Funding search · EIN 272230251 · Chicago, IL
Cabrera 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.
- 40
- grants reported
- $262,500
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $3,500
- 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
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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.
- College of the Holy Cross4 grants · $80,000
- Claremont McKenna College2 grants · $50,000
- Delores Huerta Foundation1 grant · $25,000
- Iskali3 grants · $20,000
- University of Michigan2 grants · $10,000
- Loyola Marymount University2 grants · $10,000
- University of Illinois3 grants · $8,000
- St Louis University2 grants · $5,500
- University of Miami1 grant · $5,000
- Columbia University1 grant · $5,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $25,000
Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2025
To provide scholarships to students
- $25,000
Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
- $25,000
Delores Huerta Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing.
- $20,000
College of the Holy Cross · Worcester, MA · 2025
To provide scholarships to students
- $20,000
College of the Holy Cross · Worcester, MA · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
- $20,000
College of the Holy Cross · Worcester, MA · 2023
To help foster arts in the community
- $20,000
College of the Holy Cross · Worcester, MA · 2022
To help foster arts in the community
- $10,000
Iskali · Maywood, IL · 2025
To provide scholarships to students
- $5,000
Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
- $5,000
Pepperdine University · Malibu, CA · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
- $5,000
Saint Louis University · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
- $5,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
- $5,000
Columbia University · St Louis, MO · 2023
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing.
- $5,000
Iskali · Maywood, IL · 2023
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing.
- $5,000
Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing.
- $5,000
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing.
- $5,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing.
- $5,000
Iskali · Maywood, IL · 2022
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing.
- $5,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing
- $3,500
St Mary School · Riverside, IL · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
- $3,500
De Paul University · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing
- $3,500
St Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2022
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing.
- $3,500
University of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing
- $3,000
St Mary School of Riverside · Riverside, IL · 2025
To provide scholarships to students
- $2,500
Alejandra Covarrubias · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
- $2,500
Univ of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
- $2,500
University of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing.
- $2,500
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing.
- $2,000
Loyola University Busar · Chicago, IL · 2025
To provide scholarships to students
- $2,000
Uiuc Office of Financial Aid · Champaign, IL · 2025
To provide scholarships to students
- $2,000
Rh Lee Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
- $2,000
St Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2023
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing.
- $2,000
University of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing
- $1,800
Chicago Dia De Los Ninos · Hillside, IL · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
- $1,800
Chicago Dia De Los Ninos · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide scholarships to students to help pay their tuition and related educational expenses for attending the school of their choosing.
- $1,500
Rh Lee Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2025
To provide scholarships to students
- $100
R H Lee Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
- $100
Rh Lee Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Tp rovide scholaships to students
- $100
Rh Lee Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide scholaships to students
- $100
Rh Lee Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide scholarships to students
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