Private foundation · Chicago, IL

The Bellick Foundation

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Typical grant size
$250 $2K $14K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
70
Repeat grantees
28
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Robert R Bellick
DIRECTOR, TREAS & SEC
Sheryl D Bellick
DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT
Christopher L Gust
DIRECTOR

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
11.9%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
285
Total grants awarded
$4.0M
Total amount
$14K
Average grant
$195K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$234K
21 grants
2023
$552K
41 grants
2022
$391K
30 grants
2021
$322K
36 grants
2020
$457K
27 grants
2019
$575K
25 grants
2018
$721K
32 grants
2017
$343K
37 grants
2016
$447K
36 grants

Top recipients

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
5 grants · IL
$505K
7 grants · NY · ≈ likely match
$350K
7 grants · IL · ✓ Exact match
$329K
Bernard Zell Jewish School
7 grants · IL
$299K
9 grants · LA · ≈ likely match
$245K
The Children's Fund for Gsd Research
4 grants · CT
$240K
5 grants · IL · ✓ Exact match
$230K
7 grants · IL · ✓ Exact match
$170K
Jewish United Fund (juf)
2 grants · IL
$152K
Hyde Park Day School
5 grants · IL
$146K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Friends of the School in the Square
GENERAL PURPOSE
NY · TY 2024
$50K
The Children's Fund for Gsd Research
GENERAL PURPOSE
CT · TY 2024
$50K
Tulane University
GENERAL PURPOSE
LA · TY 2024
$45K
Us Holocaust Memorial Museum
GENERAL PURPOSE
DC · TY 2024
$25K
Temple Shalom
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2024
$19K
Jewish United Fund (juf)
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2024
$11K
Israel Tennis & Education Centers
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2024
$10K
Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
GENERAL PURPOSEGENERAL PURPOSES
IL · TY 2024
$6K
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago (jcc)
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2024
$5K
Vitas Community Connection (vhas-vitas Hospice)
GENERAL PURPOSE
OH · TY 2024
$2K
Bernard Zell Jewish School
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2024
$2K
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
GENERAL PURPOSE
NY · TY 2024
$2K
The Ark
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2024
$2K
Go2 for Lung Cancer
GENERAL PURPOSE
DC · TY 2024
$1K
Franklin & Marshall College
GENERAL PURPOSE
PA · TY 2024
$1K
Jcfs Chicago
GENERAL PURPOSE
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Anti Defamation League
GENERAL PURPOSE
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Shalva
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2024
$600
Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2024
$535
Play for Pink
GENERAL PURPOSE
NY · TY 2024
$300
Twist Out Cancer
GENERAL PURPOSE
PA · TY 2024
$180
Jewish United Fund (juf)
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$141K
The Children's Fund for Gsd Research
GENERAL PURPOSE
CT · TY 2023
$100K
Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
GENERAL PURPOSEGENERAL PURPOSES
IL · TY 2023
$90K
Friends of the School in the Square
GENERAL PURPOSE
NY · TY 2023
$50K
Tulane University
GENERAL PURPOSE
LA · TY 2023
$45K
Wolcott College Preparatory School
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$20K
Hyde Park Day School
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$20K
Us Holocaust Memorial Museum
GENERAL PURPOSE
DC · TY 2023
$15K
Bernard Zell Jewish School
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$11K
Chicago Chesed Fund
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$10K
Bronstein Family Foundation
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$10K
American Friends of Magen David Adom (afmda)
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$10K
Temple Shalom
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$8K
Jewish National Fund USA (jnf)
GENERAL PURPOSE
NY · TY 2023
$5K
Buckets Over Bullying
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$5K
Renaissance Social Services Chicago
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$2K
Franklin & Marshall College
GENERAL PURPOSE
PA · TY 2023
$2K
National Organization for Rare Disorders
GENERAL PURPOSE
MA · TY 2023
$1K
Howe Orchard Burling Neighbors Association
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$1K
Swim Across America
GENERAL PURPOSE
NC · TY 2023
$1K
Shalva
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$1K
The Ark
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$491
Sky Foundation Inc
GENERAL PURPOSE
MI · TY 2023
$378
Dr Leslie Squires Foundation
GENERAL PURPOSE
PA · TY 2023
$360
Hirshhorn Museum
GENERAL PURPOSE
DC · TY 2023
$360
Caring Kind - the Heart of Alzheimers Caring
GENERAL PURPOSE
NY · TY 2023
$360
Foundation for Women's Cancer
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$275
Nourishing Hope
GENERAL PURPOSE
IL · TY 2023
$263
Equality Florida
GENERAL PURPOSE
FL · TY 2023
$258

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.