Funding search · EIN 833694159 · Chicago, IL

Bryan Cressey and Iliana Sweis

Name: Bryan Cressey and Iliana Sweis grants, 2020–2025
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.

146
grants reported: $12.1M
total given: 2020–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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Above Beyond Family Recovery Center7 grants · $8.6M
Harvard Law School6 grants · $450,000
Avocet Polymer Technologies1 grant · $260,000
St James Cathedral Church2 grants · $235,000
Episcopal Charities6 grants · $215,000
Greenlight Fund2 grants · $200,000
St James Cathedral2 grants · $180,000
Revive Center for Housing and Heali5 grants · $180,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tn2 grants · $162,500
Adler Planetarium6 grants · $155,000

Giving over time

$1.5M

2020

$1.5M

2021

$1.8M

2022

$3.7M

2023

$1.7M

2024

$1.9M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 146 grants.

$1.4M
Above Beyond Family Recovery Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted use
$1.3M
Above Beyond Family Recovery Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$1.3M
Above Beyond Family Recovery Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$1.3M
Above Beyond Family Recovery Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$1.3M
Above Beyond Family Recovery Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$969,715
Above Beyond Family Recovery Center · Chicago, IL · 2020
Unrestricted use
$964,648
Above Beyond Family Recovery Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted use
$260,000
Avocet Polymer Technologies · Chicago, IL · 2025
Research
$170,000
St James Cathedral · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted use
$160,000
St James Cathedral Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$125,000
Harvard Law School · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestriced use
$125,000
Harvard Law School · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestriced use
$125,000
Harvard Law School · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Unrestriced use
$125,000
Episcopal Charities · Chicago, IL · 2020
Unrestricted use
$100,000
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted use
$100,000
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted use
$100,000
Revive Center for Housing and Heali · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2020
Unrestricted use
$75,000
St James Cathedral Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$62,500
Community Foundation of Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2022
Unrestricted use
$50,000
Healthsperien · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$50,000
Uic Craniofacial Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$50,000
Uic Craniofacial Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$50,000
University of Il College of Medicin · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$40,000
The Department of Global Surgery · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$40,000
Depression and Bipolar Support Alli · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$40,000
Depression and Bipolar Support Alli · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted use
$40,000
Depression and Bipolar Support Alli · Chicago, IL · 2020
Unrestricted use
$35,000
Junior Achievement · Chicago, IL · 2020
Unrestriced use
$35,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2020
Unrestricted use
$30,000
Lake Forest Academy · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
Unrestricted use
$30,000
Uic Department of Surgery · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$30,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2020
Unrestricted use
$28,000
Chicago Institute for Rebt · Mt Prospect, IL · 2025
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Harvard Law School · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Unrestriced use
$25,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Lake Forest Academy · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Revive Center for Housing and Heali · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Lake Forest Academy · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Lake Forest Academy · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Revive Center for Housing and Heali · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Revive Center for Housing and Heali · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Harvard Law School · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Unrestriced use
$25,000
Junior Achievement · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestriced use
$25,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2021
Unrestricted use
$25,000
D4c Cares · Atlanta, GA · 2020
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Episcopal Diocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2020
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2020
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Harvard Law School · Cambridge, MA · 2020
Unrestriced use
$25,000
Select Medical Charitable Foundatio · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2020
Unrestricted use
$22,573
Pcrm · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestriced use
$20,000
Junior Achievement · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestriced use
$20,000
Episcopal Charities · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$20,000
Episcopal Charities · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$20,000
Junior Achievement · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestriced use
$20,000
Junior Achievement · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestriced use
$20,000
Episcopal Charities · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$20,000
Episcopal Charities · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted use
$20,000
Chicago Institute for Rebt · Mt Prospect, IL · 2020
Unrestricted use
$20,000
Streetwise · Chicago, IL · 2020
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Barrington Children'S Charities · Barrington, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Barrington Children'S Charities · Barrington, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Barrington Children'S Charities · Barrington, IL · 2021
Unrestricted use
$13,000
Chicago Institute for Rebt · Mt Prospect, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$13,000
Chicago Institute for Rebt · Mt Prospect, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$13,000
Chicago Institute for Rebt · Mt Prospect, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$12,500
The Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$12,500
Hope Through Healing Hands · Nashville, TN · 2022
Unrestricted use
$12,500
Lake Forest Academy · Lake Forest, IL · 2021
Unrestricted use
$12,000
Chicago Institute for Rebt · Mt Prospect, IL · 2021
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Gateway for Cancer Research · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Episcopal Charities · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Glenwood Academy · Glenwood, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Glenwood Academy · Glenwood, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation · Triangle, VA · 2023
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation · Triangle, VA · 2023
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Glenwood Academy · Glenwood, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$10,000
In Defense of Animals · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation · Triangle, VA · 2022
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Glenwood Academy · Glenwood, IL · 2021
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation · Triangle, VA · 2021
Unrestricted use
$10,000
South Shore Chamber of Commerce · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Barrington Children'S Charities · Barrington, IL · 2020
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation · Triangle, VA · 2020
Unrestricted use

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