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Chicago private foundations

There are 5,488 private foundations in the greater Chicago metro area, including the cities of Chicago, Bolingbrook, Des Plaines, Elgin, Evanston, Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Schaumburg, Skokie, and Gary within the states of Illinois and Indiana. Combined, these Chicago metro private foundations employ 1,205 people, earn more than $8 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $48 billion.
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Types of private foundations in Chicago

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
5,488
 
$8,103,720,328
Corporate foundations
 
83
 
$806,348,042
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Sizes of private foundations in Chicago

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
3,079
$250k to $1M
 
691
$1M to $5M
 
396
$5M to $25M
 
168
$25M to $100M
 
32
$100M+
 
10
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Directory of private foundations in Chicago

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1-20 of 5,488

John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.
Revenue
$890.9m
Assets
$9.3b
Employees
201
EIN
23-7093598
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bramsen Charitable Foundation dated November 30 2018

Bramsen Charitable Foundation dated November 30, 2018 funds operating needs, supports grantees like Home Centered Care Institute, and operates as a family foundation in Barrington, IL.
Revenue
$10.5m
Assets
$23.6m
Employees
0
EIN
83-2704828
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Rowe Family Foundation

The Rowe Family Foundation is a private foundation located in Frankfort, IL. Its trustees, Susan A Rowe, Randall K Rowe, and Elizabeth Rowe made one grant last year.
Revenue
$16.6m
Assets
$12.9m
Employees
0
EIN
36-4332688
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Liegl Family Foundation

The Liegl Family Foundation is a private foundation located in Elkhart, IN that mainly funds support of health programs provided through Goshen Health System and its affiliates.
Revenue
$26.6m
Assets
$49.1m
Employees
0
EIN
27-0331346
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Future Wanxiang Foundation

The Future Wanxiang Foundation is a private foundation in South Barrington, IL whose mission is: The Future Wanxiang Foundation is a private foundation that made seven grants last year.
Revenue
$15.7m
Assets
$52.7m
Employees
1
EIN
85-1628916
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Renee and Lester Crown Charitable Trust for Jewish Causes

Renee and Lester Crown Charitable Trust for Jewish Causes is a family foundation of the Crown family located in Chicago, IL, supported by the Estate of Charles H. Goodman.
Revenue
$19.6m
Assets
$19.6m
Employees
0
EIN
99-6228355
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Kavanaugh Family Foundation

The Kavanaugh Family Foundation donates money to charitable organizations in order to generate capital gains for the foundation. Last year, the foundation gave out 10 grants totaling $240,000. The foundation is located in Downers Grove, IL.
Revenue
$11.3m
Assets
$19.8m
Employees
0
EIN
26-1579335
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust

Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust is a private foundation practicing values-based grant making to public charities serving Chicago/Cook County residents.
Revenue
$16.5m
Assets
$68.2m
Employees
2
EIN
36-7010559
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation

The Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation is a private foundation located in Glencoe, IL. It makes 114 grants last year. The trustees are Susan Goldschmidt, Susan Goldschmidt, and Susan Goldschmidt.
Revenue
$5.8m
Assets
$35.5m
Employees
0
EIN
23-7410867
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pritzker Traubert Foundation

The Pritzker Traubert Foundation invests in people and programs that enrich the life experiences of Chicago's children. With a strong focus on improving schools, they seek leaders, programs and ideas that will impact student learning.
Revenue
$141.7m
Assets
$297.4m
Employees
0
EIN
36-4347781
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Leo Potishman Foundation XXXXX3002

Leo Potishman Foundation XXXXX3002 is a private foundation located in Chicago, IL. It made 29 grants last year. Grantees include Camp Fire First Texas. The trustee is JP Morgan Chase Bank Na.
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$17.1m
Employees
1
EIN
75-6314202
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Frechette Family Foundation

The Frechette Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Minneapolis, MN. The foundation made one grant last year and is supported by the Estate of Peter Frechette.
Revenue
$11.5m
Assets
$165.5m
Employees
1
EIN
31-1530248
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ronald L McDaniel Foundation

Ronald L McDaniel Foundation is a private foundation in Naperville, IL whose mission is: The Ronald L. McDaniel Foundation is a private foundation that primarily funds charitable causes.
Revenue
$8.0m
Assets
$22.0m
Employees
0
EIN
36-4012153
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Vivo Foundation

The Vivo Foundation is a private foundation located in Libertyville, IL that primarily funds to further the mission of the donee. Grantees include Braven and others. The foundation made 75 grants last year.
Revenue
$10.8m
Assets
$183.4m
Employees
3
EIN
87-6329967
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Spellman Family Foundation

The Spellman Family Foundation is a family foundation located in Glencoe, IL, supported by Marc D Spellman.
Revenue
$10.3m
Assets
$10.3m
Employees
0
EIN
33-6524838
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ira Decamp Foundation Under the Will of Elizabeth Decamp Mcinerny

Ira Decamp Foundation Under the Will of Elizabeth Decamp Mcinerny is a private foundation located in Chicago, IL. Last year, it made 49 grants. Grantees include Center For Alernative Sentencing. The trustee is Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na.
Revenue
$7.6m
Assets
$74.3m
Employees
1
EIN
51-0138577
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Paul Liebman Family Foundation

The Paul Liebman Family Foundation is a private foundation located in Chicago, IL that primarily funds general purposes. Its grantees include Diversify Whitewater and others, and the foundation made 10 grants last year.
Revenue
$9.1m
Assets
$39.3m
Employees
0
EIN
81-4563334
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Steele-Reese Foundation XXXXX1004

The Steele-Reese Foundation awarded 60 grants last year to various organizations, including the Steele Memorial Benefit Association. The trustees of the foundation are JP Morgan Chase Bank Na, William T Buice, and Charles U Buice.
Revenue
$7.2m
Assets
$36.5m
Employees
4
EIN
13-6034763
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Roderick and Solange Macarthur Justice Center

The MacArthur Justice Center was founded in 1985 by J. Roderick MacArthur and his daughter Dr. Solange MacArthur and one of the premier civil rights law firms in the United States.
Revenue
$11.6m
Assets
$92.0m
Employees
40
EIN
36-4445595
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Robert W Galvin Foundation

The Robert W Galvin Foundation is a private foundation that made 76 grants last year. Its trustees are Christopher B Galvin, Michael P Galvin, and Mary G Galvin. It is located in Chicago, IL.
Revenue
$12.9m
Assets
$57.7m
Employees
0
EIN
36-6065560
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "T20: Private Foundations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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