Funding search · EIN 364339823 · Chicago, IL

John & Susan Dewan Foundation

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

178
grants reported
$1.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$3,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

homelessstudentseducationneedyschoolhousingwomenguatemala

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Top recipients

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  • Chicago Jesuit Academy4 grants · $470,000
  • Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart3 grants · $51,500
  • Josephinum Academy1 grant · $45,150
  • Our Lady of Tepeyac High School4 grants · $40,000
  • Spark Ventures4 grants · $39,220
  • Kiwimbi International4 grants · $32,000
  • Olancho Aid Foundation3 grants · $22,500
  • Caravan To Class4 grants · $20,000
  • Gracia4 grants · $20,000
  • San Miguel School4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$331,650
2022
$290,542
2023
$325,600
2024
$277,913
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 178 grants.

  • $117,500

    Chicago Jesuit Academy · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Education support for needy students and capital support for school expansion.

  • $117,500

    Chicago Jesuit Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education support for needy students and capital support for school expansion.

  • $117,500

    Chicago Jesuit Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education support for needy students and capital support for school expansion.

  • $117,500

    Chicago Jesuit Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Education support for needy students and capital support for school expansion

  • $45,150

    Josephinum Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Tuition support for disadvantaged high school students

  • $21,000

    Spark Ventures · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Support for needy secondary school students in ndola, zambia.

  • $18,500

    Olancho Aid Foundation · Accord, MA · 2025

    Support economic sustainability in Olancho, Honduras.

  • $17,500

    Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Tuition support for disadvantaged high school students.

  • $17,000

    Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Tuition support for disadvantaged high school students.

  • $17,000

    Kiwimbi International · Gladstone, NJ · 2025

    Education program for needy students in amagoro, kenya.

  • $17,000

    Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Tuition support for disadvantaged high school students.

  • $10,600

    Paramedics for Children · Rock Hill, SC · 2024

    provides medical care, education programs, and disaster relief to children, families, and communities in Central America.

  • $10,042

    New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Job training for homeless young mothers.

  • $10,000

    Our Lady of Tepeyac High School · Chicago, IL · 2025

    College readiness program for needy high school girls.

  • $10,000

    Kino Border Initiative · Nogales, AZ · 2024

    Promote humane, just and workable migration.

  • $10,000

    Our Lady of Tepeyac High School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    College readiness program for needy high school girls.

  • $10,000

    St Nicholas Cathedral School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Provide a unique learning environment where academic excellence and traditional values are affirmed and imparted.

  • $10,000

    Our Lady of Tepeyac High School · Chicago, IL · 2023

    College readiness program for needy high school girls.

  • $10,000

    Our Lady of Tepeyac High School · Chicago, IL · 2022

    College readiness program for needy high school girls

  • $10,000

    Paramedics for Children · Rock Hill, SC · 2022

    School supplies for children in copan valley, honduras

  • $8,500

    Ignatian Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Support for volunteer program serving the poor and disadvantaged

  • $8,000

    Spark Ventures · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Support for needy secondary school students in ndola, zambia.

  • $7,500

    Adoption Center of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Domestic infant and agency-assisted adoptions.

  • $7,500

    Spark Ventures · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Support for needy secondary school students in ndola, zambia

  • $7,010

    Jesuit Refugee Service USA · Washington, DC · 2025

    Support services, education, and advocacy for refugees and other forcibly displaced people.

  • $6,000

    Cooperative for Education · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

    Rural technology center program, western highlands, guatemala.

  • $5,183

    Inkululeko · Lockport, NY · 2025

    Education program for needy students in makhanda, south africa.

  • $5,000

    Adoption Center of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Domestic infant and agency-assisted adoptions.

  • $5,000

    Caravan To Class · Sausalito, CA · 2025

    School construction and education support in timbuktu, mali.

  • $5,000

    Care for Friends · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Food and basic services for the homeless.

