Funding search · EIN 363820887 · Chicago, IL
Conant Family 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.
- 293
- grants reported
- $6.4M
- total given
- 2021–2025
- filing years
- $20,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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.
- Chicago Frontlines Funding Initiative3 grants · $285,000
- Chicago Abortion Fund5 grants · $260,000
- Human Rights Watch5 grants · $250,050
- Chicago Foundation for Women5 grants · $250,000
- Midwest Access Coalition5 grants · $210,000
- Chicago Public Media3 grants · $150,000
- Sass5 grants · $150,000
- Planned Parenthood of Illinois3 grants · $150,000
- Friends of the Parks5 grants · $125,000
- Equity and Transformation5 grants · $115,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 293 grants.
- $150,000
Chicago Frontlines Funding Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Chicago Frontlines Funding Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $65,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization Lvejo · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $60,000
Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,050
Human Rights Watch · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Human Rights Watch · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Human Rights Watch · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Midwest Family Planning Clinic Nfp · Glenview, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Chicago Pubic Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Human Rights Watch · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Planned Parenthood Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Chicago Pubic Media · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Human Rights Watch · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Planned Parenthood Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted
- $45,000
Circesteem · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $45,000
Block Club Chgoinst for Non Profit News · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted
- $40,000
Circesteem · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $40,000
Alianza Leadership Institute Dba Alliance of the Southeast · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $40,000
Sass · Amherst, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $40,000
Alliance of the Southeast · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $40,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Org · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $40,000
Sass · Amherst, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $40,000
Alliance of the Southeast · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted
- $40,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Org · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted
- $40,000
Sass · Amherst, MA · 2021
Unrestricted
- $35,000
Equity and Transformation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $35,000
Feminist Womens Health Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General support
- $35,000
Goldin Institute for Chicago Peace Fellows · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $35,000
Memphis Center for Reproductive Health Dba Choices · Memphis, TN · 2025
General support
- $35,000
Organized Communities Against Deportations · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $35,000
Feminist Womens Health Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
- $35,000
Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $35,000
Memphis Center for Reproductive Health Dba Choices · Memphis, TN · 2024
General support
- $35,000
Block Club Chicago Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $35,000
Block Club Chgoinst for Non Profit News · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Kentucky Health Justice Network · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $30,000
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $30,000
Mountain Access Brigade · Charleston, WV · 2025
General support
- $30,000
Alternatives · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $30,000
Goldin Institute for Chicago Peace Fellows · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $30,000
Kentucky Health Justice Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $30,000
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $30,000
Mountain Access Brigade · Charleston, WV · 2024
General support
- $30,000
Community Movement Builders · Scottdale, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Goldin Institute for Chicago Peace Fellows · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Solidaire Network · Oakland, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Sweet Water Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Sweet Water Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Sweet Water Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
Unrestricted
- $27,000
Liberation Library · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $26,000
Mamas · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $26,000
Not Me We · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,500
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs On Behalf of the Final 5 Campaign · Calabasas, CA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Alianza Leadership Institute Dba Alliance of the Southeast · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
American Indian Center Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Chicago Em Collective · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Chicago Iwoc · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Coalition To End Permanent Punishment · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Crossroads Fund for the Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Friends of the Parks · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Illinois Environmental Coalition Education Fund · Springfield, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Liberation Library · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Mamas · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Not Me We · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs On Behalf of the Final 5 Camaign · Calabasas, CA · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Sweet Water Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Alianza Leadership Institute Dba Alliance of the Southeast · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Block Club Chicago Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Chicago Em Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Chicago Iwoc · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Coalition To End Permanent Punishment · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Crossroads Fund for the Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Friends of the Parks · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
International Childrens Media Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Sweet Water Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Alternatives · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Chicago Em Collective · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Chicago Iwoc · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Coalition To End Permanent Punishment · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Faith in Place · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Friends of the Parks · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
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