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Francis Beidler Foundation

Name: Francis Beidler Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

375
grants reported: $3.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educational religious scientific

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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.

Top recipients

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Voter Participation Center4 grants · $1.1M
Chicago Youth Centers4 grants · $323,500
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $180,000
Chicago Childrens Museum4 grants · $160,000
Giant Steps Il4 grants · $120,000
National Audubon Society4 grants · $100,000
Public Interest Law Initiative4 grants · $95,000
Better Government Assoc4 grants · $91,000
Girls Play Sports4 grants · $80,000
Project On Government Oversight4 grants · $76,000

Giving over time

$983,000

2022

$892,000

2023

$896,000

2024

$1.0M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 375 grants.

$285,000
Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$266,000
Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$265,000
Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$265,000
Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$87,500
Chicago Youth Centers · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$80,500
Chicago Youth Centers · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$78,500
Chicago Youth Centers · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$77,000
Chicago Youth Centers · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$50,000
American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$50,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$45,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$45,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$40,000
Chicago Childrens Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$40,000
Chicago Childrens Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$40,000
Chicago Childrens Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$40,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$40,000
Chicago Childrens Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$39,500
Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$31,000
Project On Government Oversight · Washington, DC · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$30,000
Giant Steps Il · Burr Ridge, IL · 2025
General support
$30,000
Giant Steps Il · Burr Ridge, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$30,000
Giant Steps Il · Burr Ridge, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$30,000
Giant Steps Il · Burr Ridge, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$27,000
Girls Play Sports · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
$25,000
National Audubon Society · Harleyville, SC · 2025
General support
$25,000
National Audubon Society · Harleyville, SC · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$25,000
National Audubon Society · Harleyville, SC · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$25,000
Better Government Assoc · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$25,000
National Audubon Society · Harleyville, SC · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$24,000
Girls Play Sports · Evanston, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$23,000
Better Government Assoc · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$23,000
Better Government Assoc · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$22,000
Girls Play Sports · Evanston, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$21,000
Chapin Hall Center for Children · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Evanston Ywca · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Better Government Assoc · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$19,500
Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$19,000
Erie Family Health Center · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
$18,000
Evanston Township High School Health Center · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
$18,000
Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$18,000
Evanston Township High School Health Center · Evanston, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$18,000
Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$15,000
Kuumba Evanston · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
Project On Government Oversight · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$15,000
Wbez Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
Project On Government Oversight · Washington, DC · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$15,000
Wbez Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$15,000
Project On Government Oversight · Washington, DC · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$15,000
Wbez Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$15,000
Wbez Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$14,000
Erie Family Health Center · Evanston, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$14,000
Erie Family Health Center · Evanston, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$13,500
Chapin Hall Center for Children · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$13,500
Chapin Hall Center for Children · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$13,500
Evanston Township High School Health Center · Evanston, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$13,500
Evanston Township High School Health Center · Evanston, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$13,000
Chicago Public Schools - J Beidler Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$13,000
Chicago Public Schools - J Beidler Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$13,000
Chicago Public Schools - J Beidler Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$13,000
Erie Family Health Center · Evanston, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$12,500
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$12,500
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$12,500
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$12,500
Chapin Hall Center for Children · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$12,500
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$12,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$12,000
Kuumba Evanston · Evanston, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$12,000
Evanston Ywca · Evanston, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$12,000
Chicago Volunteer Legal Serv · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$12,000
Evanston Ywca · Evanston, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$10,000
Chicago Public Schools - J Beidler Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Nwestern Univ Department of Neurobiology · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$10,000
Rush Presbytst Lukes Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$10,000
Ymca of Evanston · Evanston, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$9,000
All Our Childrens Advocacy Center · Justice, IL · 2025
General support
$9,000
Nwestern Univ Law School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$9,000
All Our Childrens Advocacy Center · Justice, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$9,000
Nwestern Univ Law School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$9,000
All Our Childrens Advocacy Center · Justice, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$9,000
Nwestern Univ Law School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$9,000
All Our Childrens Advocacy Center · Justice, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$9,000
Nwestern Univ Law School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$8,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$8,000
Shriver National Center of Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$7,500
Everytown for Gun Safety Support · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$7,500
The Trade Collective · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
$7,500
Everytown for Gun Safety Support · New York, NY · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$7,500
Everytown for Gun Safety Support · New York, NY · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$7,500
Everytown for Gun Safety Support · New York, NY · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$7,000
Evanston Ywca · Evanston, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$7,000
Girls Play Sports · Evanston, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$7,000
Wttw Channel 11 Chicago Educational Tv Assoc · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$6,500
Moran Cntr for Youth Advocacy · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
$6,500
Moran Cntr for Youth Advocacy · Evanston, IL · 2024
General, religious, educational or scientific
$6,500
Chicago Volunteer Legal Serv · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$6,500
Moran Cntr for Youth Advocacy · Evanston, IL · 2023
General, religious, educational or scientific
$6,500
Catholics for a Free Choice · Washington, DC · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific
$6,500
Moran Cntr for Youth Advocacy · Evanston, IL · 2022
General, religious, educational or scientific

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