Funding search · EIN 363689171 · Chicago, IL

Robert R McCormick Foundation

Name: Robert R McCormick Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

731
grants reported: $268.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Where the money goes

Chicago neighborhood safety and community violence intervention, especially Englewood and Little Village
Early childhood education and child care workforce in Illinois
College access, persistence, and workforce development for Chicago youth
Capital projects for community facilities and hubs on South and West Sides
Veterans services, journalism, and government accountability
New arrival and immigrant family emergency support

Typical grant

Median grant is $50,000, with the middle half between $24,500 and $200,000. The very large checks go to the affiliated Cantigny Foundation, the United Way-McCormick neighborhood partnership, and place-based anchors like Enlace Chicago, Metropolitan Family Services, and Instituto del Progreso Latino, often bundling several programs plus capital into one award. Giving repeats heavily year over year with the same core Chicago grantees, frequently as general operating support layered with sponsorships and matching gifts.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT”
“CAPITAL SUPPORT FOR”
“MATCHING GIFTS AND SPONSORSHIP”
“VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION”
“COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS”
“COMMUNITY SAFETY COORDINATING CENTER”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the work in a named Chicago community area, Englewood and Little Village dominate the place-based awards.
Ask $100,000 to $250,000 for a defined program; reserve seven figures for capital or multi-site collaboratives.
Connect research to their funded evaluation partners: Chapin Hall, UChicago Crime Lab, Northwestern CORNERS.
Bundle a program request with capital or general operating; they routinely fund multiple lines in one award.

Worth knowing: This is overwhelmingly an Illinois funder, 639 of 731 grants, and the largest single check is to Cantigny, the foundation's own affiliate in Wheaton. Out-of-state grantees almost always earn it by running a Chicago site or serving veterans and press freedom nationally, and the Chicago giving looks strongly relationship-driven with the same anchor organizations funded repeatedly.

0 grants matching “democracy and civic engagement”

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Top recipients

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

Cantigny Foundation3 grants · $82.0M
United Way-McCormick Partnership for Strong Neighborhoods2 grants · $16.5M
Enlace Chicago3 grants · $9.9M
Project Hood Communities1 grant · $8.0M
Metropolitan Family Services3 grants · $6.3M
National Louis University3 grants · $5.4M
Teamwork Englewood3 grants · $5.3M
Carole Robertson Center for Learning3 grants · $4.8M
Big Shoulders Fund3 grants · $4.4M
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights2 grants · $3.5M

Giving over time

$93.4M

2022

$69.1M

2023

$106.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 731 grants.

