Funding search · EIN 366108293 · Chicago, IL

Polk Bros Foundation

Name: Polk Bros Foundation 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.

2,706
grants reported: $101.7M
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.

4 grants matching “ascend” · $285,000

$60,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024
Strong Communities
$75,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2023
Strong Communities
$75,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022
Strong Communities
$75,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2021
Strong Communities

Top recipients

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

Chiarts Foundation14 grants · $1.3M
Big Shoulders Fund10 grants · $1.1M
Chicago Community Foundation13 grants · $1.1M
Window To the World Communications23 grants · $1.0M
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago13 grants · $1.0M
Greater Chicago Food Depository7 grants · $1.0M
Navy Pier4 grants · $1.0M
Illinois Immigrant Funders Collaborative5 grants · $975,000
Metropolitan Family Services13 grants · $974,375
Rush University Medical Center13 grants · $834,500

Giving over time

$31.9M

2021

$26.2M

2022

$24.4M

2023

$19.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,706 grants.

$500,000
Chiarts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Legacy Grant
$500,000
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$300,000
Chicago Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$300,000
Community Behavioral Healthcare Association of Illinois · Springfield, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$300,000
Uic Jane Addams College of Social Work · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$250,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education
$250,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Special Projects
$250,000
Illinois Immigrant Funders Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2024
Special Projects
$250,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Special Projects
$250,000
Navy Pier · Chicago, IL · 2024
Arts Access and Learning
$250,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education
$250,000
Chiarts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Arts Access and Learning
$250,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Special Projects
$250,000
Illinois Immigrant Funders Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2023
Special Projects
$250,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Special Projects
$250,000
Navy Pier · Chicago, IL · 2023
Arts Access and Learning
$250,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2023
Special Projects
$250,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Education
$250,000
Chiarts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Arts Access and Learning
$250,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Special Projects
$250,000
Illinois Immigrant Funders Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2022
Special Projects
$250,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Special Projects
$250,000
Navy Pier · Chicago, IL · 2022
Arts Access and Learning
$250,000
Wbezchicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
Special Projects
$250,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2022
Special Projects
$250,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021
Education
$250,000
Chiarts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Arts Access and Learning
$250,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$250,000
Contextos Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$250,000
Crossroads Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$250,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2021
Special Projects
$250,000
Heartland Alliance Health · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$250,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Special Projects
$250,000
Latinos Progresando · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$250,000
Navy Pier · Chicago, IL · 2021
Arts Access and Learning
$250,000
Safe Chicago Network Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$250,000
The Fund for Equitable Business Growth · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$250,000
The Kehrein Center for the Arts Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$250,000
United Way of Metro Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$250,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2021
Special Projects
$240,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$235,000
Gads Hill Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$230,000
Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$215,000
Women'S Justice Institute · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$205,000
Tapestry 360 Health · Chicago, IL · 2022
Health
$205,000
Heartland Health Centers · Chicago, IL · 2021
Health
$200,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2024
Special Projects
$200,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Special Projects
$200,000
Wbezchicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2023
Special Projects
$200,000
Center for Housing and Health · Chicago, IL · 2022
Equitable Recovery Grant
$200,000
Chicago Funders Together To End Homelessness (Cfteh) · Elgin, IL · 2022
Initiatives
$200,000
Erie Family Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Health
$200,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Special Projects
$200,000
Erie Family Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
Health
$200,000
Illinois Immigrant Funders Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2021
Special Projects
$200,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Special Projects
$200,000
Michael Reese Health Trust · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$200,000
Skyart · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$180,000
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
Strong Communities
$180,000
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
Strong Communities
$180,000
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2022
Strong Communities
$180,000
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2021
Strong Communities
$170,000
Erie Family Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Health
$170,000
Erie Family Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Health
$160,000
Chicago Community Loan Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Strong Communities
$160,000
Wbezchicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024
Special Projects
$160,000
Chicago Community Loan Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Strong Communities
$160,000
Chicago Community Loan Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021
Strong Communities
$160,000
Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$150,000
Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities · Chicago, IL · 2024
Strong Communities
$150,000
Tapestry 360 Health · Chicago, IL · 2024
Health
$150,000
Uic Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnerships · Chicago, IL · 2024
Health
$150,000
Chicago Youth Centers · Chicago, IL · 2023
Strong Families
$150,000
Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities · Chicago, IL · 2023
Strong Communities
$150,000
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Arts Access and Learning
$150,000
Tapestry 360 Health · Chicago, IL · 2023
Health
$150,000
Uic Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnerships · Chicago, IL · 2023
Health
$150,000
All Chicago Making Homelessness History · Chicago, IL · 2022
Equitable Recovery Grant
$150,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Equitable Recovery Grant
$150,000
Chicago Youth Centers · Chicago, IL · 2022
Strong Families
$150,000
Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities · Chicago, IL · 2022
Strong Communities
$150,000
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Arts Access and Learning
$150,000
Ampt · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$150,000
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$150,000
Chicago Youth Centers · Chicago, IL · 2021
Strong Families
$150,000
Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities · Chicago, IL · 2021
Strong Communities
$150,000
Illinois Humanities · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$150,000
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Arts Access and Learning
$150,000
University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$146,000
University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab · Chicago, IL · 2021
Equitable Recovery Grant
$140,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education
$140,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education
$140,000
Leading Educators · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Education
$140,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Education
$140,000
Leading Educators · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Education
$140,000
Nep · Oakland, CA · 2022
Education
$140,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021
Education
$140,000
Leading Educators · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Education
$135,000
Mercy Housing Lakefront · Chicago, IL · 2024
Strong Communities
$135,000
Iff · Chicago, IL · 2023
Special Projects

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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.