Jerold a & Ruth L Hecktman Family
Skokie, IL · EIN 36-3641075. Reported 159 grants totalling $260,602 to 93 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Jerold a & Ruth L Hecktman Family 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 $250. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $1,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $17,250. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juf | Chicago, IL | $64,065 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Spertus Institute | Chicago, IL | $50,860 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chicago Public Library Foundation | Chicago, IL | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Genesys Works | Chicago, IL | $20,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Temple Beth-El | Northbrook, IL | $18,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Juf (bsh) | Chicago, IL | $17,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beth Hillel Congregation | Wilmette, IL | $9,504 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chicago Publice Library Foundation | Chicago, IL | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Briarwood Scholarship Foundation | Deerfield, IL | $5,625 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cancer Wellness Center | Northbrook, IL | $4,258 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Highland Park, IL | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| College Bound Opportunities | Riverwoods, IL | $2,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of the West | Sacramento, CA | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Ms Society | New York, NY | $1,890 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Tourette Association of America | Bayside, NY | $1,600 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maccabi USA | Philadelphia, PA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hadassah | Chicago, IL | $1,436 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cures Within Reach | Chicago, IL | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jewish National Fund | Northbrook, IL | $1,150 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Online Giving Foundation | Newark, DE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Impact Grants Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ort America | Northbrook, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp One Step | Chicago, IL | $860 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Illinois Holocaust Museum | Skokie, IL | $780 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lambs Farm | Libertyville, IL | $775 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Les Turner Als Foundation | Skokie, IL | $755 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Keshet | Northbrook, IL | $704 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jcc Womens Board | Northbrook, IL | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | New York, NY | $540 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Alzheimers Association | Chicago, IL | $500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Giving Back Fund (tribe of Nova) | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Helping Hands Network | Northbrook, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jack Miller Center | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | Glencoe, IL | $489 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shalva | Chicago, IL | $460 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chicago Jewish Historical Society | Chicago, IL | $450 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Desert Mountain Care | Carefree, AZ | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Isreal Defense Forces | Chicago, IL | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Israel Cancer Research Fund | Northfield, IL | $350 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rett Syndrome Research Trust | Trumbull, CT | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Second Harvest | Chicago, IL | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beth Tikvah | Hoffman Estates, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Forest Preserve | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| HALLIE225 Foundation | Highland Park, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Illinois Tech | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Child and Family Services | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Legal Services of Northern California | Sacramento, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thresholds | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Sacred Society | Chicago, IL | $225 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Advocate Health Care Foundation | Downers Grove, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Back 2 School Illinois | Chicago, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buddy Foundation | Arlington Heights, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Help Initiative | Chicago, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cje Senior Life | Chicago, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Vest Side Club of Chicago | Park Ridge, IL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| NAMI Chicago | Chicago, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation | Wynnewood, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Silver Lining Foundation | Chicago, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Theological Seminary Torah Fund | New York, NY | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peninsula Temple Sholom | Burlingame, CA | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation | Chicago, IL | $108 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation | Evanston, IL | $103 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Back 2 School America | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Enriched Living | Riverwoods, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Foundation for Women | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Craniofacial Center of U of Illinois Chicago | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Israel Defense Forces | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Illinois Restaurant Association | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jarc Florida | Boca Raton, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Association for Residential Care | Boca Raton, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Naples | Naples, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kaboom | Bethesda, MD | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marist College Fund | Poughkeepsie, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Hagerstown, MD | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Monmouth Roseville Education Foundation | Monmouth, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwest Community Hospital Foundation | Arlington Heights, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nssra Foundation | Highland Park, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Parkinsons Foundation | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy | Morton Grove, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rory David Deutch Foundation | Highland Park, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Temple Israel of Natick | Natick, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tuscon, AZ | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Divine World | Techny, IL | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mesivta Tifereth Israel of Rizhin | New York, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Foundation | Chicago, IL | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Israel Sport Center for the Disabled | Northfield, IL | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
32 of 93 (34%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 43%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Juf (bsh)
UNRESTRICTED GIFT TO CHARITABLE ORG - Genesys Works
UNRESTRICTED GIFT TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 78 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 | 36 | $51,686 | $200 |
| 2022 | 28 | $51,071 | $250 |
| 2023 | 35 | $43,992 | $255 |
| 2024 | 25 | $61,997 | $416 |
| 2025 | 35 | $51,856 | $250 |
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
95% 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 $250. 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 Jerold a & Ruth L Hecktman 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: 9725 Woods Drive Suite 1901, Skokie, IL, 60077. 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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