  • $5,000

    Crea · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Literacy program for nicaraguans

  • $5,000

    Gracia · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Milagros workshop for disadvantaged girls at casa hogar jalapa, guatemala.

  • $5,000

    New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Housing stability and economic mobility support services for young mothers and their families.

  • $5,000

    San Miguel School · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Tuition support for needy students.

  • $5,000

    Sunsar Maya · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    Women's literacy program in kathmandu, nepal.

  • $5,000

    Caravan To Class · Sausalito, CA · 2024

    School construction and education support in timbuktu, mali.

  • $5,000

    Gracia · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Milagros workshop for disadvantaged girls at casa hogar jalapa, guatemala.

  • $5,000

    Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Transitional jobs and training in organic agriculture social enterprise for homeless and disadvantaged.

  • $5,000

    Kiwimbi International · Gladstone, NJ · 2024

    Meal program for needy students in amagoro, kenya.

  • $5,000

    Nicaraguan Education Resource Center · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Elevate Nicaraguans and their communities through literacy and learning.

  • $5,000

    San Miguel School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Tuition support for needy students.

  • $5,000

    Unlocking Communities · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To empower individuals and communities in Haiti to unlock their economic potential through entrepreneurial ventures.

  • $5,000

    Caravan To Class · Sausalito, CA · 2023

    School construction and education support in timbuktu, mali.

  • $5,000

    Gracia · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Milagros workshop for disadvantaged girls at casa hogar jalapa, guatemala.

  • $5,000

    Jesuit Refugee Service USA · Washington, DC · 2023

    Transitional jobs and training in organic agriculture social enterprise for homeless and disadvantaged.

  • $5,000

    Kiwimbi International · Gladstone, NJ · 2023

    Meal program for needy students in amagoro, kenya.

  • $5,000

    San Miguel School · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Tuition support for needy students.

  • $5,000

    Caravan To Class · Sausalito, CA · 2022

    School construction and education support in timbuktu, mali

  • $5,000

    Gracia · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Milagros workshop for disadvantaged girls at casa hogar jalapa, guatemala

  • $5,000

    Kiwimbi International · Gladstone, NJ · 2022

    Meal program for needy students in amagoro, kenya

  • $5,000

    New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Job training for homeless young mothers

  • $5,000

    San Miguel School · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Tuition support for needy students

  • $4,000

    Centro Arte Para La Paz · Covent Station, NJ · 2025

    Support peace making through arts and creativity for youth in Suchitoto.

  • $4,000

    Un Mundo · Menlo Park, CA · 2025

    Literacy connections project el pital, honduras.

  • $4,000

    Centro Arte Para La Paz · Covent Station, NJ · 2024

    Support peace making through arts and creativity for youth in Suchitoto.

  • $4,000

    Un Mundo · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

    Literacy connections project el pital, honduras.

  • $4,000

    Centro Arte Para La Paz · Covent Station, NJ · 2023

    Support peace making through arts and creativity for youth in Suchitoto.

  • $4,000

    Crea Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Academic success and outreach program for needy students in rural Nicaragua.

  • $4,000

    Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Transitional jobs and training in organic agriculture social enterprise for homeless and disadvantaged.

  • $4,000

    Ignatian Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Support for volunteer program serving the poor and disadvantaged.

  • $4,000

    Un Mundo · Menlo Park, CA · 2023

    Literacy connections project el pital, honduras.

  • $4,000

    Un Mundo · Menlo Park, CA · 2022

    Literacy connections project el pital, honduras

  • $3,500

    Central Honduran Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Education support for poor students in villages near tegucigalpa, honduras.

  • $3,500

    Concern America · Santa Ana, CA · 2025

    Fair trade craft program supporting job creation and social enterprise in central america.

  • $3,500

    Healing Art Missions · Granville, OH · 2025

    Salary support for the primary care clinic in dumay, haiti.

