Funding search · EIN 366039390 · Chicago, IL

Chapin-May Foundation of Illinois (42-50477)

Name: Chapin-May Foundation of Illinois (42-50477) grants, 2022–2025
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A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

52
grants reported: $700,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
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

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

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

New Mt Calvery Mb4 grants · $80,000
Experimental Station4 grants · $80,000
South Shore Drill Team4 grants · $60,000
Sister House4 grants · $60,000
Franciscan Outreach4 grants · $60,000
Corazon a Coorazon Chicago3 grants · $45,000
Catholic Theological3 grants · $45,000
Learning Edge Tutoring4 grants · $40,000
Pacific Garden Mission4 grants · $40,000
Project Vision4 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$175,000

2022

$175,000

2023

$175,000

2024

$175,000

2025

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
Experimental Station · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
New Mt Calvery Mb · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$20,000
Experimental Station · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$20,000
New Mt Calvery Mb · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$20,000
Experimental Station · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$20,000
New Mt Calvery Mb · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$20,000
Experimental Station · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$20,000
New Mt Calvery Mb · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Catholic Theological Union · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
Corazon a Corazon Chicago · Blue Island, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
Franciscan Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
Sister House · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
South Shore Drill Team · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$15,000
Catholic Theological · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Corazon a Coorazon Chicago · Blue Island, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Franciscan Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Sister House · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
South Shore Drill Team · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Catholic Theological · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
Corazon a Coorazon Chicago · Blue Island, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
Franciscan Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
Sister House · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
South Shore Drill Team · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
Catholic Theological · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Corazon a Coorazon Chicago · Blue Island, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Franciscan Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Sister House · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
South Shore Drill Team · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Chicago Hopes for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Learning Edge Tutoring · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Pacific Garden Mission · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Project Vision · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Ymca of Metropolitan of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Young Women'S Christian Association · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Chicago Hopes for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Learning Edge Tutoring · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Pacific Garden Mission · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Project Vision · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Ymca of Metropolitan · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Young Women'S Christian · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Chicago Hopes for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Learning Edge Tutoring · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Pacific Garden Mission · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Project Vision · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Ymca of Metropolitan · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Young Women'S Christian · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Chicago Hopes for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Learning Edge Tutoring · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Pacific Garden Mission · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Project Vision · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Ymca of Metropolitan · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Young Women'S Christian · Chicago, IL · 2022
General

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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.