Funding search · EIN 366059408 · Chicago, IL

Field Foundation of Illinois

Name: Field Foundation of Illinois grants, 2021–2024
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.

894
grants reported: $29.0M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

2 grants matching “assata” · $90,000

$40,000
Assata Daughters · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Assata'S Daughters · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operating

Top recipients

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

Ywca Northwestern Illinois5 grants · $2.4M
United Way of Champaign County3 grants · $1.0M
United Way of Central Illinois3 grants · $710,820
10 Individuals - Detail Upon Reques2 grants · $500,000
Sicf Southern Illinois Community Foundation2 grants · $448,044
Southern Illinois Community Foundation2 grants · $421,509
Borderless Magazine Nfp6 grants · $320,000
True Star Foundation5 grants · $308,000
Alt Space Chicago5 grants · $285,000
Public Narrative5 grants · $260,000

Giving over time

$4.1M

2021

$4.3M

2022

$9.8M

2023

$10.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 894 grants.

$1.2M
Ywca Northwestern Illinois · Rockford, IL · 2024
Project - funding for a specific project or program
$1.1M
Ywca Northwestern Illinois · Rockford, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$556,440
United Way of Champaign County · Savoy, IL · 2024
Project - funding for a specific project or program
$475,000
United Way of Champaign County · Savoy, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$430,444
Sicf Southern Illinois Community Foundation · Marion, IL · 2024
Project - funding for a specific project or program
$405,509
Southern Illinois Community Foundation · Marion, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$350,000
United Way of Central Illinois · Springfield, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$346,135
United Way of Central Illinois · Springfield, IL · 2024
Project - funding for a specific project or program
$250,000
10 Individuals - Details Upon Reque · Chicago, IL · 2024
Leaders for new chicago
$250,000
10 Individuals - Details Upon Request · Chicago, IL · 2023
Leaders for new chicago
$250,000
10 Individuals - Detail Upon Reques · Chicago, IL · 2022
Leaders grants
$250,000
10 Individuals - Detail Upon Reques · Chicago, IL · 2021
Leaders for a new chicago
$200,000
Half Step · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$100,000
Alt Space Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$100,000
Enrich Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$100,000
The Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$100,000
True Star Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$100,000
Uprising Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$100,000
Alt Space Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$100,000
Public Narrative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$100,000
True Star Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$75,000
Alternative Newsweekly Foundation · Washington, IL · 2024
Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness
$75,000
Borderless Magazine Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness
$75,000
Chicago Artists Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$75,000
D-Composed Gives · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$75,000
Definition Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$75,000
Investigative Project On Race and Equity · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness
$75,000
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian · Evanston, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$75,000
Prison Neighborhood Arts Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$75,000
South Side Weekly Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness
$75,000
Alternative Newsweekly Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness
$75,000
Borderless Magazine Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness
$75,000
Global Philanthropy Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for fiscally sponsored worldview solutions inc.
$75,000
Investigative Project On Race and Equity · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness
$75,000
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian · Evanston, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$75,000
Muntu Dance Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$75,000
Prison Neighborhood Arts Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$75,000
South Side Weekly Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness
$50,000
18th Street Casa De Cultura · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Allied Media Projects Fs for Airgo · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
American Indian Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Americas Media Initiative Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Artists Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Chicago Access Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
City Bureau Fs for Cicero Independiente · Cicero, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
City Bureau Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Community Foundation for the Land of Lincolnpress Forward · Springfield, IL · 2024
Project - funding for a specific project or program
$50,000
Elastic Arts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Equality Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Eta Creative Arts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Firebird Community Arts · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Floating Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Grantmakers in the Arts · New York, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Green Star Movement Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Independent Film Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness for fiscally sponsored fertile ground factory llc
$50,000
Joel Hall Dancers & Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Kuumba Lynx · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Mezcla Media Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Muddy Waters Mojo Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Muntu Dance Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Musical Arts Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
National Association of Black Journalists · College Park, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Organized Communities Against Deportations · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Public Narrative · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Reader Institute for Community Journalism · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Reparations Media Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
San Francisco Study Center Fs for Mindsite News · Oakland, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Shorefront Legacy Center · Evanston, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
South Side Community Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
The Monroe Foundation · Hillside, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Woodstock Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Youth for a Better Future · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Yr Media · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
African American Arts Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Alliance of the Southeast (Ase) · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2023
Project - funding for a specific project or program for fiscally sponsored airgo
$50,000
Alternative Newsweekly Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Project - funding for a specific project or program for fiscally sponsored chicago news weekly llc
$50,000
Arab American Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Arts & Business Council of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Block Club Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness
$50,000
Borderless Magazine Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Chicago Artists Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Chicago Community Bond Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Chicago Dancemakers Forum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Chicago United for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Equity and Transformation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Eta Creative Arts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Floating Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2023
Project - funding for a specific project or program for fiscally sponsored gypsy productions
$50,000
Independent Film Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2023
Capacity - funding to increase to the organization's capabilities or effectiveness for fiscally sponsored fertile ground factory llc
$50,000
Investigative Project On Race and Equity · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Invisible Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
Project - funding for a specific project or program
$50,000
Joel Hall Dancers & Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Kuumba Lynx · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Latino Policy Forum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization
$50,000
Lawyers for the Creative Arts · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating - funding for ongoing operations of the organization

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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.