Florence and Laurence Spungen Family
The Florence and Laurence Spungen Family is a private foundation based in Lincolnshire, Illinois. It supports charitable organizations through grants and operates a direct Holocaust and genocide education program using its collection of related artifacts.
Florence and Laurence Spungen Family at a glance
In short: Florence and Laurence Spungen Family gave $927K across 58 grants in 2025 (avg $16K), top state California. 33% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $926,900
- +1.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 58
- -4.9% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $15,981
- +6.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $23,217,785
- +4.1% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 33% first-time grantees (19 of 58, 2025)
- Primary geography
- California (36% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Florence and Laurence Spungen Family
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 192, Lincolnshire, IL 60069
Phone: (847) 707-5024
Website: https://spungenfoundation.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Florence and Laurence Spungen Family funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Chicago Community Foundation ($95K). Together the top 10 received $471K.
Grant Size Distribution
300 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 289 grants of 300 (96%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation’s Holocaust education website says grantmaking is typically focused in Santa Barbara, California, and Lake County, Illinois. In 2025, recipients in California received 36% of grant dollars and recipients in Illinois received 33%. Other leading recipient states were New York (9%), Oregon (5%), and the District of Columbia (4%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 58 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Florence and Laurence Spungen Family open to new grantees?
33%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 19 of 58 grantees (33%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $14K; repeat grants $17K. How we count
Medians: $8K first-time, $10K repeat.
- 57% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 45% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 95% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $419K (2020) to $927K (2025). In 2025 it made 58 grants totaling $927K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Community Foundation Chicago, IL | Contribution to Donor Advised Fund | $95,000 |
| New Israel Fund New York, NY | To provide support for the nasij program and shatil's shared society forum | $65,000 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation Santa Barbara, CA | To Support Capacity Building | $52,000 |
| American Friends of Hand in Hand Portland, OR | To support hand in hand: center for jewish-arab education in israel | $50,000 |
| Ark (The Ark) Chicago, IL | To support capital campaign (for human services) and food related programs | $45,000 |
| Food Bank of Santa Barbara County Goleta, CA | To Support Capital Campaign Promoting Food Security | $45,000 |
| Fund for Santa Barbara Inc Santa Barbara, CA | To Support the Immigrant Relief Fund | $40,000 |
| Wilderness Youth Project Santa Barbara, CA | To Support Nature Based Mentor Program | $26,800 |
| Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Santa Barbara, CA | To Support the Mentoring Program | $26,800 |
| Sharsheret Teaneck, NJ | To support general operations providing support to jewish people facing breast or ovarian cancer | $25,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $23,217,785 | $2,340,465 | $1,457,231 | $926,900 | 58 | $1,282,428 | $2,162,873 | $1,353,967 |
| 2024 | $22,304,698 | $1,530,943 | $1,459,363 | $912,350 | 61 | $1,221,053 | $1,354,509 | $1,298,295 |
| 2023 | $22,234,627 | $2,936,247 | $1,322,236 | $892,087 | 70 | $1,184,606 | $2,808,359 | $1,257,828 |
| 2022 | $20,637,155 | $15,852,874 | $1,031,694 | $639,702 | 63 | $1,006,802 | $844,662 | $766,006 |
| 2021 | $8,658,796 | $603,937 | $700,473 | $522,215 | 48 | $644,340 | $550,407 | $540,506 |
| 2020 | $8,597,422 | $360,095 | $579,401 | $419,151 | 64 | — | $313,871 | $462,335 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Florence and Laurence Spungen Family reported a distributable amount of $1.4M for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation’s Holocaust and genocide education work uses its archive to raise awareness and facilitate discussion. The foundation says it exhibits artifacts directly, loans them to cultural and educational organizations, and licenses artifact images to publishers and documentary filmmakers. Its website also describes a traveling exhibit and the foundation’s continued distribution of its 2022 book, Forging Secrets.
The 2025 grants show support for organizations working in areas including food security, human services, immigrant relief, mentoring, child advocacy, cancer support, education, and Jewish-Arab education in Israel. For example, the Santa Barbara Foundation says its mission is to mobilize philanthropic capital and collective wisdom to build empathetic, inclusive, and resilient communities. Fund for Santa Barbara says it provides grants and consulting to grassroots organizations in Santa Barbara County. Sharsheret says it supports people affected by or at increased genetic risk of breast and ovarian cancer. These are the grantees’ stated missions, not the foundation’s.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 58 grants totaling $926,900. Grants ranged from $1,000 to $95,000, with a median of $10,000.
Among the largest grants were $95,000 to Chicago Community Foundation for a donor-advised fund; $65,000 to New Israel Fund for support of the NASIJ program and Shatil’s Shared Society Forum; $52,000 to Santa Barbara Foundation for capacity building; and $50,000 to American Friends of Hand in Hand for the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel. Other grants included $45,000 to The Ark for a capital campaign and food-related programs, $45,000 to Food Bank of Santa Barbara County for a capital campaign promoting food security, and $40,000 to Fund for Santa Barbara for its Immigrant Relief Fund.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Carol Spungen, Daniel Spungen, Debra Spungen, Glenn Spungen, and Melissa Ament as trustees. Tracey Fletcher is listed as executive director.
Florence and Laurence Spungen Family is led by Tracey Fletcher, Executive Director on every filing since 2023; 3 of 6 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Tracey Fletcher
Executive Director
On filings since 2023
20 hrs/week
$51K (2023) → $87K (2025)
Daniel Spungen
Trustee
Treasurer → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
30 hrs/week
$11K (2023) → $9K (2025)
Melissa Ament
Trustee
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
$3K (2025)
Carol Spungen
Trustee
President → Board Chair, 2021
Board Chair → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Debra Spungen
Trustee
Vice President → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Glenn Spungen
Trustee
Secretary → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $87K, to Tracey Fletcher (Executive Director). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Florence and Laurence Spungen Family
How much does Florence and Laurence Spungen Family give each year?
Florence and Laurence Spungen Family gave $927K across 58 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $912K across 61 grants.
What is Florence and Laurence Spungen Family's typical grant size?
Florence and Laurence Spungen Family's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $15,981, across 58 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Florence and Laurence Spungen Family that year got $14K on average.
Where does Florence and Laurence Spungen Family give grants?
Florence and Laurence Spungen Family's top state is California, with 36% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest states were Illinois (33%) and New York (9%). The most frequent recipient cities were Santa Barbara, CA (12 grants), Chicago, IL (7 grants), New York, NY (5 grants) and Washington, DC (3 grants).
Does Florence and Laurence Spungen Family give general operating support?
Yes: 34% of Florence and Laurence Spungen Family's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (20 of 58) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Florence and Laurence Spungen Family's largest grantees?
Florence and Laurence Spungen Family's largest 2025 grantees include Chicago Community Foundation ($95,000), New Israel Fund ($65,000) and Santa Barbara Foundation ($52,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 23% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Florence and Laurence Spungen Family?
Florence and Laurence Spungen Family reported $23.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $1.3M in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $1.4M (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does Florence and Laurence Spungen Family fund?
The foundation’s Holocaust and genocide education work uses its archive to raise awareness and facilitate discussion. The foundation says it exhibits artifacts directly, loans them to cultural and educational organizations, and licenses artifact images to publishers and documentary filmmakers. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Florence and Laurence Spungen Family?
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Florence and Laurence Spungen Family's EIN?
Florence and Laurence Spungen Family's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-7155204. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Does Florence and Laurence Spungen Family accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
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When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 11, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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