Funding search · EIN 201734765 · Chicago, IL

Drw 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.

171
grants reported
$10.7M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$40,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

sponsorship

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Noble Network of Charter Schools4 grants · $1.3M
  • California Institute of Technology2 grants · $1.3M
  • Code Platoon5 grants · $750,000
  • Greenwood Project4 grants · $600,000
  • Bottom Line5 grants · $418,400
  • Chicago Tech Academy High School5 grants · $415,000
  • Kids First Chicago for Education4 grants · $400,000
  • The Bloc4 grants · $385,000
  • Owls Lacrosse4 grants · $385,000
  • Metrosquash Nfp4 grants · $345,000

Giving over time

$2.2M
2022
$2.6M
2023
$2.7M
2024
$3.2M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 171 grants.

  • $750,000

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $500,000

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $465,398

    Noble Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $315,000

    Noble Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $285,000

    Noble Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $263,145

    Noble Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $200,000

    Code Platoon · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $200,000

    Code Platoon · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $150,000

    Greenwood Project · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $150,000

    Greenwood Project · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $150,000

    Code Platoon · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $150,000

    Greenwood Project · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $150,000

    Code Platoon · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $150,000

    Greenwood Project · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $121,500

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $113,400

    Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $110,000

    Owls Lacrosse · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $110,000

    Chicago Tech Academy High School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $110,000

    The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Beat the Streets Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $100,000

    Bottom Line · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $100,000

    Chicago Tech Academy High School · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $100,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $100,000

    Kids First Chicago for Education · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $100,000

    The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $100,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Kids First Chicago for Education · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Owls Lacrosse · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Chicago Tech Academy High School · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Code Nation · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Kids First Chicago for Education · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Owls Lacrosse · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Aspire of Illinois · Hillside, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Bottom Line · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Chicago Tech Academy High School · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Friends of the World Food Program · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Kids First Chicago for Education · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Lakeview Pantry · Lakeview, MI · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Metrosquash Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $85,000

    Metrosquash Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $80,000

    Beat the Streets Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $80,000

    Metrosquash Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $80,000

    Aspire of Illinois · Maywood, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $80,000

    Metrosquash Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $75,000

    After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $75,000

    College Possible · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $75,000

    Nourishing Hope Dba Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $75,000

    Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $75,000

    Beat the Streets Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $75,000

    Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $75,000

    The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $75,000

    Beat the Streets Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $75,000

    Code Nation · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $75,000

    Owls Lacrosse · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $75,000

    Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $65,000

    Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $60,000

    Nourishing Hope Dba Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    America Needs You · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    Code 2 College · Pflugerville, TX · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    Resilience · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Women'S Home · Houston, TX · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    America Needs You · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Aspire of Illinois · Maywood, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    College Possible · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    America Needs You · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Code Platoon · Wilmette, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    College Possible · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Nourishing Hope Dba Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    America Needs You · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $45,000

    Curt'S Cafe · Skokie, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $45,000

    Curt'S Cafe · Skokie, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $45,000

    Curt'S Cafe · Skokie, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $40,000

    Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    College Possible · St Paul, MN · 2022

    General support

  • $40,000

    Curt'S Cafe · Evanston, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $40,000

    Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $35,000

    Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $35,000

    The Alliance 98 · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $35,000

    Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $35,000

    Invest for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $35,000

    Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    The Alliance 98 · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    The Women'S Home · Houston, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Bridge To Turkiye · Cary, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    The Alliance 98 · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    One Goal · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    Reading in Motion · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    Rebuilding Exchange · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

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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.