Funding search · EIN 237376023 · Chicago, IL

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Name: Forefront grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

428
grants reported: $39.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $62,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Ymen5 grants · $2.6M
University of Illinois Foundation5 grants · $2.5M
Austin Coming Together4 grants · $1.9M
Westside Health Authority3 grants · $1.4M
Neighborspace4 grants · $947,000
Gardeneers4 grants · $871,000
Chicago Food Policy Action Council4 grants · $800,000
Build Incorporated4 grants · $785,000
Faith in Place3 grants · $733,425
Illinois Stewardship Allliance3 grants · $725,000

Giving over time

$5.0M

2021

$4.7M

2022

$25.1M

2023

$4.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 428 grants.

$993,000
Westside Health Authority · Chicago, IL · 2022
Capacity building/general support
$897,600
University of Illinois Foundation · Champaign, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$897,600
University of Illinois Foundation · Champaign, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$672,000
New Covenant Community Development Corp · Chicago, IL · 2021
Capacity building/general support
$575,000
Ymen · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$575,000
Ymen · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$543,031
Austin Coming Together · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$525,000
Ymen · Chicago, IL · 2021
Capacity building/general support
$495,000
Ymen · Chicago, IL · 2022
Capacity building/general support
$450,000
Ymen · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$450,000
Austin Coming Together · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$450,000
Austin Coming Together · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$450,000
Austin Coming Together · Chicago, IL · 2022
Capacity building/general support
$400,000
Neighborspace · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$400,000
Neighborspace · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$376,398
University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2022
Capacity building/general support
$343,398
University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2021
Capacity building/general support
$325,000
Illinois Stewardship Allliance · Springfield, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$325,000
Illinois Stewardship Allliance · Springfield, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$300,000
Chicago Community and Workers Right · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$300,000
Chicago Community and Workers Right · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$283,425
Faith in Place · Chicago, IL · 2021
Capacity building/general support
$275,000
Chicago Food Policy Action Council · Chicago, IL · 2021
Capacity building/general support
$275,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization · Chicago, IL · 2021
Capacity building/general support
$275,000
Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2021
Capacity building/general support
$260,000
Westside Health Authority · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$255,000
Gardeneers · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$255,000
Gardeneers · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$253,000
Dion'S Chicago Dream · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$250,000
Chicago Food Policy Action Council · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$250,000
Chicago Food Policy Action Council · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$250,000
Vivery Community - Food Access Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$250,000
Vivery Community - Food Access Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$250,000
Advocates for Urban Agriculture · Chicago, IL · 2021
Capacity building/general support
$225,000
Faith in Place · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$225,000
Faith in Place · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$221,000
Gardeneers · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$215,000
Build Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$215,000
Build Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$200,000
Chicago Horticultural Society · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$180,000
Build Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2021
Capacity building/general support
$175,000
Build Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2022
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
First Congregational United Church of Christ · Dekalb, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Grow Greater Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship · Waukegan, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship · Waukegan, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Advocates for Urban Agriculture · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Advocates for Urban Agriculture · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Chicago Lights · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Chicago Lights · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Fair Food Network · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Fair Food Network · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Global Philanthropy Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Global Philanthropy Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Inner-City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Inner-City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Warehouse Workers Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$150,000
Warehouse Workers Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$140,000
Gardeneers · Chicago, IL · 2022
Capacity building/general support
$125,000
Enlace Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$125,000
Above and Beyond Food Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$125,000
Above and Beyond Food Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$125,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$125,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$125,000
Angelic Organics Learning Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$125,000
Angelic Organics Learning Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$125,000
Chicago Workers' Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$125,000
Chicago Workers' Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$125,000
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting · Champaign, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$125,000
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting · Champaign, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$125,000
Open Collective Foundation · Walnut, CA · 2021
Capacity building/general support
$120,000
Circle Urban Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
American Indian Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Gsj Family Life Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Illinois Stewardship Allliance(Illinois Food Justice Alliance Infrastructur · Springfield, IL · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
The Hack Foundation - Hack Club · Hollywood, CA · 2024
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Asi Ne Healthcare Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Asi Ne Healthcare Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Better Love Yourself · Forest Park, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Better Love Yourself · Forest Park, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Business Services Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Business Services Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Chicago International Social Change Film Festival Social Cha · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Chicago International Social Change Film Festival Social Cha · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Common Market · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Common Market · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Elawa Farm Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Elawa Farm Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Equity and Transformation (Eat) · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Equity and Transformation (Eat) · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Foresight Design Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Foresight Design Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Gary Comer Youth Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Gary Comer Youth Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Grow Greater Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Grow Greater Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Here To Stay Community Land Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Here To Stay Community Land Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Live Free Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support
$100,000
Live Free Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity building/general support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.