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Donald R Wilson Jr Family Foundation

Name: Donald R Wilson Jr Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

42
grants reported: $10.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $50,000
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

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University of Chicago6 grants · $8.2M
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chi2 grants · $800,000
US Sailing Foundation4 grants · $497,415
Cato Institute2 grants · $450,000
Chicago Yacht Club5 grants · $320,000
Shake-a-Leg Miami1 grant · $100,000
Friends of Berrien County Trails1 grant · $100,000
Chicago Architecture Biennial1 grant · $50,000
Inland Lakes Yachting Association1 grant · $50,000
Chicago Architecture Biennial1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$965,000

2022

$5.5M

2023

$4.0M

2024

$468,874

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$3.6M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$3.1M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$1.1M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$400,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chi · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$400,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chi · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$250,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$250,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
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$200,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$197,415
US Sailing Foundation · Bristol, RI · 2025
General support
$100,000
Chicago Yacht Club · Chicago, IL · 2024
GENERAL support
$100,000
US Sailing Foundation · Bristol, RI · 2024
General support
$100,000
Chicago Yacht Club · Chicago, IL · 2023
GENERAL support
$100,000
Shake-a-Leg Miami · Coconut Grove, FL · 2023
General support
$100,000
US Sailing Foundation · Bristol, RI · 2023
General support
$100,000
Chicago Yacht Club · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$100,000
Friends of Berrien County Trails · New Buffalo, MI · 2022
General support
$100,000
US Sailing Foundation · Bristol, RI · 2022
General support
$94,983
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$50,000
Chicago Architecture Biennial · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$50,000
Chicago Architecture Biennial · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$50,000
Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$50,000
Chicago Parks Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$50,000
Inland Lakes Yachting Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$39,952
University of Ri Foundation & Alumni Engagement · Kingston, RI · 2025
General Support
$35,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
GENERAL support
$25,000
Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025
General Support
$25,000
Global Fairness Intiative · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$25,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
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$25,000
Uri Foundation · Kingston, RI · 2022
General support
$20,000
Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$20,000
Center On Halsted · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$15,000
Shake-a-Leg Miami · Coconut Grove, FL · 2025
General Support
$12,500
Callen Lorde Community Health Project · New York, NY · 2025
General Operating Support
$12,500
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center · New York, NY · 2025
General Support
$10,000
Chicago Yacht Club · Chicago, IL · 2024
Competition fund
$10,000
Chicago Yacht Club · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Alive Rescue · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$7,000
Noble Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$5,000
Lincoln Park Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$5,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2025
General Support
$5,000
About Face Theater · Chciago, IL · 2022
General support
$4,524
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support

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