Grants paid by The Daniel and Genevieve Ratner Foundation
EIN 26-1532826 · OH · Form 990-PF, Part XV
The Daniel and Genevieve Ratner Foundation of OH (EIN 26-1532826) reported 75 grants paid totaling $1,545,753 to 31 recipients in tax years 2018–2025, on Form 990-PF, Part XV. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$1,545,753
75 grants
Recipients
31
distinct organizations
Tax years
2018–2025
8 filings in the corpus
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11 | $197,500 | — |
| 2019 | 16 | $588,353 | — |
| 2020 | 15 | $249,000 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | $45,500 | — |
| 2022 | 13 | $265,400 | — |
| 2023 | 7 | $135,000 | — |
| 2024 | 4 | $25,000 | — |
| 2025 | 4 | $40,000 | — |
Top recipients
The 31 recipients receiving the most from The Daniel and Genevieve Ratner Foundation, by grants paid, out of 31 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cure Violence Global 82-3471223 | C | Chicago, IL | 8 | $558,500 | 2025 |
| Chicago Literacy Alliance | U | Chicago, IL | 2 | $250,000 | 2019 |
| Open Books Ltd 20-4830666 | B | Chicago, IL | 2 | $154,000 | 2020 |
| Independent Television Festival 20-4198589 | D | Duluth, MN | 3 | $115,000 | 2023 |
| Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago 36-4021553 | B | Chicago, IL | 9 | $111,400 | 2024 |
| Asah-Serving the Private Special Education Community Since 1974 Inc | U | Hamilton Square, NJ | 3 | $77,853 | 2020 |
| Friends of Alcott School 36-3645126 | B | Chicago, IL | 7 | $60,000 | 2024 |
| Asah-Serving the Private Special Education Com | U | Hamilton Square, NJ | 2 | $30,000 | 2022 |
| Chicago Theatre Group Inc 36-2896025 | B | Chicago, IL | 6 | $25,500 | 2022 |
| Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School 23-1740598 | D | Gwynedd Valley, PA | 1 | $25,000 | 2023 |
| Chicago Media Project 46-5739978 | B | Chicago, IL | 2 | $20,000 | 2022 |
| Goodman Theatre | U | Chicago, IL | 3 | $20,000 | 2025 |
| Boston College | U | Chestnut Hill, MA | 3 | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center 20-8411320 | C | Chicago, IL | 3 | $15,000 | 2022 |
| Northwestern University 36-2167817 | B | Evanston, IL | 1 | $10,000 | 2019 |
| Depaul University 36-2167048 | B | Chicago, IL | 2 | $10,000 | 2020 |
| University of Illinois Foundation 37-6006007 | C | Urbana, IL | 1 | $8,500 | 2018 |
| Firebrand Theatre Company 81-1608391 | C | Chicago, IL | 1 | $7,000 | 2018 |
| People's Music School 51-0192597 | B | Chicago, IL | 3 | $6,500 | 2025 |
| Independence Initiative Inc 99-3369815 | B | Washington, DC | 1 | $5,000 | 2025 |
| Colon Cancer Alliance | U | Wahington, DC | 1 | $5,000 | 2021 |
| League of Chicago Theaters Foundation 36-3031980 | C | Chicago, IL | 1 | $5,000 | 2020 |
| Asah-Serving the Private Special Education Communi | U | Hamilton Square, NJ | 1 | $2,500 | 2018 |
| Asah Foundation | U | Toledo, OH | 1 | $2,500 | 2018 |
| Voterunlead 46-4285577 | C | New York City, NY | 2 | $2,000 | 2020 |
| Free Spirit Media Nfp 36-4456215 | C | Chicago, IL | 1 | $1,000 | 2019 |
| Transgressive Theatre Opera | U | Chicago, IL | 1 | $1,000 | 2020 |
| Chicago Folks Operetta | U | Chicago, IL | 1 | $1,000 | 2020 |
| Underscore Theather Company | U | Chicago, IL | 1 | $500 | 2019 |
| Hanna Perkins School 34-1269765 | B | Shaker Heights, OH | 1 | $500 | 2021 |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago 36-6008929 | B | Chicago, IL | 1 | $500 | 2018 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 75 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cure Violence Global Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202600549349100750 |
| 2025 | Goodman Theatre Chicago, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202600549349100750 |
| 2025 | People's Music School Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202600549349100750 |
| 2025 | Independence Initiative Inc Washington, DC | B | $5,000 | paid | DEMOCRACY RISING COLLABORATIVE | 202600549349100750 |
| 2024 | Friends of Alcott School Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202500999349100520 |
| 2024 | Goodman Theatre Chicago, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | MATCHBOX MAGIC FLUTE FUND | 202500999349100520 |
| 2024 | Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202500999349100520 |
