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Grants paid by Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust I

EIN 36-4054433 · Highland Park, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20Z

Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust I of Highland Park, IL (EIN 36-4054433) reported 91 grants paid totaling $3,470,760 to 84 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

$3,470,760

91 grants

Recipients

84

distinct organizations

Tax years

2018–2025

7 filings in the corpus

By tax year

Grants by tax year, as the same figures
Tax yearGrants paidAmount paidApproved for future
201885$199,360
20201$281,950
20211$673,650
20221$444,800
20231$573,700
20241$668,650
20251$628,650

Top recipients

The 84 recipients receiving the most from Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust I, by grants paid, out of 84 distinct recipients.

Recipients ranked by total grants paid
RecipientMatchLocationGrantsTotal paidLatest year
See Attached ScheduleUHighland Park, IL6$3,271,4002025
Johns Hopkins UniversityUBaltimore, MD1$50,0002018
Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago (calenders) 36-2515445CChicago, IL3$45,0002018
University of ChicagoUChicago, IL1$11,3002018
Foundation of the Federal Bar Association 52-0741814CArlington, VA1$10,0002018
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 13-1644147CNew York, NY1$5,0002018
WfmtUChicago, IL1$5,0002018
Chicago Lighthouse Associate Board 47-5665042DChicago, IL1$5,0002018
Lyric Opera of Chicago 36-6008929BChicago, IL1$5,0002018
Ravinia Festival 36-6002273CHighland Park, IL1$5,0002018
Art Institute of Chicago 36-2167725BChicago, IL1$5,0002018
American Technion SocietyUChicago, IL1$5,0002018
Pancreatic Cancer Network 33-0841281DManhattan Beach, CA1$5,0002018
WttwUChicago, IL1$5,0002018
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 36-2167823BChicago, IL1$5,0002018
University of Chicago Laboratory SchoolsUChicago, IL1$5,0002018
Am Shalom (dues) 23-7201901DGlencoe, IL1$3,2002018
Center for Reproductive Rights 13-3669731BNew York, NY1$2,5002018
Jewish United FundUChicago, IL1$2,5002018
Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyUChicago, IL1$1,5002018
Chicago Architecture Center 36-6144362CChicago, IL1$1,5002018
Chicago Shakespeare Theater 36-3467607BChicago, IL1$1,0002018
American Cancer SocietyULincolnshire, IL1$1,0002018
ShakvaUNorthbrook, IL1$1,0002018
Southern Poverty Law Center 63-0598743BMontgomery, AL1$1,0002018
Highland Park High School Scholarship Fund 36-2672364DHighland Park, IL1$1,0002018
Bend the ArcUNew York, NY1$5002018
The Selfhelp Home 36-2210002BChicago, IL1$5002018
American Civil Liberties FoundationUNew York, NY1$5002018
Simon Wiesenthal CenterUChicago, IL1$5002018
HiasUChicago, IL1$5002018
