Funding search · EIN 816993547 · Boulder, CO

Yagan Family 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.

66
grants reported
$5.7M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationpublicartscivicengagementhumanitarianmedicalresearch

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

  • Harvard University-Opportunity Insights3 grants · $600,000
  • University of Chicago Center for Free Expression2 grants · $600,000
  • Lawndale Christian Legal Center3 grants · $450,000
  • Start Early Fka Ounce of Prevention3 grants · $420,000
  • Yale University2 grants · $400,000
  • Unite America Institute3 grants · $300,000
  • Urban Initiatives3 grants · $300,000
  • Represent US3 grants · $300,000
  • The Institute for Political Innovation1 grant · $250,000
  • The Honeycomb Project2 grants · $228,820

Giving over time

$1.7M
2022
$2.0M
2023
$2.0M
2024

Grant history

All 66 reported grants, largest first.

  • $300,000

    University of Chicago Center for Free Expression · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $300,000

    University of Chicago Center for Free Expression · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $250,000

    The Institute for Political Innovation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Civic Engagement

  • $220,000

    Start Early Fka Ounce of Prevention · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $200,000

    Harvard University-Opportunity Insights · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Research

  • $200,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Budget Policy Lab Fund

  • $200,000

    Harvard University-Opportunity Insights · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Research

  • $200,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Budget Policy Lab Fund

  • $200,000

    Harvard University-Opportunity Insights · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Research

  • $175,000

    Metropolitan Planning Council · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Urban growth

  • $150,000

    Lawndale Christian Legal Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $150,000

    Lawndale Christian Legal Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $150,000

    Honeycomb Project · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Volunteerism

  • $150,000

    Lawndale Christian Legal Center · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $150,000

    University of Chicago Center for Free Enterprise · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $128,820

    The Honeycomb Project · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Volunteer support

  • $100,000

    Fund for Constitutional Government · Washington, DC · 2024

    Democracy

  • $100,000

    Represent US · Florence, MA · 2024

    Education

  • $100,000

    Start Early Fka Ounce of Prevention · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $100,000

    Unite America Institute · Denver, CO · 2024

    Civic Engagement

  • $100,000

    Urban Initiatives · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $100,000

    Boys Hope Girls Hope International · Bridgeton, MO · 2023

    Humanitarian aid

  • $100,000

    Fund for Constitutional Government · Washington, DC · 2023

    Democracy

  • $100,000

    Karam Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023

    Humanitarian aid

  • $100,000

    Represent US · Florence, MA · 2023

    Education

  • $100,000

    The Honeycomb Project · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Volunteer support

  • $100,000

    Unite America Institute · Denver, CO · 2023

    Civic Engagement

  • $100,000

    Urban Initiatives · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $100,000

    Boys Hope Girls Hope International · Bridgeton, MO · 2022

    Humanitarian aid

  • $100,000

    Issue One · Washington, DC · 2022

    Political Reform

  • $100,000

    Represent US · Florence, MA · 2022

    Education

  • $100,000

    Stanford Gsb · Stanford, CA · 2022

    Education

  • $100,000

    Start Early Fka Ounce of Prevention · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $100,000

    Unite America Institute · Denver, CO · 2022

    Civic Engagement

  • $100,000

    Urban Initiatives · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $94,000

    One Goal · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $79,921

    Overdose Crisis Response Fund · Hinsdale, IL · 2024

    Humanitarian aid

  • $50,000

    Invest for Better · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Financial Education

  • $50,000

    One Goal · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $50,000

    Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Medical

  • $50,000

    Invest for Better · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Financial Education

  • $44,000

    One Goal · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $35,000

    Social Ventures Partners Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $30,000

    Social Ventures Partners Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Public charity support

  • $25,000

    Impact Assets · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    Impact Investing

  • $25,000

    Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Medical

  • $25,000

    Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Medical

  • $25,000

    Social Ventures Partners Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Public charity support

  • $15,000

    University of Chicago Mandel Legal Aid Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Legal Aid

  • $11,000

    Jersey County Arts Council · Jerseyville, IL · 2022

    Support for the Arts

  • $10,000

    Vocal Justice · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Social Change

  • $10,000

    Jersey County Arts Council · Jerseyville, IL · 2023

    Support for the Arts

  • $10,000

    Metropolitan Planning Council · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Urban growth

  • $10,000

    Vocal Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Social Change

  • $10,000

    Bpi Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Racial & Social Justice

  • $6,000

    City of Jerseyville · Jerseyville, IL · 2024

    Community development

  • $6,000

    Jersey County Arts Council · Jerseyville, IL · 2024

    Support for the Arts

  • $5,000

    Jerseyville Public Library · Jerseyville, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $5,000

    District 100 Foundation · Jerseyville, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $5,000

    Otter Creek Historical Society · Otterville, IL · 2023

    Support for the Arts

  • $5,000

    Riverbender Community Center · Alton, IL · 2022

    Community support

  • $3,000

    District 100 Foundation · Jerseyville, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $3,000

    Jersey County Historical Society · Jerseyville, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $1,500

    National Center for Family Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2024

    Public charity support

  • $1,000

    District 100 Foundation · Jerseyville, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $75

    #Teamseas - Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024

    Environmental support

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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.