Funding search · EIN 364185939 · Chicago, IL

Circle of Service 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.

1,795
grants reported
$110.6M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Sinai Health System4 grants · $5.6M
  • Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago7 grants · $5.0M
  • University of Chicago13 grants · $3.5M
  • Museum of Science and Industry4 grants · $3.2M
  • Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago3 grants · $2.2M
  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee3 grants · $1.9M
  • Chicago Community Foundation11 grants · $1.9M
  • Jewish Funders Network3 grants · $1.9M
  • Metropolitan Family Services7 grants · $1.8M
  • Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago6 grants · $1.5M

Giving over time

$35.0M
2022
$38.7M
2023
$37.0M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,795 grants.

  • $3.4M

    Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Community services

  • $3.1M

    Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Community services

  • $2.5M

    Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Jewish community

  • $1.7M

    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Medical research

  • $1.3M

    Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Community services

  • $1.3M

    Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Peoria, IL · 2024

    Jewish community

  • $1.2M

    Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Champaign, IL · 2022

    Jewish community

  • $1.0M

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Medical research

  • $890,000

    Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2023

    Jewish community

  • $845,000

    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023

    Jewish community

  • $776,292

    Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Community services

  • $685,000

    Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2024

    Jewish community

  • $652,500

    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    Jewish community

  • $629,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $611,000

    Partnership Project · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    Climate

  • $600,000

    Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Violence reduction

  • $600,000

    Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Violence reduction

  • $600,000

    Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Violence reduction

  • $555,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $550,000

    Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Violence reduction

  • $550,000

    Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Violence reduction

  • $500,000

    Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Jewish community

  • $500,000

    Carbon Mapper · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Climate

  • $500,000

    Jewish National Fund -Keren Kayemeth Leisrael- · Northbrook, IL · 2023

    Jewish community

  • $500,000

    Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Jewish community

  • $500,000

    Carbon Mapper · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    Climate

  • $500,000

    Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Jewish community

  • $469,216

    Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024

    Medical research

  • $453,460

    Childrens First Fund the Chicago Public School Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $450,000

    Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Jewish community

  • $445,000

    Jewish Child and Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Jewish community

  • $425,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Medical research

  • $415,000

    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022

    Jewish community

  • $414,191

    University of Illinois Foundation · Urbana, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $400,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $385,000

    Jewish Child and Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Jewish community

  • $381,480

    Noble Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $375,000

    Childrens First Fund the Chicago Public School Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $375,000

    Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Agawam, MA · 2022

    Jewish community

  • $370,000

    Jewish Child and Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Jewish community

  • $355,438

    University of Illinois Foundation · Champaign, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $350,000

    Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Washington, DC · 2023

    Jewish community

  • $330,000

    Childrens First Fund the Chicago Public School Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Skilled construction trades

  • $325,000

    American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Medical research

  • $325,000

    American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Medical research

  • $324,224

    Northwestern Memorial Healthcare · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Medical research

  • $319,637

    Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2022

    Jewish community

  • $301,732

    Center for Enriched Living · Riverwoods, IL · 2023

    Community services

  • $300,000

    American Cancer Society · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Medical research

  • $300,000

    Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Medical research

  • $300,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

    Medical research

  • $300,000

    Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Medical research

  • $300,000

    St Baldricks Foundation · Monrovia, CA · 2024

    Medical research

  • $300,000

    The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Jewish community

  • $300,000

    Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Medical research

  • $300,000

    St Baldricks Foundation · Monrovia, CA · 2023

    Medical research

  • $300,000

    Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Medical research

  • $300,000

    Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022

    Medical research

  • $300,000

    St Baldricks Foundation · Monrovia, CA · 2022

    Medical research

  • $298,324

    Northwestern Memorial Healthcare · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Medical research

  • $275,000

    Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Jewish community

  • $275,000

    Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Community services

  • $275,000

    Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Jewish community

  • $270,000

    Intrinsic Schools · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $270,000

    University of Illinois Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $265,000

    The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America · New York, NY · 2024

    Jewish community

  • $262,500

    Washington Institute for Near East Policy · Washington, DC · 2023

    Jewish community

  • $250,000

    American Association for Cancer Research · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Medical research

  • $250,000

    Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    Medical research

  • $250,000

    Contina Impact · Berkley, CA · 2024

    Democracy fund

  • $250,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Community services

  • $250,000

    Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Agawam, MA · 2024

    Jewish community

  • $250,000

    Lake County Regional Office of Education Foundation · Vernon Hills, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $250,000

    Michael Reese Health Trust · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Community services

  • $250,000

    American Association for Cancer Research · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Medical research

  • $250,000

    Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2023

    Medical research

  • $250,000

    Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Agawam, MA · 2023

    Jewish community

  • $250,000

    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Medical research

  • $250,000

    United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Climate

  • $250,000

    American Association for Cancer Research · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Medical research

  • $250,000

    Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2022

    Medical research

  • $250,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022

    Voting rights

  • $250,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    Voting rights

  • $250,000

    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Medical research

  • $250,000

    United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Climate

  • $247,737

    Center for Enriched Living · Riverwoods, IL · 2024

    Community services

  • $245,004

    Conquer Cancer Fdn of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Medical research

  • $245,000

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2023

    Community services

  • $245,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    Medical research

  • $240,000

    American Brain Tumor Association · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Medical research

  • $227,013

    Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2022

    Jewish community

  • $225,211

    Northshore University Healthsystem · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Medical research

  • $225,000

    American Brain Tumor Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Medical research

  • $225,000

    Conquer Cancer Fdn of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Medical research

  • $225,000

    Illinois Action for Children · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $225,000

    Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Community services

  • $225,000

    Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2023

    Jewish community

  • $225,000

    Illinois Action for Children · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $225,000

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2023

    Community services

  • $225,000

    Shalom Hartman Institute of North America the · New York, NY · 2023

    Jewish community

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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.