Funding search · EIN 363689171 · Grantmaking charity · Chicago, IL

Robert R McCormick Foundation

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$268.6M
in grants paid
731
grants
471
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

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Recent grants

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

  • $33.5M

    Cantigny Foundation · Wheaton, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $8.2M

    United Way-McCormick Partnership for Strong Neighborhoods · Chicago, IL · 2024

    United way neighborhood network initiative and catalytic investments

  • $5.4M

    National Louis University · Wheeling, IL · 2024

    Accelerate u, the mccormick institute for early childhood, the undergraduate college at national louis university and matching gifts

  • $4.7M

    Enlace Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    21st century schools emergency support, expanded programming for new arrival youth and families in little village, general operating support, new life/enlace violence prevention and intervention collaborative and the li read all
  • $3.6M

    Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Capital support for mpowerment house, metropolitan peace initiatives, communities partnering 4 peace (cp4p), youth intervention with highest risk, midway domestic violence services for youth and families, restore and ex read all
  • $3.3M

    Institute for Latino Progress (Instituto Del Progreso Latino) · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Capital support for building improvements to increase capacity for nursing programs, carreras en salud (health careers), and program support for expansion of the nursing college

  • $2.7M

    Teamwork Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Community engagement manager for the community safety coordinating center in englewood and general operating support

  • $2.0M

    Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Civic education pilot, college access and success program, productive play in pre-k and k expansion, matching gifts and sponsorship

  • $2.0M

    Xchange Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Capital support for the xchange innovation hub

  • $1.5M

    University of Chicago Medical Center - Main Campus · Chicago, IL · 2024

    South side healthy communities organization

  • $1.5M

    Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Challenge grant for marianjoy rehabilitation hospital

  • $1.2M

    Lewis University · Romeoville, IL · 2024

    Capital support for renovations to support the little village workforce development initiative and programmatic support of little village workforce development initiative

  • $1.2M

    Better Government Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support, illinois solutions partnership and sponsorship

  • $1.2M

    National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Arte for all: expanding access to youth programming in little village through the yollocalli fire station center, yollocalli arts reach and sponsorship

  • $1.1M

    Brightpoint · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Freidheim center capital project and thriving fathers and families

  • $919,310

    Illinois Action for Children · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support, matching gifts and sponsorship

  • $900,000

    Harry S Truman College · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education workforce center

  • $815,100

    Latino Policy Forum · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support, matching gifts and sponsorship

  • $800,000

    Eg Woode · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Capital support for e.g. Woode food hub

  • $791,000

    Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $675,000

    Chicago Children'S Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Curiosity classrooms

  • $647,500

    United Way of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    211 metro chicago helpline, fair chance hiring initiative, garfield park rite to wellness collaborative and sponsorship

  • $639,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024

    For the center for neighborhood engaged research and science (corners), medill metro media lab: teach for chicago and medill illinois news bureau, sponsorship and matching gifts

  • $620,000

    Bottom Line · Boston, MA · 2024

    Bottom line chicago's college access, success, and blueprint programs

  • $615,000

    Family Focus · Chicago, IL · 2024

    21st century schools emergency support, family focus fatherhood program, and restore and expand after school programs in chicago

  • $610,000

    Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Illinois policy general operating support and sponsorship

  • $600,100

    Share Our Spare · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Dolly parton imagination library and matching gifts

  • $587,000

    New Life Centers of Chicagoland Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Emergency needs at the landing zone (new arrivals), little village youth programming support, general operating support, service days and sponsorship

  • $545,904

    Central States Ser Jobs for Progress · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Everyone can code program and reconnection hub in little village

  • $521,000

    Loyola University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support for arrupe college and matching gifts

  • $510,000

    One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $505,000

    Imagine Englewood If Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support and sponsorship

  • $503,100

    Erie Neighborhood House · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Erie neighborhood houses little village project, matching gifts and sponsorship

  • $500,000

    Community Education Network · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Itav early childhood pel completion project

  • $500,000

    Resident Association of Greater Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $489,000

    Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education and career resources and community care program, mercy home for boys and girls-learning and development program and sponsorship

  • $450,000

    Juvenile Protective Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Connect to kids (c2k)

  • $440,000

    Illinois Principals Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2024

    Kids implementation

  • $413,700

    Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Workforce development program and sponsorship

  • $400,500

    Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies · Bloomington, IL · 2024

    General operating support and service days

  • $400,000

    Grow Greater Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $400,000

    Advance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $400,000

    Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Cara accelerator program (cap)

  • $400,000

    Male Mogul Initiative Inc Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Co-llab creative spaces

