1. Directory of nonprofits
  2. Locations
  3. Illinois
  4. Chicago
  5. Chicago private foundations

Chicago private foundations

There are 5,480 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 1,223 people, earn more than $8 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $48 billion.
Skip to:
Related directory pages:

Types of private foundations in Chicago

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
5,480
 
$8,342,089,026
Corporate foundations
 
83
 
$807,044,915
Showing 2 of 2 categories

Sizes of private foundations in Chicago

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
3,067
$250k to $1M
 
687
$1M to $5M
 
400
$5M to $25M
 
174
$25M to $100M
 
34
$100M+
 
10
Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Directory of private foundations in Chicago

Want to add filters to this list, or drill down on results in detail? Open in the Cause IQ search interface
1-20 of 5,480

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)

Eleven Eleven Foundation

The 1111 Foundation funds general support and made 42 grants last year. Grantees include Cool Globes Inc and others. It is a private foundation located in Northfield, IL.
Revenue
$29.2m
Assets
$539.8m
Employees
0
EIN
46-1463656
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lefkofsky Family Foundation

Lefkofsky Family Foundation's mission is to ensure access to quality education; improve fundamental human rights; propel innovative medical research and expand cultural initiatives.
Revenue
$10.7m
Assets
$64.5m
Employees
0
EIN
20-7066362
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Zellis Family Foundation

Chicago private foundation funding general support. 12 grants given last year, including Harold Grinspoon Foundation's PJ Library Program.
Revenue
$15.5m
Assets
$49.4m
Employees
0
EIN
83-2650002
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Rosalind P Walter Foundation XXXXX1002

The Rosalind P Walter Foundation is a private foundation located in New York, NY that primarily funds general fund. It made one grant last year.
Revenue
$6.2m
Assets
$38.7m
Employees
4
EIN
13-6177284
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sue Ling Gin Foundation Trust

The Sue Ling Gin Foundation Trust is a private foundation that primarily funds charitable disbursements for general operations. The trust made two grants last year and is located in Chicago, IL. Grantees include the Chicago Community Foundation.
Revenue
$11.0m
Assets
$57.6m
Employees
0
EIN
47-6858270
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Finnegan Family Foundation

The Finnegan Family Foundation's grantmaking includes support of education and youth organizations. Their funding areas includes health, arts and culture, Jewish causes, education and youth.
Revenue
$5.7m
Assets
$42.3m
Employees
1
EIN
36-4221334
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Julian Grace Foundation

The Julian Grace Foundation is a private foundation that supports grantees with excess distributions carryover applied to 2019. The foundation's grant focus is Note: The amount on line 6 will be used in Part V, column (b), in subsequent years when ca...
Revenue
$8.4m
Assets
$87.0m
Employees
6
EIN
47-1645999
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Dunard Fund USA

Dunard Fund USA is a corporate foundation based in Northbrook, IL, primarily funding general support for organizations like the Yale School of Music and grantees such as the Colburn School. Last year, it made 18 grants.
Revenue
$135.0m
Assets
$231.8m
Employees
0
EIN
98-0087034
IRS type
501(c)(3)

TAWANI Charitable Distribution Fund

The TAWANI Foundation, based in Chicago, IL, funds operational support for nonprofits and awarded 125 grants last year to various organizations.
Revenue
$21.7m
Assets
$117.0m
Employees
3
EIN
30-0040386
IRS type
501(c)(3)

David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation

David and Etta Jonas Family Foundation is a private foundation in Northbrook, IL whose mission is: A private foundation whose trustee is David N. Jonas.
Revenue
$6.8m
Assets
$54.2m
Employees
0
EIN
47-6500826
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)

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)

People's Support Foundation Limited

People's Support Foundation Limited is a private foundation that funds international convenings of representatives from civil society organizations. Grantees include United Community Fund. The foundation made 60 grants last year.
Revenue
$6.8m
Assets
$111.6m
Employees
0
EIN
82-1202926
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Matthew Zell Family Foundation

The Matthew Zell Family Foundation is a private foundation located in Chicago, IL. The Foundation supported 10 grantees last year, including Camp Ramah In Wisconsin Inc. The Foundation is supported by Matthew Zell.
Revenue
$15.5m
Assets
$49.6m
Employees
0
EIN
83-2650859
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hunter Family Foundation

The Hunter Family Foundation is a private foundation that supports the Ravinia Festival Association. The foundation made 57 grants last year and is located in Chicago, IL. The trustees are Peter M Hunter, Willard K Hunter, Thomas B Hunter Iv.
Revenue
$148.4m
Assets
$420.5m
Employees
3
EIN
37-1887329
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Duchossois Family Foundation (DFF)

The Duchossois Family Foundation (DFF) strives to empower individuals to enhance their quality of life through wellness and education.
Revenue
$10.4m
Assets
$145.9m
Employees
0
EIN
36-3327987
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Klaff Family Foundation

The Klaff Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Chicago, IL. Its trustees are Hersch M Klaff, Avril R Klaff, and Daniel Klaff. Last year, it made 35 grants to organizations such as the Jewish Community Foundation San Diego.
Revenue
$11.1m
Assets
$223.3m
Employees
0
EIN
61-1480716
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation

Eugene and Janet Lerner Family Foundation is a private foundation in Chicago, IL, which was founded in 1989 and most recently had $7,009,183 in revenue and no employees.
Revenue
$7.0m
Assets
$13.5m
Employees
0
EIN
36-3674212
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)
Want more insights on private foundations in Chicago?
There's a whole lot more to Cause IQ than what you see here. Additional filters, personnel information, peer benchmarking, Salesforce integration, vendor lists, etc. Access all the information your company needs in one place, already collected.
Schedule a demo
Over 200 customers use Cause IQ to grow, maintain, and serve their nonprofit clients.
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.
Cause IQ is a website that helps companies grow, maintain, and serve their nonprofit clients, and helps nonprofits find additional foundation funding. Our data and tools help professionals prospect for nonprofits, research opportunities, benchmark their clients, and enrich existing information.
Nonprofits
Product
Customers
About

© 2026 Nonprofit Metrics LLC
Terms of Service and Privacy Policy