  • $3,500

    Pedals 4 Progress · High Bridge, NJ · 2025

    Support for vocational training in Mityana, Uganda.

  • $3,500

    Sisterhouse · Oak Park, IL · 2025

    Living program for women in recovery, supporting employment and stable housing.

  • $3,500

    Strategies for International Development · Washington, DC · 2025

    Assist coffee farmers in alta verapaz, guatemala to increase productivity and family income.

  • $3,500

    Care for Friends · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Food and basic services for the homeless.

  • $3,500

    Carmen Pampa Fund · St Paul, MN · 2024

    A college serving impoverished rural families of Bolivia through education, research, production, and community projects.

  • $3,500

    Concern America · Santa Ana, CA · 2024

    Fair trade craft program supporting job creation and social enterprise in central america.

  • $3,500

    Franciscan Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Case management program for the homeless.

  • $3,500

    Healing Art Missions · Granville, OH · 2024

    Salary support for the primary care clinic in dumay, haiti.

  • $3,500

    Inkululeko · Lockport, NY · 2024

    Education program for needy students in makhanda, south africa.

  • $3,500

    Pedals 4 Progress · High Bridge, NJ · 2024

    Support for vocational training in Mityana, Uganda.

  • $3,500

    Sunsar Maya · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Women's literacy program in kathmandu, nepal.

  • $3,500

    The Boulevard · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Employment program for homeless people recovering from illness or injury.

  • $3,500

    Cooperative for Education · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Rural technology center program, western highlands, guatemala.

  • $3,500

    Franciscan Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Case management program for the homeless.

  • $3,500

    Healing Art Missions · Granville, OH · 2023

    Salary support for the primary care clinic in dumay, haiti.

  • $3,500

    Sacred Valley Health · Anchorage, AK · 2023

    Community health worker training and employment in ollantaytambo, peru.

  • $3,500

    The Boulevard · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Employment program for homeless people recovering from illness or injury.

  • $3,500

    Carmen Pampa Fund · St Paul, MN · 2022

    Equipment for nurse's training program at uac-cp, bolivia

  • $3,500

    Concern America · Santa Ana, CA · 2022

    Fair trade craft program supporting job creation and social enterprise in central america

  • $3,500

    Deborah'S Place · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Housing and support services for homeless women

  • $3,500

    Franciscan Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Case management program for the homeless

  • $3,500

    Healing Art Missions · Granville, OH · 2022

    Salary support for the primary care clinic in dumay, haiti

  • $3,500

    Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Food service training program for homeless people

  • $3,500

    Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Social service and mental health support for pantry customers

  • $3,500

    Midwest Jesuits USA · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Ukranian refugee relief and hekima university support molo, kenya

  • $3,500

    Nicaraguan Education Resource Centercrea · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Academic success and outreach program for needy students in tola, nicaragua

  • $3,500

    Piarist Fathers · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022

    School support in huitan and cabrican, guatemala

  • $3,500

    Strategies for International Development · Washington, DC · 2022

    Assist coffee farmers in alta verapaz, guatemala to increase productivity and family income

  • $3,500

    The Harbour · Park Ridge, IL · 2022

    Housing and support services for homeless young women

  • $3,000

    L'Ecole De Choix · Oak Park, IL · 2025

    provide high quality leadership development education to young adults living in Haiti's extreme conditions of poverty.

  • $3,000

    Central Honduran Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education support for poor students in villages near tegucigalpa, honduras.

  • $3,000

    Family Matters · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Project rise youth development program.

  • $3,000

    Ignitepromise · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Residential programs for homeless young adults.

  • $3,000

    L'Ecole De Choix · Oak Park, IL · 2024

    provide high quality leadership development education to young adults living in Haiti's extreme conditions of poverty.

  • $3,000

    The Harbour · Park Ridge, IL · 2024

    Provide immediate, stable and safe housing to homeless young people and young mothers with children.

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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.