Hyman & Susan Feldman Family Foundation
The organization is a private foundation focused on supporting various civic, educational, health, and arts initiatives. Its mission is inferred from its funding patterns, which emphasize civic engagement and education, alongside health and cultural projects. The foundation primarily serves nonprofit organizations that address community needs and enhance quality of life. While it has made grants to a diverse array of recipients, a notable concentration of its support has been directed towards organizations in the Chicago area.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small to mid-sized civic, education, or health nonprofits (often based in Illinois) with an existing relationship or visibility to the trustees and programs sized to absorb modest one-time awards.
Good Fit
- • Located in Illinois or demonstrably serving Illinois communities.
- • Programs in civic engagement, education, or health matching prior funded purposes.
- • History of prior relationships or referral to the trustees or intermediary who knows the foundation.
- • Need for modest, short-term project support rather than large multi-year grants.
Geography
Observed giving is concentrated in the foundation's home state (about 66% of dollars) but grants reached recipients across seven states in the latest year, indicating a state-centered but multi-state footprint.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 19 distinct recipients and prior years show 38–45 distinct recipients, demonstrating a broadly distributed recipient set even though a handful of recipients capture a larger share of dollars.
New Applicants
Although some new grantees have appeared (5 new in the latest year and many new recipients in 2023), the foundation explicitly reports grants are to preselected organizations and provides no public application route or website, so unsolicited newcomers are unlikely to gain access without a direct relationship or referral.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