| 2024 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | U | $5,000 | paid | SHEA CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 202500999349100520 |
| 2023 | Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago, IL | C | $50,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202441309349103109 |
| 2023 | Independent Television Festival Duluth, MN | D | $25,000 | paid | FOR FEMALE AND BIPOC REPRESENTATION IN SCREEN AND STORYTELLING | 202441309349103109 |
| 2023 | Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Gwynedd Valley, PA | D | $25,000 | paid | SR. CHRISTI AWARD | 202441309349103109 |
| 2023 | Cure Violence Global Chicago, IL | B | $20,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202441309349103109 |
| 2023 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | U | $5,000 | paid | SHEA CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 202441309349103109 |
| 2023 | Friends of Alcott School Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202441309349103109 |
| 2023 | Goodman Theatre Chicago, IL | U | $5,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202441309349103109 |
| 2022 | Cure Violence Global Chicago, IL | C | $100,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202321329349100112 |
| 2022 | Independent Television Festival Duluth, MN | D | $50,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF BIPOC CREATORS | 202321329349100112 |
| 2022 | Independent Television Festival Duluth, MN | D | $40,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND-IN SUPPORT OF BIPOC FEMALE CREATORS | 202321329349100112 |
| 2022 | Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $10,500 | paid | PADDLE RAISE AT ICONS GALA | 202321329349100112 |
| 2022 | Cure Violence Global Chicago, IL | C | $10,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202321329349100112 |
| 2022 | Chicago Media Project Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202321329349100112 |
| 2022 | Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202321329349100112 |
| 2022 | Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $9,900 | paid | ICONS GALA | 202321329349100112 |
| 2022 | Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND FOR 1871 CHICAGO | 202321329349100112 |
| 2022 | Asah-Serving the Private Special Education Com Hamilton Square, NJ | U | $5,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202321329349100112 |
| 2022 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | U | $5,000 | paid | SHEA CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 202321329349100112 |
| 2022 | Chicago Theater Group Inc Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202321329349100112 |
| 2022 | Friends of Alcott School Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | ANNUAL PLEDGE DRIVE | 202321329349100112 |
| 2021 | Asah-Serving the Private Special Education Com Hamilton Square, NJ | U | $25,000 | paid | ASAH PARENT ADVOCATE PROGRAM | 202231259349101423 |
| 2021 | Friends of Alcott School Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202231259349101423 |
| 2021 | Colon Cancer Alliance Wahington, DC | U | $5,000 | paid | IN HONOR OF ELIZABETH HARZ'S BIRTHDAY FUNDRAISER | 202231259349101423 |
| 2021 | Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | 2020 GALA | 202231259349101423 |
| 2021 | Hanna Perkins School Shaker Heights, OH | B | $500 | paid | HARVEST HOMECOMING EVENT | 202231259349101423 |
| 2020 | Cure Violence Global Chicago, IL | C | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | Asah-Serving the Private Special Education Community Since 1974 Inc Hamilton Square, NJ | U | $50,000 | paid | THE PARENT ADVOCATE PROGRAM | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | Cure Violence Global Chicago, IL | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | Friends of Alcott School Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | Chicago Theatre Group Inc Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | League of Chicago Theaters Foundation Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | Depaul University Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | WOMEN IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP INSTITUTE | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | Open Books Ltd Chicago, IL | B | $4,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | Chicago Folks Operetta Chicago, IL | U | $1,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | Transgressive Theatre Opera Chicago, IL | U | $1,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | Voterunlead New York City, NY | C | $1,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | Voterunlead New York City, NY | C | $1,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202111259349101106 |
