Funding search · EIN 475610834 · Chicago, IL

Chicago Beyond

Name: Chicago Beyond grants, 2023–2024
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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.

71
grants reported: $20.4M
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $166,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. 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.

Resist2 grants · $3.2M
Life After Justice Center2 grants · $2.3M
Chicago South Side Birth Center1 grant · $1.5M
Centro Sanar2 grants · $1.0M
Elephant Circle1 grant · $969,333
Resilience Partners Nfp1 grant · $750,000
Alameda Health System Foundation1 grant · $500,000
Liberation Foundation1 grant · $500,000
Bme Networks1 grant · $500,000
Southern Birth Justice Network1 grant · $475,000

Giving over time

$10.5M

2023

$9.9M

2024

Grant history

All 71 reported grants, largest first.

$1.8M
Resist · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$1.5M
Chicago South Side Birth Center · Glenwood, IL · 2024
General support
$1.4M
Resist · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$1.3M
Life After Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Life After Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$969,333
Elephant Circle · Palisade, CO · 2024
General support
$750,000
Resilience Partners Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$650,000
Centro Sanar · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$500,000
Alameda Health System Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$500,000
Bme Networks · Miami, FL · 2023
General support
$500,000
Liberation Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$475,000
Southern Birth Justice Network · Miami, FL · 2024
General support
$380,000
Centro Sanar · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$350,000
Black Researchers Collective · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$328,000
The Decarceration Collective · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$300,000
Breath of My Heart Birth Place · Espanola, NM · 2024
General support
$300,000
Cultural Brokers · Fresno, CA · 2024
General support
$300,000
Dreamtree Academy 573 · Columbia, MO · 2024
General support
$300,000
Exonerated Nation · Vallejo, CA · 2024
General support
$300,000
Live Free Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$300,000
Organization of Exonerees · Center Line, MI · 2024
General support
$300,000
University of Illinois Foundation · Champaign, IL · 2024
General support
$300,000
Challenge Ii Change · Aurora, IL · 2023
General support
$300,000
Chris Wilson Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
$300,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$300,000
Vocal Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Restoreher Usamerica · Fayetteville, GA · 2024
General support
$250,000
We Got US Now · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
$250,000
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$250,000
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$218,000
Black Roots Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$200,000
Qss Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
$180,000
Solutions & Resources · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$176,000
Root2fruit Youth Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$175,000
Fearless Dialogues · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
$166,000
Black Roots Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$150,000
One Voice United · Lake Odessa, MI · 2024
General support
$150,000
Tasselturn Education · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$150,000
Youth Network Council · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$144,000
My Vote Matters · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$140,000
Justleadership USA · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$100,000
Common Ground Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$100,000
Dion'S Chicago Dream Inc Nfp · Matteson, IL · 2024
General support
$100,000
Firehouse Community Arts Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$100,000
Focus Fairies Mentoring · Lynwood, IL · 2024
General support
$100,000
Legacy Disciple · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$100,000
People'S Liberty Project Nfp · Glenwood, IL · 2024
General support
$100,000
The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$100,000
Chifresh Chicago (Chicago Food Policy Action Council) · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$100,000
Evolved Network Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$100,000
I Am Chi Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$100,000
Peer Plus Education & Training Advocates · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$100,000
True Star Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$95,000
Institute for Non-Violence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$92,000
Firehouse Community Arts Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$83,336
Resident Association of Greater Englewood (Rage) · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$60,000
Justleadership USA · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$51,000
Dishroulette Kitchen · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$45,000
Solutions & Resources · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$26,045
Incredible Dream Childcare and Learning Center · Munster, IN · 2023
General support
$26,000
Propa City Community Outreach · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General support
$26,000
1863fwd Care 2 Care · Glenwood, IL · 2023
General support
$26,000
Communities United · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$26,000
Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$26,000
Live Free Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$26,000
Public Health Institute of Metro Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$26,000
Race Conscious Dialogues · Oak Park, IL · 2023
General support
$26,000
Reimaging Roseland Community Collective · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$26,000
St Agnes of Bohemia · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$26,000
The Roots Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$1,000
Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support

Who else funds this kind of work

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The Chicago Community Trust14,939 grants · $5.82B
The Big Ten Conference60 grants · $3.91B

Similar grant size

The Ford Foundation10,731 grants · $2.35B
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)7,100 grants · $1.67B
Wk Kellogg Foundation7,234 grants · $1.30B

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