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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 36-3098604

Appelbaum Family Foundation

A private foundation in Highland Park, IL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $31,300 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $31,300

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $31,962

  • Tax year 2023

    $58,900

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $46,745

  • Tax year 2022

    $63,850

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $87,719

  • Tax year 2021

    $46,100

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $105,775

  • Tax year 2020

    $62,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $122,194

  • Tax year 2019

    $51,500

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $169,801

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Lurie Hospital Childrens Research FundChicago, IL

    Hospital.

    $10,000
  2. Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan ChicagoChicago, IL

    Community Services.

    $7,500
  3. Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day SchoolChicago, IL

    Education.

    $5,000
  4. Anshe Emet SynagogueChicago, IL

    General.

    $3,500
  5. US Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC

    General Fund.

    $1,800
  6. University of Chicago Booth SchoolChicago, IL

    Education.

    $1,500
  7. National MS SocietyChicago, IL

    General

    $1,000
  8. KeshetNorthbrook, IL

    General Fund.

    $500
  9. Special OlympicsNormal, IL

    General

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $7,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois8 grants $29,500
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $1,800

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Judith AppelbaumPres/Dir Hours 0Pay $0
  • Henry AppelbaumSecy/Dir Hours 0Pay $0
  • Barbara AppelbaumDir Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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