| 2020 | People's Music School Chicago, IL | B | $1,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202111259349101106 |
| 2019 | Cure Violence Global Chicago, IL | C | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Chicago Literacy Alliance Chicago, IL | U | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Chicago Literacy Alliance Chicago, IL | U | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Asah-Serving the Private Special Education Community Since 1974 Inc Hamilton Square, NJ | U | $25,353 | paid | SUPPORT OF THE " PARENT ADVOCATE PROGRAM" | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Chicago Media Project Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Friends of Alcott School Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Cure Violence Global Chicago, IL | C | $8,500 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Chicago Theatre Group Inc Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | NEW WORKS PROGRAM | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Chicago, IL | C | $5,000 | paid | ANNUAL FUND | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Chicago Theatre Group Inc Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | CHARITABLE EVENT | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Asah-Serving the Private Special Education Community Since 1974 Inc Hamilton Square, NJ | U | $2,500 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Free Spirit Media Nfp Chicago, IL | C | $1,000 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | People's Music School Chicago, IL | B | $500 | paid | "YOU BELONG HERE" EVENT | 202001539349100310 |
| 2019 | Underscore Theather Company Chicago, IL | U | $500 | paid | GENERAL & UNRESTRICTED | 202001539349100310 |
| 2018 | Open Books Ltd Chicago, IL | B | $150,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 201921009349100912 |
| 2018 | Friends of Alcott School Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 201921009349100912 |
| 2018 | University of Illinois Foundation Urbana, IL | C | $8,500 | paid | Charitable Event | 201921009349100912 |
| 2018 | Firebrand Theatre Company Chicago, IL | C | $7,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 201921009349100912 |
| 2018 | Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $6,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 201921009349100912 |
| 2018 | Depaul University Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | Designated to the Women In Entrepreneurship Institute at the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center | 201921009349100912 |
| 2018 | Chicago Theatre Group Inc Chicago, IL | B | $5,000 | paid | New Works Program | 201921009349100912 |
| 2018 | Asah-Serving the Private Special Education Communi Hamilton Square, NJ | U | $2,500 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 201921009349100912 |
| 2018 | Asah Foundation Toledo, OH | U | $2,500 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 201921009349100912 |
| 2018 | Chicago Theatre Group Inc Chicago, IL | B | $500 | paid | Charitable Event | 201921009349100912 |
| 2018 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Chicago, IL | B | $500 | paid | hard time support fund | 201921009349100912 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990PF | 2025 | 2025-12-11 | not stated | 2025v4.0 | 202600549349100750 |
| 990PF | 2024 | 2024-12-31 | not stated | 2024v5.0 | 202500999349100520 |
| 990PF | 2023 | 2023-12-31 | not stated | 2023v5.0 | 202441309349103109 |
| 990PF | 2022 | 2022-12-31 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202321329349100112 |
| 990PF | 2021 | 2021-12-31 | not stated | 2021v4.2 | 202231259349101423 |
| 990PF | 2020 | 2020-12-31 | not stated | 2020v4.1 | 202111259349101106 |
| 990PF | 2019 | 2019-12-31 | not stated | 2019v5.1 | 202001539349100310 |
| 990PF | 2018 | 2018-12-31 | not stated | 2018v3.1 | 201921009349100912 |
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/261532826.json.
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