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Alphawood Foundation

Name: Alphawood Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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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.

484
grants reported: $37.6M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $30,000
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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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.

Barack Obama Foundation1 grant · $7.5M
Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture4 grants · $2.2M
Soas (School of Oriental and African Studies)2 grants · $1.6M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania5 grants · $1.5M
Howard Brown Health Center4 grants · $1.3M
University of Chicago Institute of Politics4 grants · $1.2M
AIDS Foundation of Chicago6 grants · $1.1M
Joffrey Ballet5 grants · $1.0M
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - Midwest Region4 grants · $800,000
Legal Aid Chicago4 grants · $700,000

Giving over time

$13.0M

2021

$6.1M

2022

$10.4M

2023

$8.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 484 grants.

$7.5M
Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Support for construction of the obama presidential center in chicago, il
$2.1M
Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture · Chicago, IL · 2023
Publication support for the life & work of a city builder, support for level ii arboretum
$1.1M
Howard Brown Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations, capital grant in support of halsted clinic
$888,164
Soas (School of Oriental and African Studies) · 2023
Postgraduate diploma in asian art and scholarships
$732,580
Soas (School of Oriental and African Studies) · 2024
Postgraduate diploma in asian art and scholarships
$522,122
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
James d. Mcdonough fellowship in queer art history
$500,000
National Public Housing Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
Capital support for national public housing museum
$431,517
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Support of scholar at risk program, james d. Mcdonough fellowship in queer art history
$400,000
Nijc Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$366,953
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Support for james d. Mcdonough fellowship in queer art history
$325,000
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - Midwest Region · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations for midwest regional office, support for senior attorney position, midwest regional office
$325,000
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - Midwest Region · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations for midwest regional office, support for senior attorney position at midwest regional office
$300,000
University of Chicago Institute of Politics · Chicago, IL · 2024
Intern program support
$300,000
University of Chicago Institute of Politics · Chicago, IL · 2023
Institute of politics internship program
$300,000
University of Chicago Institute of Politics · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for student internship program
$300,000
University of Chicago Center of the Art of East Asia · Chicago, IL · 2021
Support for the center of the art of east asia
$300,000
University of Chicago Institute of Politics · Chicago, IL · 2021
Support for undergraduate internship program
$275,200
Nijc Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$275,000
AIDS Foundation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$250,000
Grow Greater Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for grow park campus
$250,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$250,000
AIDS Foundation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$250,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$250,000
AIDS Foundation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$250,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$250,000
AIDS Foundation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$250,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$246,778
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for cloud gate dance theatre of taiwan performance
$200,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$200,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$186,857
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Support for fellowship in queer art history
$175,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$155,000
Four Freedoms Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
Publication support for louis kahn memorial to fdr, grant in honor of james mcdonough, general operations
$153,795
Unity Temple Restoration Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2023
Support for organziational activities
$150,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$150,000
Rainbow Railroad · New York, NY · 2023
Lgbtq+ afghan refugee resettlement
$150,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$150,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Detroit, MI · 2022
General operating for advocacy activities
$150,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$150,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations for advocacy activities
$140,000
Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$140,000
Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$140,000
Center On Halsted · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$135,000
Preservation Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations, the reuse and revisioning of adler & sullivan's kam temple/pilgrim baptist church project
$130,000
Friends of the Parks · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$125,000
Center On Halsted · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$125,000
Invisible Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$125,000
Invisible Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$125,000
Invisible Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating for advocacy activities
$125,000
Invisible Institute · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations for advocacy activities
$120,000
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating for advocacy activities
$120,000
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations for advocacy
$112,160
Administrators of the Tulane Education Fund · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Support for archaeological research and fieldwork of dr. Marcello canuto and dr. Francisco estrada-belli
$100,000
National Redistricting Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Spaces · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Everlasting plastics exhbition at the u.s. Pavilion at venice architecture biennale
$100,000
The Gerald Arpino Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Chicago centennial
$100,000
Test Positive Aware Network · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$100,000
Visceral Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Support for non-profit chicago dance center, scholarship program, and general operations
$90,000
Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$90,000
Landmarks Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$85,000
Intuit the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations, support for renovation; in honor of cleo wilson
$80,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$80,000
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for sinai infectious disease center (sidc)
$75,000
Beyond Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Chicago Public Art Group · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Howard Brown Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for prep4teens
$75,000
Resurrection Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support for immigration justice department
$75,000
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX · 2024
Support for archaeological research and fieldword of dr. Brett houk
$75,000
Visceral Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations and board development
$75,000
Winthrop University · Rock Hill, SC · 2024
Support for archaeological research and fieldword of dr. Brent woodfill
$75,000
Beyond Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$75,000
Center On Halsted · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$75,000
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for prep4teens
$75,000
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support for archaeological research and fieldwork of dr. Takeshi inomata and dr. Daniela triadan
$75,000
University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
Support for archaeological research and fieldwork of dr. M. Kathryn brown
$75,000
Visceral Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations and support for board development
$75,000
Albany Park Theater Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support for port of entry project
$75,000
Center On Halsted · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$75,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$75,000
Howard Brown Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$75,000
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - Midwest Region · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations support for midwest regional office
$75,000
Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX · 2022
Research support for chan chich archaeological project, belize (ccap), dr. Brett houk
$75,000
United Way of Northwest Indiana · Valparaiso, IN · 2022
General operations
$75,000
Unity Temple Restoration Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2022
General operations
$75,000
University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Research support for bladen paleoindian and archaic archaeological project/bpaap, bladen nature reserve, belize; dr. Keith prufer
$75,000
Winthrop University · Rock Hill, SC · 2022
Research support for dr. Brent woodfill in the salinas de los nueve cerros region (guatemala and mexico)
$75,000
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society · Evanston, IL · 2021
Support for broadband internet availability in cook county and statewide
$75,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$75,000
Howard Brown Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$75,000
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - Midwest Region · Chicago, IL · 2021
Support for midwest regional office
$75,000
Unity Temple Restoration Foundation · Oak Park, IL · 2021
General operations
$74,653
Society for American Archaeology · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for archaeological research and fieldwork of dr. Barbara arroyo
$73,400
Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation · Kennesaw, GA · 2023
Support for archaeological research and fieldwork of dr. Terry powis
$72,077
The Regents of the University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2023
Support for archaeological research and fieldwork of dr. Holley moyes
$70,000
Beyond Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$70,000
Beyond Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations

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