Provincetown Art Association and Museum (paam) 04-2210747CProvincetown, MA1$5002018
Newberry Library 36-2167814BChicago, IL1$5002018
Concern Worldwide USUChicago, IL1$3002018
The Ark 23-7164967BChicago, IL1$3002018
New Israel FundUHighland Park, IL1$3002018
Brennan Center for Justice 13-3839293BNew York, NY1$2502018
American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro 13-3434781CNew York, NY1$2502018
Larabida Children's HospitalUChicago, IL1$2502018
Special Kids Foundation 36-3803232BChicago, IL1$2502018
Merit School of Music 36-3028768BChicago, IL1$2502018
Focus On the Arts 26-0311839CChicago, IL1$2502018
Guttmacher Institute 13-2890727BNew York, NY1$2502018
Northern Star TheaterURice Lake, WI1$2502018
Chicago Botanic GardenUGlencoe, IL1$2402018
Food and Water Watch 32-0160439BWashington, DC1$2002018
American Diabetes SocietyUChicago, IL1$2002018
Human Rights WatchUChicago, IL1$2002018
National Trust (for Historic Preservation)UChicago, IL1$2002018
Ounce of Prevention FundUChicago, IL1$2002018
Pleasant Home FoundationUOak Park, IL1$2002018
Am Shalom (book of Life)UGlencoe, IL1$2002018
Lurie Children's FoundationUChicago, IL1$1502018
Siu Foundation 82-4635068DCarbondale, IL1$1502018
Random Acts of Flowers 81-4470412DEvanston, IL1$1502018
Literature for All of USUChicago, IL1$1502018
Reading Is Fundamental 52-0976257BWashington, DC1$1502018
Writers Theatre 36-3847280BGlencoe, IL1$1502018
WbezUChicago, IL1$1502018
Heifer International 71-0699939CLittle Rock, AR1$1502018
The Art Center Highland Park 36-2464960BHighland Park, IL1$1502018
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation 23-7414937DChicago, IL1$1502018
Chicago Opera Theater 23-7354963CChicago, IL1$1502018
United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumUWashington, DC1$1502018
Chicago History Museum 20-4982186BChicago, IL1$1202018
Habitat for HumanityUChicago, IL1$1002018
The Wilderness Society 53-0167933CWashington, DC1$1002018
Lookingglass Theatre Company 36-3653114CChicago, IL1$1002018
Now Foundation 33-3550165DChicago, IL1$1002018
Some - So Others May EatUWashington, DC1$1002018
Northern Illinois Food Bank 36-3203648BGeneva, IL1$1002018
World Wildlife Fund 52-1693387BWashington, DC1$1002018
Paws Chicago 36-4219778BChicago, IL1$1002018
The Nature Conservancy 98-6057022DChicago, IL1$1002018
Third Coast International Audio Festival 26-4611880CChicago, IL1$1002018
Americans United 36-3906065DWashington, DC1$1002018
Northwestern Memorial Foundation 36-3155315BChicago, IL1$1002018
AvodahUChicago, IL1$1002018
St Judes Children's Research HospitalUChicago, IL1$1002018
The Anti Cruelty Society 36-2179814BChicago, IL1$1002018
Ort AmericaUNorthbrook, IL1$1002018
MaddUDowners Grove, IL1$1002018
American Jewish World Service 22-2584370BNew York, NY1$1002018
Feeding America 36-3673599BChicago, IL1$1002018

