Funding search · EIN 954191108 · Chicago, IL
The Ida B Wells Memorial 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.
- 10
- grants reported
- $62,500
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $2,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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1 grant matching “oberman” · $1,000
- $1,000
Michael Oberman Book Club · Lincolnshire, IL · 2022
Promote ida b wells book sales
Grant history
All 10 reported grants, largest first.
- $38,000
Columbia College · Chicago, IL · 2021
Mural with ida b wells
- $6,000
Rust College · Holly Springs, MS · 2024
Ida b wells scholarship
- $6,000
Rust College · Holly Springs, MS · 2023
Ida b wells scholarship
- $6,000
Rust College · Holly Springs, MS · 2022
Ida b wells scholarship
- $3,000
Rust College · Holly Springs, MS · 2021
Scholarship
- $1,000
Ida B Wells-Barnett Museum · Holly Springs, MS · 2022
Exhibits and programs
- $1,000
Michael Oberman Book Club · Lincolnshire, IL · 2022
Promote ida b wells book sales
- $500
Ida B Wells Garden · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exhibit donation
- $500
Ida B Wells-Barnett Museum · Holly Springs, MS · 2023
Exhibits and programs
- $500
Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2021
Alpha suffrage clb hist marker
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