneck, NJ | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Candles Holocaust Museum and Education Center | Terre Haute, IN | $72,245 | 7 | 3 | 2025 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $68,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| New Israel Fund | New York, NY | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pads Lake County | Waukegan, IL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Il | Skokie, IL | $57,977 | 7 | 1 | 2023 |
| Minding Your Mind | Ardmore, PA | $57,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Urban Adamah | Berkeley, CA | $54,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Helping Hands Network | Northbrook, IL | $52,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Children's Oncology Services | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Dignitymoves | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Equal Hope (metro Chicago Breast Task Force) | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Erie Family Health Centers (foundation) | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Child and Family Services | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mental Health Association of Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| World Outside My Shoes | Medical Lake, WA | $43,550 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Alabama Holocaust Education Center | Birmingham, AL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Fund for Santa Barbara Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Chicago Lighthouse | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Vitamin Angels Alliance | Santa Barbara, CA | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Educator's Institute for Human Rights | Washington, DC | $33,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hospice of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Judaism Your Way | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lake County Crisis Center for the Prevention of Domestic Violence | Zion, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Shelter Box | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse | Santa Barbara, CA | $26,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wilderness Youth Project | Santa Barbara, CA | $26,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| At the Well Project | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| CASA Lake County Inc | Vernon Hills, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dignity Moves | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Equal Hope (metrochicago Breast Task Force) | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Service of Lake County | Highland Park, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Service of Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Samaritan Shelter for Dignity Moves | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Josselyn | Northfield, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Josselyn Center Nfp | Northfield, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sharsheret | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Farkas Center for the Study of the Holocaust | San Francisco, CA | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Caddy for a Cure Tudi's Tribe | Port St Lucie, FL | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| A Safe Place | Zion, IL | $22,250 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Ogen | University Heights, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Walls Sb St Medicine | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Isla Vista Youth Projects | Goleta, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kavod | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Family School | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Elyssa's Mission | Northbrook, IL | $19,173 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $16,800 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cancer Foundation of Sb | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| CASA Serena | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Erie Family Health Centers | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Illinois Holocaust Museum | Skokie, IL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lauri S Bauer Foundation | Lincolnshire, IL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Riverside Foundation | Lincolnshire, IL | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hillel Foundation University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Covid Grief Network Co Reimagine Inc | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Canary Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cancer Foundation of Greater Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Walls | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Bank of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Impacting Veterans Lives Inc | Wadsworth, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Free Loan Association | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Josselyn Center | Northfield, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Family and Children Services | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kavod | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nechama Jewish Response to Disaster | Saint Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Louis Holocaust Museum | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stevenson High School Community Foundation | Lincolnshire, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Vna Health Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vitamin Angels | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Anne Frank Center | New York, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center | Skokie, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lauri S Bauer Foundation for Sudden Loss | Lincolnshire, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Jewish World Service Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Philatelic Society | Bellefonte, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community 365 Inc | Winthrop Harbor, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Court Room 600 | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends Forever | Durham, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hapi Foundation Co Jewish Family Service of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jta-Mjl New Corp | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Louis D Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The College of Saint Mary | Omaha, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Kindertransport Association | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trees That Feed Foundation | Winnetka, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Taproots Inc | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Together We Remember | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vna Health | Santa Barbara, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ventura County Community Foundation | Camarillo, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Federation Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants | Burlington, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mental Health Cooperative | Nashville, TN | $4,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sino-Judaic Institute | Roslindale, MA | $4,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Custer County High School | Miles City, MT | $3,900 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Anti-Defamation League | Santa Barbara, CA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 70 Faces Media | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Holocaust and Humanity Center | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | Geneva, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Family School | Chicago, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Cauc Regents | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Village Institute Co Barton Institue for Community Action | Aurora, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Lake County | Waukegan, IL | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA of Santa Barbara | Santa Maria, CA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Channel Islands YMCA | Carpinteria, CA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Legacy Reentry Foundation | Waukegan, IL | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Anne Frank Center USA Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Association of Holocaust Organizations (aho) | Brenham, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Givat Haviva Educational Foundation | New York City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Telegraph Agency | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Santa Barbara Education Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara Hillel | Isla Vista, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lukemia & Lymphoma Society | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lisbon Community School | Lisbon, ME | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holocaust and Intolerance Museum of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congregation Beth Aaron | Billings, MT | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Vernon Hills | Vernon Hills, IL | $54 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Milwaukee Jewish Federation | Milwaukee, WI | $18 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
50 of 129 (39%) 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 57%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- Chicago Community Foundation
CONTRIBUTION TO DONOR ADVISED FUND - New Israel Fund
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE NASIJ PROGRAM AND SHATIL'S SHARED SOCIETY FORUM - Jewish Funders Network
TO SUPPORT THE SOCIAL VENTURE FUND FOR JEWISH-ARAB EQUALITY - Santa Barbara Foundation
TO SUPPORT CAPACITY BUILDING - Dignitymoves
TO SUPPORT THE DIGNITY NOW - SANTA BARBARA INTERIM HOUSING CAMPAIGN - Lake County Community Foundation
TO SUPPORT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMMING
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 145 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | $522,215 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 70 | $892,087 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 61 | $912,350 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 58 | $926,900 | $10,000 |
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
38% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Florence and Laurence Spungen Family'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: Po Box 192, Lincolnshire, IL, 60069. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 20-7155204 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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