Funding search · EIN 873966378 · Glenview, IL
Bolhous Foundation for Women & Girls
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 53
- grants reported
- $1.1M
- 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.
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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.
- The Children'S First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation3 grants · $100,000
- Chicago Foundation for Women4 grants · $90,000
- Chicago Innovation Foundation4 grants · $90,000
- Chicago Architecture Center4 grants · $85,000
- Ywca3 grants · $75,000
- City Colleges of Chicago Foundation2 grants · $70,000
- Hope Chicago3 grants · $65,000
- Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum4 grants · $60,000
- Youth Guidance3 grants · $60,000
- The Gray Matter Experience3 grants · $55,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 53 reported grants, largest first.
- $50,000
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
The Children'S First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Chicago Innovation Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
The Children'S First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Ywca · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Chicago Innovation Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Illinois Science and Technology Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Project Exploration · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Project Syncere · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
The Children'S First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
The Gray Matter Experience · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Ywca · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Chicago Innovation Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Illinois Science and Technology Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Project Exploration · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Project Syncere · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Skills for Chicagoland'S Future · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $25,000
The Gray Matter Experience · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Ywca · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $20,000
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Manufacturing Renaissance · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $15,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $15,000
Chicago Innovation Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $15,000
Focus Fairies Mentoring · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $15,000
Hope Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $15,000
Ladies of Virtue · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $15,000
Mean Girls Empowerment · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $15,000
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $15,000
Youth Guidance · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $15,000
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $15,000
Focus Fairies Mentoring · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Ladies of Virtue · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Focus Fairies Mentoring · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Ladies of Virtue · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Mean Girls Empowerment · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Mean Girls Empowerment · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Comptia Spark · Downers Grove, IL · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Illinois Science and Technology Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
The Gray Matter Experience · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
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