Grants awarded
Who does Walter S Mander Foundation fund?
Walter S Mander Foundation has awarded $2.7 million across 248 grants to 103 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in foundations & grantmakers. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $4,000 and $10,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $6,762 versus $2,750 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$2.7M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
103
Grants
248
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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$477K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| U University of Chicago Law School | $250K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Northwestern Memorial Foundation | $250K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Garfield Park Community Council
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$82K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| G Growing Home | $82K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$78K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| A Advocates for Urban Agriculture | $78K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
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$75K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Chicago Botanic Garden | $70K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Oak Park Temple | $65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$60K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| O Opportunity Knocks | $60K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Babson College
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$40K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| T Temple Beth Shalom | $40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Plant Chicago | $38K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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New Israel Fund
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$38K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Allies for Community Business INC
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$38K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$37K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
Forward Assoc INC
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$34K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
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$31K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
Seven Generations Ahead
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$30K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| R Rohr Chabad Jewish Center | $30K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Family Farmed Organization | $30K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| D Delta Institute | $27K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Mt Zion Congregation | $25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Ada S McKinley Educational Services | $25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sweet Water Foundation | $20K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| C Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights | $20K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U University of Chicago Hillel | $20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Bucknell University
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$20K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| N Northern Illinois University | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Institute for Justice
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$20K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| N Neighbor Space | $20K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Heartland Alliance Chicago | $20K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Environmental Law & Policy Institute | $18K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Chat | $17K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AR | |
| C Congregation Rodfei Zedek | $17K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| F Fenwick High School | $15K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| J Just Roots | $15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Unc Health Foundation INC
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$15K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| C Court Theatre | $11K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$11K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Carolina Ballet INC
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$10K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| K Kam Isaiah Israel Congregation | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Relief Foundation (naturally Chicago) | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U U Chicago Hillel | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Association House of Chicago
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$10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| T The Conservation Fund | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| A Accion Chicago | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Medical Foundation of North Carolina | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Marist High School | $10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| U University of Illinois Springfield | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Good Food Catalyst | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Refed INC
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$8K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$8K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| W Women's Rabbinic Network | $6K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$6K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| S St Xavier University | $6K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders | $5K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty INC
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | WI | |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
College of Lake County Foundation
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Faith in Place
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
Food & Water Watch
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| S Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Chicago Lawyers Council for Civil Rights | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Chicago Innovation Fund | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Depaul College Prep | $5K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Global Garden Refuge Farm | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Enlace Chicago
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| Y Your Passion 1st | $4K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| N Nature Israel | $4K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Judea Reform Congregation | $3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| S Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (safsf) | $3K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Union for Reform Judaism | $3K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| O One Earth Film Festival | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N Narrow Bridge Arts | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Chelsea Theatre | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Kinder Haus | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CO | |
| A Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| C Chelsea Theater | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Carolina Fund - Unc Chapel Hill | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Friends of Basalt Library | $2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Escuela Cooperativa De Sayulita | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| V Vhs Scholarship | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Friends School of Baltimore INC
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$2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MD | |
| G Global Gardens Refugee Training Farm | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W What About US INC | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Basil's Harvest | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Forty Acres Fresh Market | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Bearcamp Center | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Austin Coming Together
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Aspiritech Nfp
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Cure Violence Global
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$1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| F Friends of the Basalt Library | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| Y YMCA Camp Huckins | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Sister House | $1K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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