Funding search · EIN 862088032 · Highland Park, IL

Wayfarer Foundation

Name: Wayfarer Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

426
grants reported: $52.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $54,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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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.

3 grants matching “underground” · $1.5M

$500,000
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operating support

Top recipients

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

Horace Holley Foundation1 grant · $4.5M
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'Is of the United States3 grants · $3.0M
Mona Foundation3 grants · $1.8M
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center3 grants · $1.5M
Friends of the Highwood Library3 grants · $1.4M
Cheyenne River Youth Project3 grants · $1.2M
New Era Creative Space3 grants · $1.1M
Equiticity3 grants · $975,000
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding3 grants · $789,800
Parent University3 grants · $778,400

Giving over time

$9.6M

2022

$19.2M

2023

$23.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 426 grants.

$4.5M
Horace Holley Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
General operating support
$1.8M
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'Is of the United States · Evanston, IL · 2024
General operating support
$1.1M
Friends of the Highwood Library · Highwood, IL · 2023
General operating support
$1.0M
Cheyenne River Youth Project · Eagle Butte, SD · 2023
General operating support
$800,000
Mona Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2023
General operating support
$750,000
Center On Modernity in Transition · Durham, NC · 2023
General operating support
$650,000
Mona Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General operating support
$650,000
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'Is of the United States · Evanston, IL · 2023
General operating support
$550,000
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'Is of the United States · Evanston, IL · 2022
General operating support
$500,000
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operating support
$489,800
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$450,000
Embarc · Sandestin, FL · 2023
General operating support
$385,000
Institute for Freedoms · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operating support
$370,000
New Era Creative Space · Peekskill, NY · 2024
General operating support
$365,000
New Era Creative Space · Peekskill, NY · 2023
General operating support
$365,000
New Era Creative Space · Peekskill, NY · 2022
General operating support
$362,200
Parent University · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$357,200
Parent University · Savannah, GA · 2023
General operating support
$353,684
Service Learning Microschool Organization · Clearwater, FL · 2022
General operating support
$340,000
Tahirih Justice Center · Falls Church, VA · 2024
General operating support
$325,000
Equiticity · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$325,000
Equiticity · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$325,000
Equiticity · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$300,000
Books and Breakfast · Evanston, IL · 2023
General operating support
$300,000
The Center for Mind Body Medicine · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$300,000
Mona Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2022
General operating support
$292,730
Manidoo Ogitigaan · Bemidji, MN · 2023
General operating support
$290,000
Palenke Arts · Seaside, CA · 2024
General operating support
$275,000
Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2022
General operating support
$270,000
Friends of Givat Haviva · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$255,000
Miracle Messages · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$253,000
Ancient Cedars · Suquamish, WA · 2022
General operating support
$250,000
American Society of the University of Haifa · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
The John E Fetzer Institute · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Givat Haviva Education Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$230,000
Tahirih Justice Center · Falls Church, VA · 2023
General operating support
$225,000
Proteus Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$225,000
On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating support
$225,000
American Society of the University of Haifa · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$210,000
Fetzer Institute · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General operating support
$210,000
Abdorrahman Boroumand Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$205,000
World Federalist Movement Institute for Global Policy · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$205,000
Inner City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$203,000
Center for Research in Education for Development · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Center for Neighborhood Technology · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Learning To Impact · San Diego, CA · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
The Policy Academies · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Wozu · Cannon Ball, ND · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Claremont Graduate University · Claremont, CA · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Raheem · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Wozu · Cannon Ball, ND · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Abdorrahman Boroumand Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$200,000
Claremont Graduate University · San Diego, CA · 2022
General operating support
$180,000
Coherent Development Research Institute · San Diego, CA · 2024
General operating support
$180,000
Hispanics in Philanthropy · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$180,000
Sojourners · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$175,000
The Workers Lab · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
$175,000
Embracerace · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$170,547
Cheyenne River Youth Project · Eagle Butte, SD · 2024
General operating support
$170,125
Logan Square Neighborhood Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$170,000
American Society of the University of Haifa · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$170,000
City Hope San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$170,000
Deeply Rooted Productions · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$170,000
Euchee Yuchi Language Project · Glenpool, OK · 2024
General operating support
$170,000
Freedom Community Center · St Louis, MO · 2024
General operating support
$170,000
Journalism for Change · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support
$170,000
Love Unity and Values Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$170,000
Period · Portland, OR · 2024
General operating support
$170,000
Southside Blooms · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$170,000
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$170,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$170,000
True Star Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$160,000
Redress Movement · West Tisbury, MA · 2024
General operating support
$160,000
New Movement To Redress Racial Segregation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support
$160,000
The Dinner Party Labs · Swampscott, MA · 2023
General operating support
$160,000
New Movement To Redress Racial Segregation · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating support
$158,993
Intonation Music Workshop · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$158,993
The Intonation Music Workshop · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$156,000
Parents of Children With All Special Needs · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Birth Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Books and Breakfast · Evanston, IL · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Chicago Cares · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Faith Matters Network Collaborative · Nashville, TN · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Fearless Dialogues · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Friends of the Highwood Library · Highwood, IL · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Guitars Over Guns Organization · Miami, FL · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Hopa Mountain · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Inner City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Latinos for Education · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Maia · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Naca Inspired Schools Network · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
New England Center for Arts and Technology · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Organic Oneness · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Testimonies of Hope · Davenport, IA · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
White Pony Express · Concord, CA · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Albany Park Theater Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support

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