Funding search · EIN 363490557 · Grantmaking charity · Chicago, IL

Big Shoulders Fund

$64.1M
in grants paid: 305
grants: 112
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

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.

Recent grants

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

$1.4M
St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$1.2M
St Ethelreda School · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$1.1M
St Francis De Sales High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, op, pp, ddg
$917,202
St Angela School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op, ddg
$895,883
Epiphany School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp, ddg
$823,640
St Constance School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp
$799,930
Visitation School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, op, pp, ddg
$734,101
St Mary Star of the Sea School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op
$712,399
St Sylvester School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, lpd, op, pp, ddg
$707,608
Holy Angels School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp
$652,160
Pope John Paul Ii Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$629,330
Queen of the Universe School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$621,509
St Malachy School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp, ddg
$618,810
St Margaret of Scotland School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$597,540
Augustus Tolton Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op, pp
$573,468
St Ailbe School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, lpd, op, pp
$561,240
Children of Peace School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op
$549,190
St Ann School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, ddg, spg
$486,534
St Philip Neri School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, lpd, op, pp
$456,012
Academy of St Benedict the African · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, ddg
$446,110
St Genevieve School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op, pp, ddg
$440,210
Our Lady of Tepeyac Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$425,400
Our Lady of Guadalupe School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp
$411,450
Our Lady of Grace School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$395,068
St Frances of Rome School · Cicero, IL · 2024
Ae, op, ddg
$381,771
St Nicholas of Tolentine School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, ldp, op, pp, ddg
$372,780
Immaculate Conception School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op
$368,924
St Catherine of Sienast Lucy School · Oak Park, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, spg
$360,233
St Gall School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp
$348,052
St Pius V School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, lpd, op, pp
$340,600
Most Blessed Trinity Academy · Waukegan, IL · 2024
Ae, op, pp
$328,017
Maternity Bvm School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp
$302,968
St Agnes of Bohemia School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, op, ddg
$281,190
Annunciata School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$240,710
Leo High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, spg
$225,080
Sacred Heart School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$224,000
Holy Trinity High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op, ddg
$210,697
St Stanislaus Kostka School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op
$187,600
Andrean High School · Merrillville, IN · 2024
Ae
$186,960
St Stanislaus School · East Chicago, IN · 2024
Ae
$165,880
Queen of All Saints School · Michigan City, IN · 2024
Ae
$160,894
Bishop Noll Institute · Hammond, IN · 2024
Ae
$158,700
St Anastasia School · Waukegan, IL · 2024
Ae, op, pp
$153,160
Marquette Catholic High School · Michigan City, IN · 2024
Ae
$150,820
St John De La Salle Catholic Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp
$117,275
St Casimir School · Hammond, IN · 2024
Ae
$115,478
St John Bosco · Hammond, IN · 2024
Ae
$107,270
St John the Baptist · Whiting, IN · 2024
Ae
$106,530
St Mary'S Catholic School · Crown Point, IN · 2024
Ae
$104,320
Aquinas Catholic School · Merrillville, IN · 2024
Ae
$103,700
St Michael Church · Schererville, IN · 2024
Ae
$103,400
St Stanislaus Kostka School · Michigan City, IN · 2024
Ae
$103,360
St Thomas More School · Munster, IN · 2024
Ae
$101,760
Notre Dame School · Michigan City, IN · 2024
Ae
$101,380
Saint Paul Catholic School · Valparaiso, IN · 2024
Ae
$101,060
St John the Evangelist School · Saint John, IN · 2024
Ae
$100,840
St Mary School · Griffith, IN · 2024
Ae
$100,200
Our Lady of Grace · Highland, IN · 2024
Ae
$100,120
St Patrick School · Chesterton, IN · 2024
Ae
$100,000
Nativity of Our Savior School · Portage, IN · 2024
Ae
$62,961
St Thomas of Canterbury School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, ddg
$62,350
Our Lady of Tepeyac High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, ddg
$55,280
St Helen School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, ddg
$54,760
St Walter - St Benedict School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op
$34,700
San Miguel School - Back of the Yards · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, spg
$29,920
Our Lady of the Snows School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd
$25,000
St Rita of Cascia High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ddg
$21,740
St Ferdinand School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd
$16,936
St Procopius School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, spg
$16,150
Josephinum Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae
$15,000
St Laurence High School · Burbank, IL · 2024
Ddg
$13,760
Bridgeport Catholic Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$11,402
St Thomas the Apostle School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd
$11,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Spg
$10,000
St Michael Parish & School · Orland Park, IL · 2024
Ddg
$9,500
Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep · Waukegan, IL · 2024
Spg
$9,390
St Nicholas Ukrainian Cathedral School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, ldp
$9,140
St Matthias School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae
$7,810
St Bede the Venerable School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae
$7,755
St Therese School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$7,649
St William School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op
$5,601
St Gabriel School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, pp
$5,325
St Symphorosa School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, ldp
$5,000
Depaul College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ddg
$717,854
Augustus Tolton Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm la op
$714,490
Holy Angels School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm op
$710,634
St Ethelreda School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm la op
$708,385
St Philip Neri School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae ed la op ddg
$597,566
Academy of St Benedict the African · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae la op ddg spg
$596,400
St Francis De Sales High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm op cp ddg spg
$509,352
Epiphany School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm la op spg
$501,681
St Mary Star of the Sea School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm op sd
$465,194
St Margaret of Scotland School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ed sm la op
$464,819
St Constance School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ed sm op
$457,030
St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae ed sm op
$446,739
Our Lady of Grace School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae ed sm la op
$429,774
St Malachy School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm ls op ddg
$409,982
St Ailbe School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Sm la op
$397,431
Our Lady of Tepeyac Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm la op spg
$378,565
Visitation School · Chicago, IL · 2023
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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.