$33.5M
Cantigny Foundation · Wheaton, IL · 2024
General operating support
$28.1M
Cantigny Foundation · Wheaton, IL · 2023
General operating support
$20.5M
Cantigny Foundation · Wheaton, IL · 2022
General operating support
$8.2M
United Way-McCormick Partnership for Strong Neighborhoods · Chicago, IL · 2023
For the united way of metropolitan chicago neighborhood network initiative
$8.2M
United Way-McCormick Partnership for Strong Neighborhoods · Chicago, IL · 2024
United way neighborhood network initiative and catalytic investments
$8.0M
Project Hood Communities · Chicago, IL · 2022
For general operating support. For the leadership and economic development center
$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 all21st 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 little village youth safety network, and restore and expand after school programs in chicago less
$4.6M
Enlace Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
For the integration and coordination of two community-wide local safety networks: the little village youth safety network (lvysn, founded in 2011), and the little village violence prevention collaborative (vpc, founded … read allFor the integration and coordination of two community-wide local safety networks: the little village youth safety network (lvysn, founded in 2011), and the little village violence prevention collaborative (vpc, founded in 2001), enlace chicago is soliciting support to engage a consultant to lead the process to generate the little village quality of life plan 2023, and to develop a monitoring and evaluation system. In order to do that successfully, they are also aiming to reunify the different neighborhood networks and tables that are duplicating efforts in pursuit of similar goals. For early childhood enrollment support in little village, for the fiscal sponsorship of universidad popular to support early childhood enrollment in little village, for the fiscal sponsorship of telpochcalli community education project inc to support early childhood enrollment in little village. less
$4.1M
Carole Robertson Center for Learning · Chicago, IL · 2022
For bridging academic social emotional support into kindergarten professional learning system, sponsorship
$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 allCapital 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 expand after school programs in chicago, general operating support and matching gifts less
$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
$3.1M
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Patrick magoon institute for healthy communities, for the lurie children's mentorship and workforce development program
$3.1M
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
For the sports for kids program, accelerate ability campaign: center for hope and equity
$3.0M
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Southside healthy communities collaborative, violence recovery program at the university of chicago level 1 trauma center
$2.7M
Teamwork Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2024
Community engagement manager for the community safety coordinating center in englewood and general operating support
$2.7M
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights · Chicago, IL · 2022
For the individualized placement and support program, readi and readi for reentry
$2.6M
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
For the medill local news accelerator. For northwestern neighborhood network initiative. Matching gift
$2.3M
Teamwork Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2022
Community safety coordination center community engagement manager, for teamwork englewood's planning, preparation, and execution of spring and summer 2022 youth engagement programming, for early childhood enrollment sup… read allCommunity safety coordination center community engagement manager, for teamwork englewood's planning, preparation, and execution of spring and summer 2022 youth engagement programming, for early childhood enrollment support in englewood, for fiscal sponsorship of englewood community action council to support early childhood enrollment in englewood, for general operating support, sponsorship less
$2.1M
Sinai Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Behavioral health programs and digital health transformation for sinai chicago
$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
$2.0M
Illinois Press Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2022
For capitol news illinois
$1.8M
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Garfield park right to wellness collaborative, second chance hiring pilot, sponsorship
$1.8M
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
For supporting teacher professional development on civics and media literacy with big shoulders fund educators, quality pre-school initiative in little village and englewood, for the college access and success program, … read allFor supporting teacher professional development on civics and media literacy with big shoulders fund educators, quality pre-school initiative in little village and englewood, for the college access and success program, matching gift, sponsorship less
$1.7M
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
For the communities partnering 4 peace (cp4p) initiative, communities partnering 4 peace (cp4p) which includes street outreach, case management, victim services and the metropolitan peace academy & community engagement,… read allFor the communities partnering 4 peace (cp4p) initiative, communities partnering 4 peace (cp4p) which includes street outreach, case management, victim services and the metropolitan peace academy & community engagement, flatlining violence inspires peace (flip), legal service corp, workforce development, for the fiscal sponsorship of wego together for kids, sponsorship less
$1.6M
Block Club Chicago Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
For block club chicago's investigative coverage of and for chicago's south and west sides
$1.5M
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Challenge grant for marianjoy rehabilitation hospital
$1.5M
University of Chicago Medical Center - Main Campus · Chicago, IL · 2024
South side healthy communities organization
$1.5M
Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Corporate work study program and wrap-around services
$1.5M
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Corporate work study program funding gap & wraparound services
$1.5M
Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep · Waukegan, IL · 2023
Corporate work study and student wrap-around support services
$1.5M
Injustice Watch Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
For general operating support
$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
Something Good in Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2022
For capital support of the little angels learning center
$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
$1.0M
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for englewood and little village leaders, matching gift
$1.0M
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Early childhood grant
$1.0M
Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2022
