The Bellick Foundation
Chicago, IL · EIN 30-0064562. Reported 142 grants totalling $1,909,421 to 90 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". The Bellick Foundation 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
3 of the organizations The Bellick Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 5 grants totalling $28,368 to them. That is 7% of the $406,244 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | federated giving programme | Illinois | $26,618 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Swim Across America Inc | grantmaking organization | North Carolina | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc | federated giving programme | Connecticut | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $189 and $11,000; the smallest was $36 and the largest $140,500.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Fund for Gsd Research | Cheshire, CT | $240,416 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the School in the Square | New York, NY | $235,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish United Fund (juf) | Chicago, IL | $230,680 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bernard Zell Jewish School | Chicago, IL | $166,050 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Temple Shalom | Chicago, IL | $141,936 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | Chicago, IL | $132,403 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wolcott College Preparatory School | Chicago, IL | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $91,074 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | Chicago, IL | $32,260 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish United Fund | Chicago, IL | $26,618 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Erikson Institute | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hyde Park Day School | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Usamidwest Tennis & Education Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| High Jump | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Israel Tennis & Education Centers | Chicago, IL | $10,381 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Chicago Chesed Fund | Lincolnwood, IL | $10,290 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom (afmda) | Northbrook, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bronstein Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Ark | Chicago, IL | $8,466 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Francis Parker School | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Centers of Chicago (jcc) | Chicago, IL | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish National Fund USA (jnf) | New York, NY | $5,072 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Autism Speaks | Des Plaines, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buckets Over Bullying | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Latin School of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Christian Health Center | Harvey, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shalva | Chicago, IL | $2,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $2,480 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Renaissance Social Services Chicago | Chicago, IL | $2,010 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vitas Community Connection (vhas-Vitas Hospice) | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vitas Community Connection (vitas Hospice) | Cincinnati, OH | $1,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tzedek Association | Brooklyn, NY | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Morry's Camp | White Plains, NY | $1,050 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| GO2 for Lung Cancer | Washington, DC | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Organization for Rare Disorders | Quincy, MA | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anti Defamation League | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Howe Orchard Burling Neighbors Association | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jcfs Chicago | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Swim Across America | Charlotte, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford | West Hartford, CT | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Play for Pink | New York, NY | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago | Northbrook, IL | $535 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nourishing Hope | Chicago, IL | $395 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sky Foundation Inc | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $378 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Caring Kind - the Heart of Alzheimers Caring | New York, NY | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dr Leslie Squires Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hirshhorn Museum | Washington, DC | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temple Betham | Jupiter, FL | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fight to Feed | Lake Forest, IL | $320 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Foundation for Women's Cancer | Chicago, IL | $275 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | Chicago, IL | $260 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Cares | Chicago, IL | $259 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Equality Florida | Petersburg, FL | $258 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Midwest Access Coalition | Chicago, IL | $256 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Net Research Foundation | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Network for Good | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimers Association | Chicago, IL | $243 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Linda Diane Gary Murray Memorial Fund | Chicago, IL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Adoption & Family Care Options | Sunrise, FL | $190 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood | Chicago, IL | $190 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $189 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Shore Congregation Israel | Glencoe, IL | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Parkinsons Foundation | New York, NY | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Temple | Atlanta, GA | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Twist Out Cancer | Villanova, PA | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boca Raton Art Museum | Boca Raton, FL | $153 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society | Kennesaw, GA | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Charidy Libenu | Brooklyn, NY | $136 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wealthy Habits | Atlanta, GA | $136 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soul Ryeders | Rye, NY | $122 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Heart Association | Saint Louis, MO | $120 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fshd Society | Randolph, MA | $118 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paws Chicago | Chicago, IL | $105 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness | Arlington, VA | $102 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization | Boynton Beach, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feeding America | Washington, DC | $90 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Parkinson Disease Association | Staten Island, NY | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center | Aventura, FL | $72 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teach for America | Chicago, IL | $72 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mass General Hospital | Boston, MA | $36 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
27 of 90 (30%) 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 41%, 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, 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.
- Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
GENERAL PURPOSEGENERAL PURPOSES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 68 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 | $322,179 | $550 |
| 2022 | 30 | $391,317 | $900 |
| 2023 | 41 | $552,002 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 21 | $234,220 | $1,800 |
| 2025 | 14 | $409,703 | $21,500 |
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
52% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois.
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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 The Bellick Foundation'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: 175 W Jackson Blvd 200, Chicago, IL, 60604. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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