Major Donations

The largest donations ever given by the Ronald and Mary Ann Lachman Foundation are $100,000 over ten year periods. Current Major Grantees are

Beth Emet Synogogue for their Capital Campaign

Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute Camp for their Dining Hall to allow the camp to serve a larger population in a quality matter

The Grantee which receives the largest ongoing support from the Ronald and Mary Ann Lachman Foundation is READ Educational Center (previously AEHI, Alternatives in Education for the Hearing Impaired). The Foundation has donated $25,000 to $50,000 to this organization on a yearly basis. The Lachman Foundation made two continuing grants of $50,000 each payable over 10 years to The United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. and to The Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois, funding the Lachman Documentation Library.  The Ronald and Mary Ann Lachman Foundation donated a multi-year grant totalling $100,000 to Solomon Schechter Day School in Northbrook, Illinois.

In 2001, the Ronald and Mary Ann Lachman Foundation made a special grant of $50,000 to The Abraham Fund for The Sir Charles Clore Jewish Arab Community Center in Acre. This grant was for Professional Training and Supplemental Education for High School Dropouts. There is a very high dropout rate among both Arab and Jewish teenagers in Acre. Among the Jews the rate is especially high among new immigrants and Kafkazim. There is some programs among the Jewish population for confronting this problem, but there is nothing among Arabs. This grant is for a program that addresses the comprehensive approach needed to attack this problem for all the youth in Acre. There are many talented young people who drop out of high school after age 16 and are in danger of falling into the world of drugs and crime. This program hopes to offer these young people an alternative which they will find exciting and interesting. The funding provided by the Ronald and Mary Ann Lachman Foundation provides approximately 1/3 of the funding needed for this program for the year, enough to provide a partial program if other funds are not forthcoming.

In 2002, the Ronald and Mary Ann Lachman Foundation made a special grant of $50,000 to help the fledgling Chicago Jewish High School get started.

The Foundation is seeking to give a major grant for research which will help those without functioning cochlea to hear.

As of 2002, in the area of deafness, the foundation is focusing its efforts on programs to train teachers of the deaf and interpreters to add Cued Speech (cued spoken language) to their skills.

During 2002 the foundation and it's individual trustees, gave higher than normal grants to organizations which help those effected by terrorists, particularly in Israel.  A grant was also given to MEMRI to help their efforts to translate Arab press into English and therefore to help Americans become informed of true attitudes existing in an important part of the world.

2003 Donations

Abraham Fund	$500
ADL (Anti-Defamation League)	$250
AEHI new name READ Educational Center	$25,000
American Committee For Weizmann	$1,000
American Friends of Shemesh	$15,000
American Friends of the Ghetto Fighters' House	$500
American Society for Yad Vashem	$250
Ark	$1,000
ARZA (Reform Zionist Movement)	$500
Beth Emet	$15,000
Cal Poly Foundation-Disability Resource Center	$1,000
Chicago Jewish High School	$10,000
Community Foundation for Jewish Education	$1,500
Cornell Equestrian Team	$5,000
Donor's Forum of Chicago	$660
Friends of the IDF	$1,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$1,000
Growing Home	$10,000
Hillel - Cornell	$2,500
Hillel - National	$2,500
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois	$5,000
House Ear Institute	$1,000
Israel Project	$1,000
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs	$1,000
Jewish Fund for Justice	$500
Jewish National Fund	$1,000
Jewish United Fund	$11,000
Keshet	$1,000
Leo Baeck Educational Center	$500
Magen David Adom	$1,000
MAZON	$1,000
MEMRI	$2,500
National Captioning Institute	$250
NCSA - National Cued Speech Association	$500
Northbrook Citizens for Drug Awareness	$1,000
Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute Camp	$11,000
Solomon Schechter School	$2,500
UAHC -Union of American Hebrew Congregations	$1,000
Total	$136,910

2002 Donations

Abraham Fund	$500
ADL (Anti-Defamation League)	$1,000
AEHI, Alternatives in Education for the Hearing Impaired (READ Educational Center)	$47,600
AEHI, William Krause Memorial Fund	$5,000
American Committee For Weizmann	$3,500
American Friends of the Ghetto Fighters’ House	$1,000
American Friends of Yad Vashem	$500
The Ark	$1,000
ARZA (Refrm Zionist Movement)	$1,000
Beth Emet	$18,000
Cal Poly Foundation-Disability Resource Center	$1,000
Chicago Jewish High School	$50,000
Community Foundation for Jewish Education	$1,540
Cornell Equestrian Team	$10,000
Donor's Forum of Chicago	$660
Friends of Shemesh	$15,000
Friends of the IDF	$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$1,000
Growing Home	$11,100
Hadassah Chicago Chapter	$500
Hillel - Illinois	$4,200
Hillel - National	$8,000
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois	$5,000
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs	$2,500
Jewish National Fund	$5,000
Jewish United Fund	$15,000
Jewish United Fund - Argentina Relocation	$1,000
Jewish United Fund - Israel Terror Relief Campaign	$15,000
Keshet	$1,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society	$250
Leukemia Research Foundation	$500
Magen David Adom	$1,000
MAZON	$1,000
MEMRI	$5,000
National Captioning Institute	$250
NCSA - National Cued Speech Association	$250
Northbrook Citizens for Drug Awareness	$1,000
Northbrook Speed Skating Club	$250
Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute Camp	$10,000
Paws Chicago	$250
Peace Child, Abraham Fund	$1,000
Pitchon Lev, PEF Israel Endowment	$1,000
Reform Jewish Appeal	$500
Shaare Zedek	$250
SHHH - Self Help for Hard of Hearing	$250
Solomon Schechter School	$2,000
Solomon Schechter School, Worcester	$1,000
UAHC -Union of American Hebrew Congregations	$1,000
University of Illinois (technology lab)	$1,000
Total	$259,350