  • $392,970

    American National Red Cross - Illinois Chapter · Washington, DC · 2024

    American red cross - service to the armed forces, red cross of illinois disaster relief ($100,000) and disaster response to hurricanes helen and milton ($150,000), sponsorships and matching gifts

  • $375,000

    Greater Englewood Chamber Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $370,000

    College Possible · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    College possible chicago 2024-25 program expansion

  • $350,000

    Chapin Hall Center for Children · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $345,000

    Braven · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Braven chicago

  • $332,250

    Off the Street Club · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support, save our summer campaign and excel public speaking program, matching gifts and sponsorship

  • $325,000

    Chicago Hopes for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $320,000

    Beyond the Ball · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Community engagement manager for the community safety coordinating center in little village and general operating support

  • $300,500

    Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2024

    The chicago partnership and fund for safe and peaceful communities and service days

  • $300,000

    Illinois Equal Justice Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Illinois armed forces legal aid network (il-aflan)

  • $300,000

    Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    The robert r. Mccormick foundation and mcsf- "honoring marines by educating their children"

  • $300,000

    The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $262,500

    Intrinsic Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $255,000

    Junior Achievement of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Ja high school heroes and program support and matching gifts

  • $250,000

    The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Liftup Enterprises · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Credit enhancement for do right services co.

  • $250,000

    Metropolis Strategies · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Mccormick reentry fellow and the illinois reentry council

  • $250,000

    Impactassets · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    Capital investment for do right services via liftup workers donor advised fund

  • $247,500

    Breakthrough · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Chicago peace league and violence prevention program, food pantry support and the nettie bailey student achievement program

  • $242,650

    Chicago Parks Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Youth baseball and softball programs to support health and wellness

  • $225,100

    Alternatives · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Systemic evaluation, enhancement, and institutional training (seeit) program and matching gifts

  • $215,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $207,500

    Imentor · New York, NY · 2024

    Imentor chicago and post-secondary pathways (psp) for south and west side cps high school students

  • $200,000

    Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Englewood women's initiative

  • $200,000

    Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Neighborhood entrepreneurship lab (nel)

  • $200,000

    Target Area Development Corp · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Public safety/youth programming

  • $187,500

    Thresholds · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Thresholds mothers project, thresholds veterans project and youth and young adult services

  • $185,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Boys & girls clubs of chicago triple play and healthy lifestyles program, violence prevention through boys & girls club sports, recreation and wellness programming and sponsorship

  • $185,000

    Dupage Children'S Museum · Naperville, IL · 2024

    Dcm wonder club sustainable scaling initiative

  • $175,000

    Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA · New York, NY · 2024

    Sport for good chicago

  • $164,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Consortium on school research - investor council, network for college success and operating support for the university of chicago crime lab

  • $153,500

    Loves Animal Rescue · Saint Just, PR · 2024

    Matching gifts and service days

  • $150,000

    Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Multi-faith veterans initiative

  • $150,000

    Lion Pride Mentoring · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Austin Childcare Providers Network · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Kindergarten initiative (c2k program)

  • $150,000

    American Overseas Memorial Day Association Foundation · Valhalla, NY · 2024

    Bastogne war museum, monument and education center commemorating the battle of the bulge

  • $150,000

    Maafa Redemption Project · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $135,100

    Urban Initiatives · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Elementary soccer program, general operating support and matching gifts

  • $135,000

    Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2024

    One goal chicago operations and program support for chicago operations

  • $128,450

    Habitat for Humanity Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Veterans build, matching gifts and service days

  • $125,000

    Chicago Commons Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Pathways for parents

  • $125,000

    After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Out-of-school time programming

  • $125,000

    Embarc · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $120,000

    Chicago Jesuit Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024

    College & career persistence, general operating support, and high school bridge

  • $110,000

    456 Pathway To Adventure Council Boy Scouts of America · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support and sponsorship

  • $110,000

    Leo High School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support and sponsorship

  • $106,200

    Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024

    Chicago evans scholars and matching gifts

  • $102,000

    Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union · Mount Vernon, VA · 2024

    Expansion of the george washington teacher institute and matching gifts

  • $100,000

    Chicago Hope Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    West Point Association of Graduates · West Point, NY · 2024

    Matching gifts

  • $100,000

    Think Outside Da Block · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Uiuc - College of Education · Urbana, IL · 2024

    For the illinois early childhood dashboard

  • $100,000

    Inner-City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Green reentry: holistic workforce development program

  • $97,237

    Trellus · Chicago, IL · 2024

    2024 one summer chicago, everyone can code chicago startup to 1000 program

  • $90,000

    Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Building blocks: rumc scholars program and general operating support for west side united

  • $85,000

    Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Becoming a man (bam) and working on womanhood (wow) programs

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