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Alphawood Foundation

$37.6M
in grants paid: 484
grants: 181
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

$732,580
Soas (School of Oriental and African Studies) · 2024
Postgraduate diploma in asian art and scholarships
$522,122
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
James d. Mcdonough fellowship in queer art history
$325,000
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - Midwest Region · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations for midwest regional office, support for senior attorney position, midwest regional office
$300,000
University of Chicago Institute of Politics · Chicago, IL · 2024
Intern program support
$275,200
Nijc Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$275,000
AIDS Foundation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$250,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$250,000
Grow Greater Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for grow park campus
$200,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$175,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$140,000
Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$135,000
Preservation Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations, the reuse and revisioning of adler & sullivan's kam temple/pilgrim baptist church project
$130,000
Friends of the Parks · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$125,000
Center On Halsted · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$125,000
Invisible Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$100,000
National Redistricting Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Howard Brown Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Beyond Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Chicago Public Art Group · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for prep4teens
$75,000
Winthrop University · Rock Hill, SC · 2024
Support for archaeological research and fieldword of dr. Brent woodfill
$75,000
Visceral Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations and board development
$75,000
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX · 2024
Support for archaeological research and fieldword of dr. Brett houk
$75,000
Resurrection Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support for immigration justice department
$60,000
Four Freedoms Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
Grant in honor of james mcdonough, publication support for louis kahn memorial to fdr
$60,000
Immigration Equality · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General operations
$60,000
Equality Illinois Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$60,000
Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture · Chicago, IL · 2024
Publication support for the life & work of a city builder
$55,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$52,030
Unity Temple Restoration Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2024
General operating
$52,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for archaeological research and fieldword of dr. Sarah newman
$50,000
States United Democracy Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Chicago Debate Commission · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society · Wilmette, IL · 2024
Support for broadband access in illinois
$50,000
Rainbow Railroad · New York, NY · 2024
Support for welcome corps
$50,000
Vivent Health Tpan · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Free Speech for People · Austin, TX · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Taskforce Prevention & Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Illinois immigrant funders collaborative
$50,000
Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for medical-legal partnership
$50,000
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Architecture collection at the chicago history museum
$50,000
Chicago Women in Trades · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Glessner House Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$43,360
University of New Hampshire · Durham, NH · 2024
Support for archaeological research and fieldwork of dr. Eleanor harrison-buck
$40,000
Services & Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgender Elders · New York, NY · 2024
General operations
$40,000
Impact for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$40,000
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$40,000
Chicago Workers Collaborative · Berwyn, IL · 2024
General operations
$40,000
Gerber Hart Library and Archives · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$40,000
Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art · New York, NY · 2024
Publication support
$40,000
National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$40,000
National Public Housing Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$40,000
South Side Community Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$40,000
Youth Outlook · Naperville, IL · 2024
General operations
$37,500
The College of Wooster · Wooster, OH · 2024
Support for archaeological research and fieldwork of dr. Olivia navarro-farr
$37,500
University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Support for archaeological research and fieldword of dr. Keith prufer
$37,500
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2024
Support for archaeological research and fieldwork of dr. Charles golden
$37,230
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Support for archaeological research and fieldwork of drs. Arlen and diane chase
$37,160
Administrators of the Tulane Education Fund · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Support for archaeological research and fieldwork of dr. Marcello canuto
$35,000
Latinos Progresando · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$35,000
Intuit the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$35,000
Asian Americans Advancing Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$35,000
One Roof Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$35,000
Inner-City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Legacy Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Lawyers for the Creative Arts · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
People'S Lobby Education Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Affinity Community Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for sinai infectious disease center (sidc)
$30,000
Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization (Koco) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Southside Together Organizing for Power · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Cabrini Green Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Survivors Network of Those Abused By Priests (Snap) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Center for Native Futures · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Docomomo US · New York, NY · 2024
General operations
$30,000
United African Organization · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Chicago Sinfonietta · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$30,000
University of Illinois Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for symposium chicagos concrete legacy: past, present, and future.
$30,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Publication support
$25,000
Sweet Water Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Exhibition support for venice architecture biennale
$25,000
Congo Square Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Preservation Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024
2025 historic trades summit chicago
$25,000
People'S Music School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Albany Park Theater Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Forward Momentum Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Dance Center of Columbia College · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Near South Planning Board · Chicago, IL · 2024
Printers row lit fest
$25,000
Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Token Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Maywood Fine Arts Association · Maywood, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for faith community initiative
$25,000
South Chicago Dance Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations

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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.