Grants awarded
Who does Jerrold Ruskin Foundation INC fund?
Jerrold Ruskin Foundation INC has awarded $1.2 million across 292 grants to 169 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $375, with most between $100 and $1,500. Repeat grantees receive a median $500 versus $250 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$1.2M
Typical grant
$375
Grantees
169
Grants
292
Years
2020–2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Columbia College Chicago-Museum of Contemporary Photography | $425K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $157K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$85K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| M Museum of Contemporary Photography | $84K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
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$70K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| J Jewish United Fund | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bayit Brigade America | $25K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Jewish Committe - Jacob Blaustein Building | $24K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law | $22K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Art Center of Highland Park
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$18K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Parks Foundation of Highland Park
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$18K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| U US Holocaust Memorial Museum | $15K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Anti-Defamation League | $12K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Ember Foundation | $12K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago | $12K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Jewish Committee - Global Jewish Advocacy | $12K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Clearbrook | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Montresso Art Foundation | $9K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Anti-Defamation League
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$8K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T The Art Center of Highland Park | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Adl | $7K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Betel Romanian Baptist Church | $7K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$7K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| A Arts of Life | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Jewish Committee - Jacob Blaustein Building | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Spertus Institute | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Biltmore Scholarship Foundation | $4K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
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$3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$3K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Crohns and Colitis Foundation | $3K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Friends of the Idf | $3K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Pasadena Jewish Temple | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Israel Cancer Research Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Northshore Healthcare Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Chicago Bar Foundation
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$2K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
American Friends of Alyn Hospital INC
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$2K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| C Crohns and Colitus Foundation | $2K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A American Friends of Alyn Hospital | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Illinois Holocaust Museum | $2K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Camp One Step at a Time | $2K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Douglas Hudson Scholarship Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A American Friends of Magen David Adom | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Jewish National Fund -Keren Kayemeth Leisrael- INC
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$1K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T The Ark | $1K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Tri-Con Child Care Center INC
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$1K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T The Renaissance Society | $1K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The History Museum | $1K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
World Wildlife Fund INC
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$1K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Greater Chicago Food Depository
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Network for Good INC
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Northshore Hospital Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Jdrf | $1K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Lynn Safe Breast Cancer Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $862 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Digestive Health Foundation
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$800 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| H Hillel International | $750 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
St Baldricks Foundation INC
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$750 | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Museum of Modern Art
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$650 | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T Torahub - Purim Fund | $650 | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind | $625 | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Northwestern Memorial Foundation | $600 | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $600 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$600 | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NH | |
City Kids Camp
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$600 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| S Standwithus | $518 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tri-Con Child Care Center | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Special Olympics Illinois
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$500 | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
112 Education Foundation
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$500 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
Zeta Beta Tau Foundation INC
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$500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IN | |
University of Wisconsin Foundation
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$500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | WI | |
| S Smithsonian Institute | $500 | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$500 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
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$500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| F Fidelitone Employee Charity | $500 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| B Beat the Streets Chicago | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Shiva - Jewish National Fund USA | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Cancer Society | $350 | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | $300 | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Planned Parenthood
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$300 | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| A Amnesty International | $300 | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Jewish Children & Family Services Chicago | $300 | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Obama Foundation | $300 | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Challenge Athlete Foundation | $300 | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jewish Council for Youth Services | $250 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $250 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Massachusetts Eye and Research Institute | $250 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Alzheimer's Foundation of America | $250 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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