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The Aiko 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.

41
grants reported
$1.0M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$25,000
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

engineeringseaverchildcollegedanceeventexperiencelion

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Top recipients

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  • Museum of Science and Industry4 grants · $200,000
  • Whitman College Board of Trustees4 grants · $155,000
  • United States Fund for Unicef5 grants · $150,000
  • Stanford University4 grants · $130,000
  • Northwestern University5 grants · $110,000
  • Loyola Marymount University3 grants · $75,000
  • One World Surgery2 grants · $60,000
  • Family Matters2 grants · $50,000
  • Glencoe Union Church3 grants · $48,500
  • 826chi Inc Nfp1 grant · $15,000

Giving over time

$125,000
2022
$241,500
2023
$298,000
2024
$355,500
2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

  • $50,000

    Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    One World Surgery · Birmingham, AL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Whitman College Board of Trustees · Walla Walla, WA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Whitman College Board of Trustees · Walla Walla, WA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Whitman College Board of Trustees · Walla Walla, WA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2024

    UNICEF Experience and Unrestricted

  • $35,000

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Seaver College of Science and Engineering; LMU Be a Lion Fund

  • $25,000

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2025

    Child Nutrition Fund

  • $25,000

    Family Matters · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Family Matters · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Donation for the Seaver School of Engineering

  • $25,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $18,500

    Glencoe Union Church · Glencoe, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Glencoe Union Church · Glencoe, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    826chi Inc Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Glencoe Union Church · Glencoe, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    One World Surgery · Birmingham, AL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    African Women Rising · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025

    To Support the Dance Marathon

  • $5,000

    Communities in Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Cradles To Crayons · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Family Scholar House · Louisville, KY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Whitman College Board of Trustees · Walla Walla, WA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    African Women Rising · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

    Charitable Event

  • $2,000

    Marin Promise Partnership · San Rafael, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    626 Landmark Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Association · Evanston, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

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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.