Funding search · EIN 362615047 · Chicago, IL

The Baila Foundation

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

77
grants reported
$181,570
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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

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4 grants matching “contributiongeneral · $9,250

  • $7,500

    Music Will · Montclair, NJ · 2025

    General charitable contributionGeneral charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Sertoma Star Services · Chicago Heights, IL · 2024

    General charitable contributionGeneral charitable contribution

  • $500

    Apple · Oak Park, IL · 2023

    General charitable contributionGeneral charitable contribution

  • $250

    Alliance Francaise · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contributionGeneral charitable contribution

Top recipients

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

  • University of Chicago4 grants · $64,200
  • Northwestern University4 grants · $28,000
  • Art Institute of Chicago -the School of3 grants · $12,500
  • Illinois Muslim Community Foundation2 grants · $10,000
  • Music Will1 grant · $7,500
  • Chicago Architecture Center4 grants · $7,100
  • Goodman Theater1 grant · $5,500
  • Marine Biological Laboratory1 grant · $5,000
  • Basketball & Mentorship Academy1 grant · $3,000
  • Anti-Defamation League2 grants · $3,000

Giving over time

$44,925
2022
$30,050
2023
$51,730
2024
$54,865
2025

Grant history

All 77 reported grants, largest first.

  • $26,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $20,500

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $9,500

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $8,200

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $8,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $7,500

    Music Will · Montclair, NJ · 2025

    General charitable contributionGeneral charitable contribution

  • $5,500

    Goodman Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $5,000

    Marine Biological Laboratory · Woods Hole, MA · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $5,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $5,000

    Art Institute of Chicago -the School of · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $5,000

    Illinois Muslim Community Foundation · Orland Park, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $5,000

    Art Institute of Chicago -the School of · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $5,000

    Illinois Muslim Community Foundation · Orland Park, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $5,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $3,500

    Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $3,000

    Basketball & Mentorship Academy · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $2,500

    Pandas Network · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $2,500

    Art Institute of Chicago -the School of · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $2,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $2,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,500

    Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,500

    Junior Achievement · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,500

    Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,500

    Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,200

    Junior Achievement · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Blue Cap · Blue Island, IL · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    St James Cathedral · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    The Selfhelp Home · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Lake Shore Park Advisory Council · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Sertoma Star Services · Chicago Heights, IL · 2024

    General charitable contributionGeneral charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Shriners Childrens Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    St James Cathedral · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Cure Alzheimers Fund · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $1,000

    Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $600

    Chicago Architecture Center · Carol Stream, IL · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $600

    Hands of Peace · Glenview, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $500

    International Women Associates · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $500

    Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $500

    Blue Cap · Blue Island, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $500

    Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $500

    Apple · Oak Park, IL · 2023

    General charitable contributionGeneral charitable contribution

  • $500

    Blind Service of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $500

    Chicago Botanic Gardens · Glencoe, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $500

    Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $500

    Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $500

    Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $500

    Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $475

    International Women Associates · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $400

    Chicago Botanic Gardens · Glencoe, IL · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Chicago Botanic Gardens · Glencoe, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Wdcb Public Radio · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Chicago Botanic Gardens · Glencoe, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Friends of the Chicago River · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Wdcb Public Radio · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $365

    Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $270

    Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $250

    Alliance Francaise · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contributionGeneral charitable contribution

  • $250

    Court Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $250

    National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $250

    Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

  • $225

    International Women Associates · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General charitable contribution

  • $125

    Glessner House · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable contribution

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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.