Funding search · EIN 832251188 · Chicago, IL

Origami Works Foundation

Name: Origami Works Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

84
grants reported: $742,282
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.

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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.

Vocel3 grants · $49,150
Skills for Chicagoland'S Future4 grants · $38,500
Cara Collective4 grants · $37,500
New Moms4 grants · $32,500
Bottom Line4 grants · $30,000
Chicago Jobs Council3 grants · $29,250
Claretian Associates2 grants · $29,100
Utmostu2 grants · $27,975
Alternatives3 grants · $27,600
Braven Incorporated3 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$95,732

2022

$148,200

2023

$254,600

2024

$243,750

2025

Grant history

All 84 reported grants, largest first.

$17,500
Chicago Cares · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for (2)First Gen Interns
$17,500
Girls in the Game · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for (2)First Gen Interns
$17,500
Skills for Chicagoland'S Future · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for (2)First Gen Interns
$16,600
Audubon Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2025
First Generation College Student Summer Internship
$16,600
Current · Chicago, IL · 2025
First Generation College Student Summer Internship
$16,600
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy · Chicago, IL · 2025
First Generation College Student Summer Internship
$16,600
Jobs for the Future · Boston, MA · 2025
First Generation College Student Summer Internship
$16,600
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2025
First Generation College Student Summer Internship
$16,600
Alternatives · Chicago, IL · 2024
Intern Expenses
$16,600
Center for Changing Lives · Chicago, IL · 2024
Intern Expenses
$16,600
Claretian Associates · Chicago, IL · 2024
Intern Expenses
$16,600
Kids First Chicago for Education · Chicago, IL · 2024
Intern Expenses
$16,600
Utmostu · Chicago, IL · 2024
Intern Expenses
$16,600
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2024
Intern Expenses
$15,950
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for (2) First Gen Interns
$15,000
Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Support
$15,000
Braven Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Support
$15,000
Cara Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Support
$15,000
Chicago Jobs Council · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Support
$15,000
Embarc · Carol Stream, IL · 2024
General Support
$15,000
Genesys Works · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Support
$15,000
New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Support
$13,500
Christopher House Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Intern Expenses
$12,625
Music Box Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for (2)First Gen Interns
$12,600
Link Unlimited Scholars · Chicago, IL · 2025
First Generation College Student Summer Internship
$12,500
Cara Collective · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$12,500
Claretian Associates · Chicago, IL · 2022
Intern Expenses
$12,500
Recipe for Change · Winnetka, IL · 2022
Intern Expenses
$12,500
Share Our Spare · Chicago, IL · 2022
Intern Expenses
$12,500
Young Men'S Educational Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
Intern Expenses
$11,375
Utmostu · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for (2) First Gen Interns
$10,000
Build Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$10,000
Chicago Commons · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$10,000
Genesys Works · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$10,000
Manufacturing Renaissance · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$10,000
New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$10,000
North Lawndale Employment Network · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$10,000
Propath Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
ProPath Fund
$10,000
Women in Trucking Foundation · Middleton, WI · 2025
General Support
$10,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Support
$10,000
Propath Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
ProPath Fund
$10,000
Scalelit · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Support
$10,000
Skills for Chicagoland'S Future · Chicago, IL · 2024
Intern Expenses
$8,250
Chicago Jobs Council · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Support
$6,000
Chicago Jobs Council · Chicago, IL · 2025
Support 44th Annual Meeting
$6,000
Skills for Chicagoland'S Future · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$6,000
Alternatives · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Support
$5,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$5,000
Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$5,000
Braven Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$5,000
Code Platoon · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$5,000
Cwfa · Chicago, IL · 2025
Workforce Symposium
$5,000
Scalelit · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$5,000
Cwfa · Chicago, IL · 2024
Workforce Symposium
$5,000
Safer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Support
$5,000
Alternatives · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Braven Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Cara Collective · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023
To Support ProPath
$5,000
Christopher House Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Support
$5,000
New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Safer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Women Employed · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Support
$5,000
Braven · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Support
$5,000
Cara Collective · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Support
$5,000
Skills for Chicagoland'S Future · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Support
$2,500
Polished Pebbles · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Support
$2,500
New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Support
$2,000
Children First Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$2,000
Cultural Vistas · Washington, DC · 2025
General Support
$2,000
Friends of Pierce Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$2,000
Urban Farm Education Growing Hope · Ypsilanti, MI · 2025
General Support
$2,000
Women'S Business Development Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$2,000
Women Employed · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Support
$1,500
Health Medicine Policy Research Gro · Northbrook, IL · 2025
RespiratoryTherapy WorkforceSummit
$1,200
Classroom Champions · St Petersburg, FL · 2022
General Support
$1,000
Illinois Digital Services · Baltimore, MD · 2025
General Support
$1,000
The Cara Program · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$500
Careerspring · Bellaire, TX · 2022
General Support
$100
The Unity Forum · Chicago, IL · 2025
In memoriam of Lisa Schneider Fabes
$50
Christopher House Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$32
Fast Pitch Showcase · Chicago, IL · 2022
General 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.