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Funding search · EIN 366999365 · Chicago, IL

Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Xxxxx1008

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

151
grants reported: $7.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

operation salary youth arts education health mental tech

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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 Opera Theater2 grants · $750,000
P333 grants · $450,000
Illinois Justice Project2 grants · $300,000
Chicago Theatre Group3 grants · $300,000
Chicago Community Trust3 grants · $275,000
Coalition To Save Our Mental Health3 grants · $249,999
Chinese American Service League3 grants · $225,000
Chicago Children'S Choir1 grant · $200,000
Joffrey Ballet of Chicago3 grants · $175,000
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance2 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$2.5M

2022

$2.2M

2023

$2.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 151 grants.

$500,000
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support endowment
$250,000
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support endowment campaign
$200,000
Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support arts work fund,
$200,000
Chicago Children'S Choir · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support technology
$200,000
Illinois Justice Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support morse genius
$150,000
P33 · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support talent pathways
$150,000
P33 · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support talent pathways
$150,000
P33 · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support pathways and
$100,000
Chicago Theatre Group · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support to implement a
$100,000
Chinese American Service League · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support change insight tech
$100,000
Illinois Justice Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support morse genius
$100,000
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support general operations
$100,000
Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support to reclaiming
$100,000
Chicago Theatre Group · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support to implement a
$100,000
Chinese American Service League · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support change insight tech
$100,000
Uniting Voices Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support technology
$100,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2022
To underwrite expenses of
$100,000
Chicago Theatre Group · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support inclusion plan
$98,000
Readers Institute for Community Journali · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support revenue growth
$98,000
Chicago Reader Under Fiscal Sponsor · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support general
$83,333
Coalition To Save Our Mental Health · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support mental health
$83,333
Navy Pier · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support audience
$83,333
Coalition To Save Our Mental Health · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support mental health
$83,333
Coalition To Save Our Mental Health · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support mental health
$75,000
Joffrey Ballet of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support technological
$69,000
Illinois Railway Museum · Union, IL · 2023
To support building
$65,000
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support child grief
$65,000
Dominican University · River Forest, IL · 2022
Support of global peace
$58,358
Chicago Architecture Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
To complete a schematic
$55,000
Options for Youth · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support salary of a new
$50,000
Chicago Lighthouse · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support the salary of vp of
$50,000
Chicago Voyagers · Schaumburg, IL · 2024
Support general operations
$50,000
Children'S Research Triangle · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support trauma treatment
$50,000
Grant Park Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support sponsorship of 2024
$50,000
Historic Pullman Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support executive director
$50,000
Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support general operation
$50,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support chicago makers
$50,000
The Honeycomb Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support to build
$50,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2023
To underwrite cost of
$50,000
Chicago Youth Programs · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support the mental
$50,000
Children'S Research Triangle · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support trauma treatment
$50,000
Common Threads · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support in culinary med.
$50,000
Cps Lives · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support for strategic plan
$50,000
Gads Hill Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support the building
$50,000
Joffrey Ballet of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support tech improvements
$50,000
Kids First Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide general
$50,000
Luster Learning Institute Nfp · Highland Park, IL · 2023
To support the calm
$50,000
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support latin music project
$50,000
Skyart · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general
$50,000
The National Public Housing Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support hiring and 1st yr
$50,000
Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support il immigration
$50,000
Chicago Lighthouse · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support low vision
$50,000
Joffrey Ballet of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support tech
$50,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support chicago makers
$50,000
The Honeycomb Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support general
$47,500
Options for Youth · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support salary of a new
$43,750
Friends of Historic Second Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support hiring of two
$43,750
Chicago Voyagers · Schaumburg, IL · 2022
Support general operations
$41,400
Illinois Railway Museum · Union, IL · 2024
Support building
$37,500
Southland Development Authority · Tinley Park, IL · 2024
Support to craft a
$35,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support neighborhood
$34,500
Beverly Theatre Guild · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support purchase of
$34,500
Beverly Theatre Guild · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support purchase of
$33,000
Old Irving Park Community Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support operating and
$30,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support general
$30,000
Luminarts Cultural Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support renewed capacity
$30,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Support youth education
$30,000
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support efforts for racial
$30,000
Chicago Run · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support general
$25,000
Better Government Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support expanding outreach
$25,000
Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support operations of arts
$25,000
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Help recruiting a major
$25,000
Children'S Oncologyservices · Chicago, IL · 2024
Help children with cancer
$25,000
Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support operation of the
$25,000
Mercy Housing Lakefront · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support housing for the
$25,000
Oil Lamp Theater · Glenview, IL · 2024
Support general operations
$25,000
Peer Health Exchange · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support health education
$25,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support neighborhood
$25,000
Auditorium Theatre at · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support artxchange
$25,000
Better Government Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support strategic
$25,000
Center for Disability & Elder Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support adult
$25,000
Chicago Voyagers · Schaumburg, IL · 2023
Support general operations
$25,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · Des Plaines, IL · 2023
To support camp oasis
$25,000
Grant Park Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2023
To sponsor gpmf choral
$25,000
Historic Pullman Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support executive director
$25,000
Howard Brown Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support broadway youth
$25,000
Metrosquash · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support academics, squash
$25,000
Old Town School of Folk Music · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support arts and community
$25,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support costs for
$25,000
American Writers Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support operations of
$25,000
Chicago Architecture Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support neighborhood
$25,000
Chinese American Service League · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support senior meals
$25,000
Communities in Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support partnership
$25,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · Des Plaines, IL · 2022
To support general
$25,000
Eversight · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support eye bank program
$25,000
Grant Park Music Festival · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support expenses for a
$25,000
Kartemquin Films · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support general
$25,000
Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support operation of
$25,000
Mercy Housing Lakefront · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support housing for the
$25,000
Oil Lamp Theater · Glenview, IL · 2022
To support general

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