Funding search · EIN 300040386 · Chicago, IL

Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund

Foundation website ↗Full IRS filings ↗

$26.6M
in grants paid
350
grants
202
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $1.6M

    Operation White Stork · Winnetka, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $1.1M

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $700,000

    Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $606,520

    Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    General support

  • $580,122

    Seti Institute · Mountain View, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $483,752

    Pritzker Military Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Salaries/benefits & general office expenses

  • $250,000

    Glad (Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders) · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $230,000

    World Pediatrics · Saint Louis, MO · 2024

    General support

  • $200,000

    Philander Smith College · Little Rock, AR · 2024

    General support

  • $200,000

    Howard Brown Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $175,000

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General support

  • $160,000

    New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $150,000

    Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $150,000

    Whitman-Walker Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $130,000

    University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    General support

  • $125,000

    Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $105,469

    Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $105,000

    Equality Illinois Education Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Family Tree Clinic · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Carol Shields Prize for Fiction of America · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Injustice Watch Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $93,500

    Northwoods Children'S Museum · Eagle River, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $76,000

    A Silver Lining Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Northfield Food Pantry · Glenview, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    New York Stage and Film · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $62,500

    Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $60,000

    International Rescue Committee (Irc) · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $60,000

    Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · Hagerstown, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Equality Ohio Education Fund · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Kenosha Community Foundation · Bristol, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Timeline Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Preservation Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Lincoln Park Zoo Women'S Board · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $47,500

    Evanston History Center · Evanston, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $42,500

    Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $42,500

    P E F Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Chicago Plastic Surgery Research Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    National Public Radio Inc (US) · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $35,000

    Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $35,000

    Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $35,000

    Chicagoblend Group · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,200

    Wings Program · Palatine, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Rails To Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Glessner House Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Lambda Legal · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Bernie'S Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Harbor Camps · Needham, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Startout · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Ravinia · Highland Park, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Pabst Mansion · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Project Hood Communities Development Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $24,000

    Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Friends of Nachusa Grasslands · Franklin Grv, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    New York Public Radio - Wnyc · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $17,500

    Vilas County Economic Development Corporation · Eagle River, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $16,616

    Girls in the Game Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support & 101 tickets to chicago red stars matches at fmv given on 11/26/2024

  • $15,000

    Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $14,710

    Trustees of Indiana University · Detroit, MI · 2024

    General support

  • $12,600

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support & 30 tickets to chicago red stars matches at fmv given on 11/26/2024

  • $12,500

    Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $12,500

    Wfmt 987 Fm Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $12,500

    Revolution Workshop · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $12,000

    Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $11,235

    Uso · Arlington, VA · 2024

    300 tickets and 300 scarves to chicago red stars matches at fmv given on 11/26/2024

  • $10,000

    American Friends of Yad Labanim · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Focus · Barrington, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Luminarts Cultural Foundation at the Union League Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Camp Nebagamon Scholarship Fund · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Journalism Funding Partners · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    American Farm School · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Wright-Way Rescue · Morton Grove, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $7,500

    Wings Worldquest · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $7,500

    United States National Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $5,040

    Lewis Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    400 tickets to chicago red stars matches at fmv given on 11/26/2024

  • $5,025

    Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Hartford Symphony Orchestra · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Salvation Army Metro Division · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Ywca Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Grant Park Orchestral Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    American Jewish Historical Society · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Kenosha Pride · Kenosha, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    A Just Harvest · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.