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 91 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.

Grants reported by Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust I
Tax yearRecipientMatchAmountTypePurposeSource filing
2025See Attached Schedule Highland Park, ILU$628,650paidCharitable purposes202601359349104375
2024See Attached Schedule Highland Park, ILU$668,650paidCharitable purposes202511289349103071
2023See Attached Schedule Highland Park, ILU$573,700paidCharitable purposes202421369349102672
2022See Attached Schedule Highland Park, ILU$444,800paidCharitable purposes202311809349100311
2021See Attached Schedule Highland Park, ILU$673,650paidCharitable purposes202231719349100123
2020See Attached Schedule Highland Park, ILU$281,950paidCharitable purposes202112509349100201
2018Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDU$50,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago (calenders) Chicago, ILC$30,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018University of Chicago Chicago, ILU$11,300paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago (app) Chicago, ILC$10,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Arlington, VAC$10,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Chicago Lighthouse Associate Board Chicago, ILD$5,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Ravinia Festival Highland Park, ILC$5,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago (100 Dinners) Chicago, ILC$5,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, ILB$5,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Chicago, ILU$5,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Wfmt Chicago, ILU$5,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Pancreatic Cancer Network Manhattan Beach, CAD$5,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Lyric Opera of Chicago Chicago, ILB$5,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018American Technion Society Chicago, ILU$5,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Planned Parenthood Federation of America New York, NYC$5,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Wttw Chicago, ILU$5,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago, ILB$5,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Am Shalom (dues) Glencoe, ILD$3,200paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Center for Reproductive Rights New York, NYB$2,500paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Jewish United Fund Chicago, ILU$2,500paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Chicago Architecture Center Chicago, ILC$1,500paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Chicago, ILU$1,500paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Chicago Shakespeare Theater Chicago, ILB$1,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Highland Park High School Scholarship Fund Highland Park, ILD$1,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Southern Poverty Law Center Montgomery, ALB$1,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018American Cancer Society Lincolnshire, ILU$1,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Shakva Northbrook, ILU$1,000paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Provincetown Art Association and Museum (paam) Provincetown, MAC$500paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Bend the Arc New York, NYU$500paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Simon Wiesenthal Center Chicago, ILU$500paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018The Selfhelp Home Chicago, ILB$500paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Hias Chicago, ILU$500paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Newberry Library Chicago, ILB$500paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018American Civil Liberties Foundation New York, NYU$500paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018New Israel Fund Highland Park, ILU$300paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018The Ark Chicago, ILB$300paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Concern Worldwide US Chicago, ILU$300paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Merit School of Music Chicago, ILB$250paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Larabida Children's Hospital Chicago, ILU$250paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Special Kids Foundation Chicago, ILB$250paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro New York, NYC$250paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Brennan Center for Justice New York, NYB$250paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Northern Star Theater Rice Lake, WIU$250paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Focus On the Arts Chicago, ILC$250paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Guttmacher Institute New York, NYB$250paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Chicago Botanic Garden Glencoe, ILU$240paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Human Rights Watch Chicago, ILU$200paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Pleasant Home Foundation Oak Park, ILU$200paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018National Trust (for Historic Preservation) Chicago, ILU$200paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Am Shalom (book of Life) Glencoe, ILU$200paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Food and Water Watch Washington, DCB$200paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018American Diabetes Society Chicago, ILU$200paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Ounce of Prevention Fund Chicago, ILU$200paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Washington, DCU$150paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Reading Is Fundamental Washington, DCB$150paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Writers Theatre Glencoe, ILB$150paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Lurie Children's Foundation Chicago, ILU$150paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Siu Foundation Carbondale, ILD$150paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Chicago, ILD$150paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Chicago Opera Theater Chicago, ILC$150paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Literature for All of US Chicago, ILU$150paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Wbez Chicago, ILU$150paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Random Acts of Flowers Evanston, ILD$150paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Heifer International Little Rock, ARC$150paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018The Art Center Highland Park Highland Park, ILB$150paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Chicago History Museum Chicago, ILB$120paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Ort America Northbrook, ILU$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Madd Downers Grove, ILU$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Feeding America Chicago, ILB$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018American Jewish World Service New York, NYB$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Now Foundation Chicago, ILD$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018The Anti Cruelty Society Chicago, ILB$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018The Nature Conservancy Chicago, ILD$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Third Coast International Audio Festival Chicago, ILC$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018St Judes Children's Research Hospital Chicago, ILU$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Avodah Chicago, ILU$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018The Wilderness Society Washington, DCC$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Habitat for Humanity Chicago, ILU$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Americans United Washington, DCD$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Northern Illinois Food Bank Geneva, ILB$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Paws Chicago Chicago, ILB$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Northwestern Memorial Foundation Chicago, ILB$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018World Wildlife Fund Washington, DCB$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Lookingglass Theatre Company Chicago, ILC$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224
2018Some - So Others May Eat Washington, DCU$100paidFULFILL EXEMPT PURPOSE201941829349100224

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.

Returns this page is derived from
FormTax yearPeriod endFiledSchemaIRS OBJECT_ID
990PF20252025-12-31not stated2025v4.1202601359349104375
990PF20242024-12-31not stated2024v5.1202511289349103071
990PF20232023-12-31not stated2023v5.0202421369349102672
990PF20222022-12-31not stated2022v5.0202311809349100311
990PF20212021-12-31not stated2021v4.0202231719349100123
990PF20202020-12-31not stated2020v4.0202112509349100201
990PF20182018-12-31not stated2018v3.1201941829349100224

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/364054433.json.

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