Funding search · EIN 263286007 · Chicago, IL

The Dancing Skies Foundation

Name: The Dancing Skies Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

67
grants reported: $2.0M
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.

Ravinia Festival Association4 grants · $760,000
Fourth Presbyterian Church4 grants · $200,000
The Night Ministry3 grants · $165,000
Berea College4 grants · $155,000
Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research4 grants · $80,000
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $80,000
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $80,000
Night Ministry1 grant · $60,000
Michael J Fox Foundation4 grants · $55,000
The Joffrey Ballet2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$475,000

2022

$485,000

2023

$510,000

2024

$510,000

2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$190,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Charitable
$190,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Charitable
$190,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Charitable
$190,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Charitable
$60,000
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$60,000
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$60,000
Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Fourth Presbyterian Church · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
Fourth Presbyterian Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Fourth Presbyterian Church · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Fourth Presbyterian Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$45,000
The Night Ministry · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$40,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2025
Charitable
$40,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2024
Charitable
$40,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2023
Charitable
$35,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
The Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
The Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Tacf · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Tacf · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Precious Blood Ministry Reconciliation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Anera · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
The Hope Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DE · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
The Hope Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
The Hope Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Hope Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Charity Navigator · Saddie Brook, NJ · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Harold Colbert Jones Memorial Community Center · Chicago Heights, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Charity Navigator · Saddie Brook, NJ · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestr · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Harold Colbert Jones Memorial Community Center · Chicago Heights, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Charity Navigator · Saddie Brook, NJ · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestr · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Harold Colbert Jones Memorial Community Center · Chicago Heights, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Charity Navigator · Saddie Brook, NJ · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Harold Colbert Jones Memorial Community Center · Chicago Heights, IL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable

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