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The Joyce Foundation

$162.7M
in grants paid: 1,416
grants: 695
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

$1.0M
Chicago Public Media - Chicago Sun-Times · Chicago, IL · 2024
Mission fund
$935,000
Education First Consulting Llc · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$625,000
Iff · Chicago, IL · 2024
Mission fund
$600,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$600,000
Minnesota Department of Commerce - Energy & Utilities · St Paul, MN · 2024
Mission fund
$576,000
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2024
Environment
$525,000
Civic News Company · New York, NY · 2024
Journalism
$500,000
Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Environment
$500,000
Crain'S Chicago Business · Chicago, IL · 2024
Journalism
$500,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc - Families and Workers Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Mission fund
$485,000
The Institute for College Access and Success · Oakland, CA · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$472,440
Project Unloaded · Chicago, IL · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$400,000
National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$400,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$385,000
Clean Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Environment
$383,000
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Environment
$378,000
Fines and Fees Justice Center · New York, NY · 2024
Mission fund
$373,000
University of Illinois - Discovery Partners Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$355,000
Advance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$354,000
Trace Media · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Journalism
$350,000
Faith in Place · Chicago, IL · 2024
Environment
$350,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Democracy
$350,000
The Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$325,000
University of Chicago - Consortium On Chicago School Research · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$325,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
Environment
$300,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024
Journalism
$300,000
Wcij · Madison, WI · 2024
Journalism
$300,000
Ed Allies · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$300,000
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Environment
$287,000
Policy Innovators in Education Network · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$285,000
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association · Boulder, CO · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$282,500
Latino Policy Forum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$275,000
National Council On Teacher Quality · Washington, DC · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$275,000
Teach Plus Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$275,000
Unidosus · Washington, DC · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$275,000
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Environment
$275,000
Johns Hopkins University - Center for Gun Violence Solutions · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$260,000
Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2024
Environment
$251,614
Northwestern University - Ctr for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science · Evanston, IL · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$250,000
Fair Elections Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Democracy
$250,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024
Journalism
$250,000
Neo Philanthropy Inc - State Infrastructure Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Democracy
$250,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Environment
$250,000
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
Democracy
$250,000
Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Democracy
$250,000
Civic Consulting Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Mission fund
$250,000
Chicago Votes · Chicago, IL · 2024
Democracy
$250,000
Metropolitan Planning Council · Chicago, IL · 2024
Environment
$250,000
Poynter Institute for Media Studies · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
Journalism
$250,000
Impact for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$245,000
Wave Educational Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$244,000
University of Virginia - Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Environment
$240,320
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys · Washington, DC · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$230,000
Cub Consumer Education and Research Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Environment
$225,000
The Center for Michigan · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Journalism
$225,000
Prison Fellowship Ministries · Lansdowne, VA · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$225,000
Open Campus Media · Washington, DC · 2024
Journalism
$225,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization · Chicago, IL · 2024
Environment
$219,646
The Board of Trustees of the U of Il - Cline Ctr for Adv Social Research · Urbana, IL · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$214,000
Kids First Chicago for Education · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$212,500
Partnership for College Completion · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$210,000
Block Club Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Journalism
$205,000
Ceasefire Pennsylvania Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$205,000
Public Agenda · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$205,000
Center for Neighborhood Technology · Chicago, IL · 2024
Environment
$205,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
Democracy
$204,000
Nature Conservancy - Virginia · Arlington, VA · 2024
Environment
$200,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Environment
$200,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024
Environment
$200,000
Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$200,000
Violence Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$200,000
Neo Philanthropy Inc - Students Learn Students Vote · New York, NY · 2024
Democracy
$200,000
National College Attainment Network · Washington, DC · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$200,000
One Aim Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$200,000
New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$200,000
Latino Theater Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Mission fund
$200,000
Trustees of Princeton University - Bridging Divides Initiative · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Democracy
$200,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc - Higher Education Forward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$200,000
Minneapolis Foundation - Midwest Environmental Justice Network · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Environment
$200,000
Northern Illinois University Foundation - Education Systems Center · Dekalb, IL · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$200,000
Gunsdown · Washington, DC · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$200,000
Fresh Energy · St Paul, MN · 2024
Journalism
$200,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$200,000
Change Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Democracy
$196,000
Ohio Environmental Council · Columbus, OH · 2024
Environment
$195,000
US Water Alliance · Oakland, CA · 2024
Environment
$190,000
Education Strategy Group · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$175,000
President & Fellows of Harvard College - Ctr for Education Policy Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$175,000
The Milken Institute · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Mission fund
$175,000
The Miami Foundation Inc - Newsmatch · Miami, FL · 2024
Journalism
$170,000
University of Chicago - Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts · Chicago, IL · 2024
Culture
$165,000
The Century Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Education & economic mobility
$163,170
New York University - the Policing Project · New York, NY · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$160,000
New Venture Fund - Census Equity Initiative · Washington, DC · 2024
Democracy
$157,322
Freshwater Society · St Paul, MN · 2024
Environment
$155,000
Count Mi Vote Education Fund · Lansing, MI · 2024
Democracy
$150,000
American Academy of Pediatrics · Itasca, IL · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$150,000
State Voices · Washington, DC · 2024
Democracy
$150,000
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Oakland, CA · 2024
Gun violence prevention & justice reform
$150,000
National Louis University - Office of the Provost · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education & economic mobility

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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.