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Driehaus Design Initiative

Name: Driehaus Design Initiative grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

13
grants reported: $556,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $35,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

12 grants matching “fashion” · $546,000

$76,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design Program
$75,000
Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
To support the production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Department of Fashion Studies
$75,000
Dominican University · River Forest, IL · 2025
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design program
$40,000
Dominican University · River Forest, IL · 2024
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design program
$35,000
Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support the production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Department of Fashion Studies
$35,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design Program
$35,000
Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support the production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Department of Fashion Studies
$35,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design Program
$35,000
Dominican University · River Forest, IL · 2023
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design program
$35,000
Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support the production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Department of Fashion Studies
$35,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design Program
$35,000
Dominican University · River Forest, IL · 2022
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design program

Grant history

All 13 reported grants, largest first.

$76,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design Program
$75,000
Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
To support the production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Department of Fashion Studies
$75,000
Dominican University · River Forest, IL · 2025
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design program
$40,000
Dominican University · River Forest, IL · 2024
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design program
$35,000
Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support the production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Department of Fashion Studies
$35,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design Program
$35,000
Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support the production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Department of Fashion Studies
$35,000
Dominican University · River Forest, IL · 2023
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design program
$35,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design Program
$35,000
Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support the production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Department of Fashion Studies
$35,000
Dominican University · River Forest, IL · 2022
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design program
$35,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support production and presentation of student work in Grantee's Fashion Design Program
$10,000
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support Chicago Museum

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