Funding search · EIN 363490557 · Chicago, IL

Big Shoulders Fund

Name: Big Shoulders Fund grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

305
grants reported: $64.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $104,108
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

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.

Top recipients

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St Ethelreda School4 grants · $3.5M
Visitation School4 grants · $2.5M
Epiphany School4 grants · $2.5M
St Sabina Academy4 grants · $2.5M
Holy Angels School4 grants · $2.3M
Augustus Tolton Academy4 grants · $2.3M
Aquinas Catholic School (in)1 grant · $2.1M
St Malachy School4 grants · $1.8M
St Margaret of Scotland School4 grants · $1.8M
St Angela School4 grants · $1.8M

Giving over time

$7.7M

2021

$17.0M

2022

$15.1M

2023

$24.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 305 grants.

$2.1M
Aquinas Catholic School (in) · Merrillville, IN · 2022
Cg
$1.4M
St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, op
$1.2M
St Ethelreda School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, lpd, op
$1.1M
St Francis De Sales High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, op, pp, ddg
$1.1M
St Ethelreda School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae op
$998,457
Visitation School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae la op ddg ed sm
$917,202
St Angela School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op, ddg
$895,883
Epiphany School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp, ddg
$823,640
St Constance School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp
$799,930
Visitation School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, op, pp, ddg
$734,101
St Mary Star of the Sea School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op
$717,854
Augustus Tolton Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm la op
$714,690
St Malachy School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae op ddg ed sm
$714,490
Holy Angels School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm op
$712,399
St Sylvester School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, lpd, op, pp, ddg
$710,634
St Ethelreda School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm la op
$708,385
St Philip Neri School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae ed la op ddg
$707,608
Holy Angels School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp
$704,747
Holy Angels School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae la op ddg ed sm
$682,054
St Francis De Sales High School (Chicago) · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae la op ddg
$652,160
Pope John Paul Ii Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$633,909
Epiphany School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae la op ddg sm
$629,330
Queen of the Universe School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$621,509
St Malachy School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp, ddg
$618,810
St Margaret of Scotland School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$609,034
St Francis De Sales High School (Chicago) · Chicago, IL · 2021
Ae op ddg sd
$597,566
Academy of St Benedict the African · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae la op ddg spg
$597,540
Augustus Tolton Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op, pp
$596,400
St Francis De Sales High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm op cp ddg spg
$587,601
Augustus Tolton Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae op ed sm
$573,468
St Ailbe School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, lpd, op, pp
$561,240
Children of Peace School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op
$550,770
St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae op ed sm
$549,190
St Ann School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, ddg, spg
$536,296
St Margaret of Scotland School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae la op sm
$509,352
Epiphany School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm la op spg
$501,681
St Mary Star of the Sea School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm op sd
$493,060
Our Lady of Tepeyac Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae la op sm
$486,534
St Philip Neri School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, lpd, op, pp
$483,934
Epiphany School · Chicago, IL · 2021
Ae la op sm pd
$481,972
St Ethelreda School · Chicago, IL · 2021
Ae pd op pp ddg sd
$465,194
St Margaret of Scotland School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ed sm la op
$464,819
St Constance School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ed sm op
$457,030
St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae ed sm op
$456,012
Academy of St Benedict the African · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, ddg
$446,739
Our Lady of Grace School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae ed sm la op
$446,110
St Genevieve School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op, pp, ddg
$440,210
Our Lady of Tepeyac Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$429,774
St Malachy School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm ls op ddg
$426,020
Pope John Paul Ii Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae op ed sm
$425,400
Our Lady of Guadalupe School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp
$421,840
St Philip Neri School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Op ddg ed sm
$421,016
Our Lady of Grace School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae la op ed sm
$411,450
Our Lady of Grace School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$409,982
St Ailbe School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Sm la op
$404,726
St Angela School · Chicago, IL · 2021
Stem as cg op ddg sm
$397,431
Our Lady of Tepeyac Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm la op spg
$395,967
Maternity Bvm School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae la op ed sm
$395,068
St Frances of Rome School · Cicero, IL · 2024
Ae, op, ddg
$381,771
St Nicholas of Tolentine School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, ldp, op, pp, ddg
$378,565
Visitation School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae ed sm la op ddg spg
$377,750
Our Lady of Guadalupe School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae ed sm op
$374,800
Immaculate Conception School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm la op
$372,780
Immaculate Conception School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, op
$368,924
St Catherine of Sienast Lucy School · Oak Park, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, spg
$365,446
Most Blessed Trinity Academy · Waukegan, IL · 2022
Op ddg sm
$360,233
St Gall School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp
$356,600
St Constance School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae op spg ed sm
$353,692
St Nicholas of Tolentine School · Chicago, IL · 2021
Ae stem la pd op ddg sm
$352,835
St Agnes of Bohemia School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm op spg
$350,931
Pope John Paul Ii Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm op cp
$349,247
Visitation School · Chicago, IL · 2021
Ae stem la cg op pp ddg ed
$348,692
Augustus Tolton Academy · Chicago, IL · 2021
Op pp la sm
$348,052
St Pius V School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, lpd, op, pp
$346,230
Academy of St Benedict the African · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae la op ddg ed sm
$340,600
Most Blessed Trinity Academy · Waukegan, IL · 2024
Ae, op, pp
$336,514
Queen of the Universe School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm la op ddg
$328,017
Maternity Bvm School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, pp
$306,415
St Sylvester School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae sm la op sd
$304,941
St Angela School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Sm la op ddg
$304,870
St Genevieve School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae ed sm op ddg
$302,968
St Agnes of Bohemia School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, cp, op, ddg
$289,407
St Mary Star of the Sea School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae op sm
$286,650
St Gall School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae ed sm la op
$284,300
Queen of the Universe School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae la op ddg sm
$283,330
St Ailbe School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae la op sm
$281,190
Annunciata School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op
$275,024
Academy of St Benedict the African · Chicago, IL · 2021
Pp op sd sm ae
$272,000
Maternity Bvm School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae ed sm la op
$271,584
Pope John Paul Ii Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2021
Ae la pd op sd ed sm
$266,968
Maternity Bvm School · Chicago, IL · 2021
Ae la pd op pp sd sm
$266,580
Annunciata School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Ae ed op
$256,410
St Sylvester School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae op ddg sm
$250,603
Our Lady of Grace School · Chicago, IL · 2021
Ae pd op pp sd sm
$242,406
St Genevieve School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae la op ddg ed sm
$240,710
Leo High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ae, lpd, op, spg
$239,150
Most Blessed Trinity Academy · Waukegan, IL · 2023
Ed op
$238,420
Children of Peace School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Ae op ed sm
$234,144
St Catherine of Sienast Lucy School · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Ae la op ddg ed sm
$231,796
Holy Trinity High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Sm op ddg

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.