Funding search · EIN 450575574 · Chicago, IL

Cme Group Foundation

$18.9M
in grants paid: 410
grants: 197
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

$600,000
Scholarship America · St Peter, MN · 2024
2024 cme group foundation scholarship program
$250,000
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Working on womanhood (wow)
$200,000
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2024
Examining the mental health of middle/high school
$200,000
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Obama foundation chicago programming
$200,000
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
The chicago roadmap
$150,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Chicago leads
$150,000
Carole Robertson Center for Learning · Chicago, IL · 2024
Bases-k and innovation fund
$125,000
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Robotics ost connecting to our community
$100,000
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · Champaign, IL · 2024
Uiuc cs teacher endorsement support
$100,000
Demoiselle 2 Femme Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Cug revive ii
$100,000
Catholic Bishop of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Leadership development program
$100,000
Build Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2024
Building girls 2 women (bg2w)
$100,000
Latino Policy Forum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Promoting equity in early education for english le
$100,000
Children'S Research Triangle · Chicago, IL · 2024
Girls moving in new directions (girls mind)
$100,000
Chicago Public Library Foundation (Cplf) · Chicago, IL · 2024
The 2023-2025 early learning & school readiness initiative at chicgao public library
$100,000
George W Bush Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
Bush institute education program
$75,000
Chapter One Nfp · Odessa, FL · 2024
High impact tutoring for cps kindergarteners
$75,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Student success coach
$75,000
Something Good in Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2024
Consistent assistance for englewood (c.a.f.e.)
$75,000
Reflections Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Polished pebbles girls mentoring program
$75,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Early childhood research alliance of chicago
$75,000
Ladies of Virtue · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ladies of virtue general operating
$75,000
Juvenile Protective Association Jpa · Chicago, IL · 2024
Connect 2 kindergarten (c2k)
$75,000
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · Champaign, IL · 2024
Digital explorers and teacher intensives
$70,000
Christopher House · Chicago, IL · 2024
Increasing kindergarten readiness: ch & cbc
$70,000
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2024
Empower their voice
$55,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Expanding & sustaining ready, set, stem! In cps
$50,000
Computer Science Teachers Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Empowering illinois and chicago cs teachers
$50,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Productive play in pk and k
$50,000
Friends of Dekalb Regional Office of Education · Dekalb, IL · 2024
Kindergarten readiness: basics dekalb county parent playgroups
$50,000
College Possible Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
College possible chicago program expansion fy24-25
$50,000
Focus Fairies Mentoring · Chicago, IL · 2024
What
$50,000
Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Project connect
$50,000
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Greenlight fund chicago
$50,000
Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2024
Bottom line chicago region: access and success
$50,000
Girls Inc of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Mind + body health initiative
$50,000
Braven Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2024
Braven-chicago: career accelerator programs
$50,000
Chicago Children'S Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Curiosity classroom learning and evaluation
$50,000
Advance Illinois Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Illinois education and career success network
$50,000
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2024
Computer science initiative
$50,000
Academy for Urban School Leadership · Chicago, IL · 2024
Chicago teacher residency - diverse learner ece
$50,000
America Needs You · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support for college & career services
$50,000
Genesys Works - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Improving college and career outcomes for chicago
$50,000
Illinois Action for Children · Chicago, IL · 2024
Community parenting support saturation program
$50,000
Illinois Science and Technology Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
The stem challenge and 6x3 project series
$50,000
Junior Achievement of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ja of chicago digital programs
$50,000
Juvenile Protective Association Jpa · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grandparent project
$50,000
Kohl Children'S Museum of Greater Chicago · Glenview, IL · 2024
Early childhood connections
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
General operations
$50,000
National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2024
Accelerate u at national louis university
$50,000
One Goal · Chicago, IL · 2024
Closing the degree divide in chicago
$50,000
One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Partnership for College Completion · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support for pcc's higher ed
$50,000
Project Exploration · Chicago, IL · 2024
Cs for all west side / 2024 stem learning convention
$50,000
Project Syncere · Chicago, IL · 2024
Cs for e-cademy & enpowerment games
$50,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2024
Advance kindergarten readiness at educare illinois
$50,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2024
Start early k-readiness
$50,000
Teach Plus Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2024
Early childhood educator change agents - leveraging
$50,000
Teach Plus Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2024
Early childhood educator change agents--leveraging
$50,000
Union League Boys & Girls Club · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ulbgc underwater robotics program
$50,000
Union League Boys & Girls Club · Chicago, IL · 2024
Trauma-informed care for girls
$50,000
University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
The ready child: a public awareness campaign
$50,000
University of Illinois Foundation · Champaign, IL · 2024
Understanding & improving services - birth to 5
$50,000
Vocel Viewing Our Children As Emerging Leaders Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Building early learning leaders
$50,000
Waterford Institute · Sandy, UT · 2024
Waterford upstart chicago
$50,000
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Rise children's center
$40,000
Share Our Spare · Chicago, IL · 2024
Dolly parton imagination library
$33,500
Box United · Chicago, IL · 2024
Fight like a girl
$30,000
Teachers Supporting Teachers · Chicago, IL · 2024
Tst|cps computer science plc partnership
$30,000
Misericordia Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
The Ymca of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ymcas steam club: k-12 computer science
$25,000
Chicago Youth Centers · Chicago, IL · 2024
Computer science program
$25,000
Tides Center · San Fransisco, CA · 2024
Empowering stem education: tools for measuring stem teacher retention
$25,000
Youth Job Center · Evanston, IL · 2024
Yjc south and southwest side operations
$25,000
Empower Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Expanding educational pathways: a continuation of the future of illinois campaign
$25,000
Genesys Works - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Expanding professional skills training for chicago
$25,000
Lawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Prek enhancements and quality improvement
$25,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Pathways: financing higher education
$25,000
The University of Illinois Foundation · Champaign, IL · 2024
The school-based mental health workforce pipeline
$25,000
Imentor · New York, NY · 2024
Emergency cps fee deficit support
$25,000
Imentor · Chicago, IL · 2024
Growth fund and next gen leaders career
$25,000
Universidad Popular (Aka Latin Center) · Chicago, IL · 2024
We code juntos
$25,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Startup tech
$25,000
Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral · Bloomington, IL · 2024
Civic leaders for illinois children
$25,000
Chicago Innovation Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Illinois student invention convention
$25,000
University of Chicago Network for College Success · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ncs postsecondary access and success
$25,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education lab operating support
$25,000
Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2024
Early childhood literacy residencies
$25,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Uchicago consortium on school research
$25,000
Pathway To Adventure Council Boy Scouts of America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Stem in scouting
$25,000
Chicago Pre-College Science & Engineering Program · Chicago, IL · 2024
Summer stem enrichment program
$25,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2024
Building capacity for girl-serving organizations
$25,000
Chicago Children'S Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Playful learning landscapes
$25,000
Better Future Forward · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Fueling dramatic growth of bff's chicago fund
$25,000
Greenwood Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Greenwood project college internship program
$25,000
Associated Colleges of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support for college and career s
$25,000
Vocel Viewing Our Children As Emerging Leaders Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
Bell supplemental grant
$25,000
Wall Street Bound · New York, NY · 2024
Wall street bound
$25,000
Holy Family Ministries · Northbrook, IL · 2024
Little learners academy
$25,000
Civic News Company · New York, NY · 2024
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