The mccormick chicago scholars program
$955,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Playful learning landscapes and wego together for kids
$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
$860,000
Little Village Community Foundation Corp · Chicago, IL · 2022
For financing the construction of the xquina business incubator, a new bilingual support for entrepreneurs and business enterprises in little village, as more specifically described in section of this grant agreement, f… read allFor financing the construction of the xquina business incubator, a new bilingual support for entrepreneurs and business enterprises in little village, as more specifically described in section of this grant agreement, for lvcf entrepreneurial initiatives less
$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
$800,000
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights · Chicago, IL · 2023
Readi chicago
$791,000
Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$782,000
Carole Robertson Center for Learning · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support and sponsorships
$700,000
Foundation of Little Village · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$675,000
Chicago Children'S Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Curiosity classrooms
$671,000
Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$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
$646,761
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Scholarships
$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
$633,500
Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
For general operating support, sponsorship
$620,000
Bottom Line · Boston, MA · 2024
Bottom line chicago's college access, success, and blueprint programs
$620,000
Juvenile Protective Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Connect to kids and treatment & counseling program
$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
$610,000
Vocel Viewing Our Children As Emerging Leaders Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
Vocel all-in pilot
$607,500
Illinois Joining Forces Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
For general operating support and referral technology software implementation, for the sponsorship of the illinois joining forces annual summit
$600,100
Share Our Spare · Chicago, IL · 2024
Dolly parton imagination library and matching gifts
$600,000
Illinois Action for Children · Chicago, IL · 2022
For launch and support of the community parent saturation pilot project, for general operating support
$600,000
Leave No Veteran Behind · Chicago, IL · 2022
For the black veteran empowerment coalition (bvec) chicagoland pilot training and coordinating veteran service officers (vsos) within the chicagoland bvec network to increase the usage of va benefits by black veterans.
$600,000
The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2022
Chicago fund for safe and peaceful communities and year round support for select projects in englewood and little village, for the neighborhood developers initiative supporting two of the three organizations that were p… read allChicago fund for safe and peaceful communities and year round support for select projects in englewood and little village, for the neighborhood developers initiative supporting two of the three organizations that were preselected by community desk chicago, teamwork englewood ($830,000) and south shore chamber/cdc ($200,000) less
$593,400
Enlace Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Early childhood education initiatives and little village violence prevention initiative and sponsorships
$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
$559,000
Latino Policy Forum · Chicago, IL · 2022
For illinois latino agenda to promote latino civic engagement, for general operating support, sponsorship
$545,904
Central States Ser Jobs for Progress · Chicago, IL · 2024
Everyone can code program and reconnection hub in little village
$525,000
Illinois Action for Children · Chicago, IL · 2023
Community parenting support saturation project and maria whelan leadership institute
$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
$500,000
The Center Resources for Teaching and Learning · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023
Kids implementation
$500,000
1st Infantry Division Foundation · Ambler, PA · 2022
For assisting the 1st infantry division foundation in raising funds for the updating of the first division monument in washington dc
$500,000
Chicago Coalition To Save Our Mental Health Centers · Chicago, IL · 2022
For general operating support
$500,000
GE Chamber Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
For general operating support
$500,000
Kids First Chicago for Education · Chicago, IL · 2022
For family engagement activities to inform the chicago early childhood integrated data system (cecids), for 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
$480,000
One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$452,500
Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2022
For bottom lines access and success programs in chicago, for the access, success, and blueprint programs, for college access and success programming
$452,500
Childrens Home & Aid Society of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
For community-based behavioral health programming, for thriving fathers and families chicago (formerly power of fathers), for expanding trauma-informed mental health services
$450,000
Juvenile Protective Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Connect to kids (c2k)
$450,000
Bottom Line · Boston, MA · 2023
Bottom line chicago's college access and success programming
$450,000
Northern Illinois University - Education Systems Center · Dekalb, IL · 2023
Early childhood grant
$450,000
Chicago Hope Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Career advancement program
$440,000
Illinois Principals Foundation · Springfield, IL · 2024
Kids implementation
$425,000
Friends of Dekalb Regional Office of Education · Dekalb, IL · 2023
Basics illinois learning network
$425,000
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Chat2learn expansion, community violence intervention leadership academy (cvila), and network for college success operations: partnering with high schools to support postsecondary success
$420,000
Metropolis Strategies Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
Mccormick reentry fellow and illinois justice project, for the mccormick reentry initiative
$415,000
Chicago Humanities Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support, matching gift, sponsorship
$413,700
Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2024
Workforce development program and sponsorship
$412,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Veteran internship program at cantigny and the chicago botanic garden
$405,000
National-Louis University · Wheeling, IL · 2023
Academy for local leadership, national louis university - accelerate u, and the undergraduate college at national louis university
$405,000
Safer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Various program support

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