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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-3971024

The Friedman Family Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $73,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $73,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $3,585

  • Tax year 2024

    $100,300

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $33,668

  • Tax year 2023

    $96,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $42,223

  • Tax year 2022

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $63,748

  • Tax year 2021

    $38,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $78,749

  • Tax year 2020

    $63,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $78,732

  • Tax year 2019

    $125,750

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $93,738

  • Tax year 2018

    $130,800

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $119,444

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jewish United FundChicago, IL

    Unresticted charitable gift

    $25,000
  2. PSFCFairfax, CA

    Unresticted charitable gift

    $25,000
  3. Northwestern Memorial FoundationChicago, IL

    Unresticted charitable gift

    $18,000
  4. American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science IncNew York, NY

    Unresticted charitable gift

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Medical research1 grant $25,00045% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $25,00045% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $5,0009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois2 grants $43,000
  2. California1 grant $25,000
  3. New York1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Suzanne FriedmanTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Julie Friedman SteeleTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Albert FriedmanCHAIRMAN Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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