2001 Donations

Abraham Fund (Jewish Arab Community)	$50,000
ADL	$1,500
AEHI, Alternatives in Education for the Hearing Impaired	$11,481
American Committee For Weizmann	$1,000
American Friends of Shemesh	$10,000
American Friends of the Ghetto Fighters’ House	$1,500
American Friends of Yad Vashem	$1,000
The Ark	$2,000
ARZA	$1,000
Beth Emet	$15,000
Cal Poly Foundation-Disability Resource Center	$11,500
Central Avenue Synagogue	$1,000
Chicago Community Kollel	$1,000
Chicago Friends of the IDF	$500
Children’s Memorial Hospital, Medical Research	$500
Columbia College	$250
Community Foundation for Jewish Education	$540
Cued Speech Assoc. of Minnesota	$1,500
Donor's Forum of Chicago	$760
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$1,000
Hebrew Theological College	$1,000
HIAS	$250
Hillel - National	$1,000
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois	$2,000
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs	$1,600
Jewish Federation for Solomon Schechter	$10,000
Jewish Federation for Metropolitan Chicago	$1,000
Jewish Funders Network	$600
Jewish National Fund	$1,000
Jewish United Fund	$11,900
Keshet	$1,000
MAZON	$1,000
National Captioning Institute	$250
Northbrook Citizens for Drug Awareness	$2,500
Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute Camp	$15,500
Project Kesher	$1,000
Reform Jewish Appeal	$500
SHHH - Self Help for Hard of Hearing	$250
Simon Wiesenthal Center	$1,000
UAHC -Union of American Hebrew Congregations	$1,000
United Life Line	$500
University of Chicago Children’s Hospital	$500
University of Chicago Dr. Tobak’s Research	$1,250
University of Illinois (technology lab)	$1,000
University of Illinois Scholarship Association	$500
US Civilian Research & Dev Foundation	$1,000
Waukegan Water Safety Association	$1,000
Total	$173,131

2000 Donations

Abraham Fund	$5,000
Abraham Fund (Shemesh)	$15,000
ADL	$500
AEHI, Alternatives in Education for the Hearing Impaired	$49,550
American Committee For Weizmann	$2,500
American Friends of Yad Vashem	$250
American Jewish Committee	$250
The Ark	$1,000
ARZA	$1,000
Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day	$500
Beth Emet	$14,000
Cal Poly Foundation	$5,000
Cal Poly Foundation-Disability Resource Center	$7,500
Cancer Care	$500
Center for Educational Partnerships	$500
Chicago Friends of the IDF	$600
Community Foundation for Jewish Education	$540
Donor's Forum of Chicago	$2,100
FIRST	$2,000
Grantmakers for Education	$250
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$1,000
Hearing Rehab Foundation	$2,500
HIAS	$500
Hillel - Illinois	$1,000
Hillel - National	$1,250
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois	$1,000
ICODA	$1,500
IQLI	$5,000
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs	$1,500
Jewish Fund for Justice	$2,500
Jewish National Fund	$2,500
Jewish United Fund	$11,000
Keshet	$550
MAZON	$1,000
National Captioning Institute	$250
NCSA - National Cued Speech Association	$2,000
Northbrook Citizens for Drug Awareness	$2,500
Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute Camp	$15,000
Project Kesher	$1,000
Reform Jewish Appeal	$500
San Diego Jewish Academy	$500
SHHH - Self Help for Hard of Hearing	$250
Simon Wiesenthal Center	$10,000
Solomon Schechter Day School	$26,350
Temple Jeremiah	$2,000
UAHC -Union of American Hebrew Congregations	$1,000
United States Adaptive Recreation Center	$1,000
University of Illinois	$2,500
Up-Thumb	$360
Upper Savannah Area Health Consortium	$5,700
USET - United States Equestrian Team	$4,750
Women's American ORT	$1,000
World Jewish Congress	$1,000
World Reform Appeal	$500
Total	$219,500

1999 Donations

Abraham Fund (Shemesh)	$2,050
ADL	$500
AEHI, Alternatives in Education for the Hearing Impaired	$59,450
Alexander Graham Bell Assoc. for the Hearing Impaired	$250
American Committee For Weizmann	$1,000
The Ark	$1,000
ARZA	$500
Bears Care - Breast Cancer Research	$2,700
Beth Emet	$11,500
Boys Scouts of America, Chicago Area	$2,500
Chai Lifeline Chicago	$500
Columbia College	$500
Community Foundation for Jewish Education	$4,040
Donor's Forum of Chicago	$1,000
FIRST	$2,500
Foundation for Hearing & Speech Rehab - Northwestern	$250
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$1,000
Habitat for Humanity	$500
Hillel - Illinois	$250
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois	$1,500
ICODA	$2,500
Inspiration Cafe	$500
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs	$1,000
Jewish Federation of Chicago	$5,000
Jewish Fund for Justice	$2,500
Jewish Funder's Network	$600
Jewish National Fund	$500
Jewish United Fund	$6,400
Kollel Chesed of Skokie	$360
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society	$1,000
Light Opera Works	$250
MAZON	$1,000
National Jewish Medical Research	$250
Northbrook Public Library	$500
Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute Camp	$11,000
Project Kesher	$500
Shalva	$500