Program areas at The Obama Foundation
Obama Foundation programming:in service of The Foundation's mission to inspire, empower, and connect people to change their world, The Foundation continued to work with young leaders in a variety of local, national, and global programs. Scholars: our scholars program supports rising leaders around The world via a one-year residential program that brings together academic, skills-based, and hands-on learning. For The 2021-2022 school year, The scholars program included 12 scholars at The university of chicago and 12 scholars at columbia university.leaders: leaders: africa, asia-pacific, europe, and usa are each year-long leadership programs aimed at building and empowering regional networks of change-makers. The regional cohorts participate in values-based leadership training. The leaders: africa program began in 2018, The leaders: asia-pacific program launched in 2019 and The leaders: europe program launched in 2020. All programs launched, a cohort of 35 emerging leaders. The leaders: usa program launched in 2022. The voyager scholarship: obama-chesky scholarship for public service: The voyager scholarship launched in 2022 with The selection of 100 students to receive scholarships. The voyager scholarship is designed to build The next generation of leaders committed to public service through a transformational combination of barrier-reducing financial aid and meaningful, educational travel experiences.girls opportunity alliance: The girls opportunity alliance seeks to empower adolescent girls around The world through education, allowing them to achieve their full potential and transform their families, communities, and countries. The program engages people around The world to take action to help adolescent girls and The grassroots leaders working to educate them.my brother's keeper alliance: mbk alliance leads a national call to action focused on building safe and supportive communities for boys and young men of color where they feel valued and have clear pathways to opportunity.
Obama presidential center startup:in 2022 The Obama Foundation construction activities included finalizing The installation of The Foundation systems and focused on concrete operations of The Obama presidential center ("center"). Activities also included finalizing The design of The center and accelerating The museum component throughout our ongoing artifact collecting activity, arts commission, and arts program planning; applying best practices for preservation and management of The museum collection; and advancing planning and development for our inaugural exhibitions and visitor experience.
Grants made by The Obama Foundation
Who funds The Obama Foundation
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at The Obama Foundation
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Valerie Jarrett | Director and Chief Executive Officer | $740,000 | 2022-12-31 |
Ammar Rizki | Chief Financial Officer | $192,283 | 2023-07-26 |
Jordan Kaplan | Senior Vice President , Chief Development Officer | $260,180 | 2021-12-31 |
Alfreda Bradley-Coar | Executive Vice President , Chief Legal and People Officer | $412,384 | 2022-12-31 |
Elisabeth Siciliano | Vice President , Governance , Strategy and Risk | $261,000 | 2022-12-31 |
...and 28 more key personnel |
Financials for The Obama Foundation
Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $311,359,661 | $159,660,416 | 95% |
Program services | $0 | $0 | - |
Investment income and dividends | $1,028,436 | $30,586 | 3262.4% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $-3,107,445 | $266,067 | -1267.9% |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $3,587 | $342 | 948.8% |
Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
Total revenues | $309,284,239 | $159,957,411 | 93.4% |
Organizations like The Obama Foundation
Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
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National Trust for Historic Preservation | 501(c)(3) | Washington, DC | $94,041,688 |
CDC Foundation / National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc | 501(c)(3) | Atlanta, GA | $256,218,224 |
Metropolitan Museum of Art | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $653,501,924 |
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $182,748,154 |
WGBH Educational Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Boston, MA | $211,952,357 |
Whitney Museum of American Art | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $110,055,900 |
Field Museum of Natural History | 501(c)(3) | Chicago, IL | $91,881,924 |
National Public Radio (NPR) | 501(c)(3) | Washington, DC | $305,638,035 |
American Museum of Natural History | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $228,285,796 |
Carnegie Hall / The Carnegie Hall Corporation | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $90,457,248 |
Data update history
August 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
August 23, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
August 20, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 5 new vendors, including , , , , and
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanitiesHistory
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingOperates internationallyNational levelEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- 5235 S Harper CT No 1140
- Chicago, IL 60615
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
- County
- Cook County, IL
- Website URL
- obama.org/Â
- Twitter profile
- @obamafoundationÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 46-4950751
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2014
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- A80: Historical Societies, Historical Preservation
- NAICS code, primary
- 813211: Grantmaking Foundations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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